Crime
Cleaner, 24, stand trial for alleged murder of cashier
Vitlas faces a murder charge following a directive from the Attorney General during a committal proceeding. Initially, he was only implicated in the crime.
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Crime
Cleaner to stand trial over Cashier’s death at Twumasiwaa Hospital
During a committal proceeding, Vitlas is to face a charge of murder following the Attorney General’s advice.
GNA
Europe
Parents of teenager who shot dead four classmates in the US jailed for manslaughter
The Crumbleys are the first parents to be convicted of manslaughter in a child's school shooting. Their son Ethan is serving life in prison for murder after killing four students at Oxford High School, near Detroit in Michigan, in November...
Sky News
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing March 27, 2024
The particular cases up for consideration include writs, civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only first session at the court.
DL News
US
US Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants
The measure allows police to arrest and prosecute those suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexican border.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing March 13, 2024
Cases up for consideration include civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a first session at the court.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing March 5, 2024
Cases up for consideration include civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a first session at the court.
DL News
US
What are bump stocks? US Supreme Court weighs Trump-era ban on gun attachments
The Trump administration banned the devices by classifying them as machine guns after they were used in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
BBC
Europe
Russia jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 'repeatedly criticising armed forces'
Oleg Orlov says a court process in Moscow combined "absurdity and tyranny dressed up as formal adherence to some pseudo-legal procedures".
Sky News
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 28, 2024
The cases up for consideration include writs, civil appeals, and civil motions scheduled for only a first session at the court.
DL News
Africa
Vodacom loses South Africa IP case
Vodacom, the South African subsidiary of mobile telephony giant Vodafone, has lost an appeal in a long-running dispute concerning the Please Call Me (PCM) communications service.
Africa Law& Business
Crime
Hajia4Real pleads guilty to $2m Romance Scam, faces 5 years in prison
The 31-year-old was indicted last year on six counts for fraud and money laundering after her extradition from the UK.
DL News
Africa
Liberia: US$150K allegedly misappropriated by prosecutors
This accusation has come months following the conviction of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and several of her family members for the murder of her niece, Charloe Musu.
The Liberian Observer
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing February 14, 2024
The particular cases up for consideration include civil appeals and a civil motion scheduled for only a first session at the court.
DL News
Europe
UK solicitor who borrowed £630,000 from clients is struck off lawyers roll
Jack Grunhut was found to have backdated an application for stamp duty land tax relief, took out loans from clients and received referral payments for referring clients to a short-term lender.
The Law Society Gazette
Tech
AI could transform law firm billing “beyond recognition” - Report
Firms could “seek to adapt their current billing to take into account the costs and the savings related to using AI”, still billing according to time but with rates cards that “evolve” to reflect the impact of AI and other technologies.
Legal Futures
Tech
Trevor Milton sentenced to prison after fraud conviction
Trevor Milton, who led Nikola Corporation, was convicted of fraud last year after a jury found he had lied persistently about the company.
BBC
General
Lithium agreement: Ghana needs a green minerals value-added development plan
In October 2023, Atlantic Lithium received a 15-year mining lease from Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project. This authorization enables the company to develop a lithium mine and processing facility...
Dr. Theo Acheampong
Africa
South African woman jailed for 50 years for $28m theft
Hildegard Steenkamp siphoned off the money over a 13-year period from the healthcare company she worked at as an accountant in Gauteng province.
BBC
General
OSP to open regional offices in Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi - Kissi Agyebeng
At a press briefing in Accra today, November 29, Mr. Agyebeng said they would start out with three Regions - Kumasi, Tamale, and Takoradi.
DL News