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Europe
French Court jails man who slapped President Macron for four months
Tarel attacked Macron when the French president was shaking hands with members of the public during a walkabout in France’s Drome region
DL News10 June 2021
Courts
Motorbike repairer jailed 15 years over causing harm and robbery
A motorbike repairer who stabbed a mason in the abdomen before robbing him of his mobile phone at Pure water, near Ashongman, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
DL News31 May 2021
General
Supreme Court Judge Anin Yeboah appointed deputy chairperson of FIFA Disciplinary Committee
Ghana’s supreme Court judge, Justice Anin Yeboah has been named the deputy chairperson of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee.
DL News23 May 2021
Africa
Nigeria Law teachers raise concerns over ‘half-baked’ lawyers:Call for Reformation in the Nigerian legal education system
Speaking in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday, the teachers said the reform was necessary in order to preserve the sanctity of the legal profession.
DL News13 May 2021
General
Seizing and accessing mobile phone content of Citi FM journalists illegal – Samson Lardy
A Private Legal Practitioner, Samson Lardi Anyenini, says the decision by some National Security operatives to seize and access the content of the mobile phones of Citi News’ Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu-Baidoo was illegal.
DL News13 May 2021
Africa
Andre Onana: Cameroon and Ajax’s keeper has doping ban reduced
Ajax and Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana’s ban for a doping violation has been reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
DL News11 May 2021
Courts
Customs Officer Jailed For Selling Official Land Cruiser To A Pastor For Ghc20,000
A driver of the Ghana Revenue Authority of Customs Division, Wonder Ahiadzro who stole and sold a Toyota Land Cruiser at the cost of GH₵20,000.00, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Kaneshie District Court.
DL News11 May 2021
Courts
I inflicted machete wounds on my husband in self-defence – Wife tells court
The 28-year-old woman who was recently arrested for inflicting multiple machete wounds on her husband during a confrontation at Nkumkwaa, a village near Agona Duotu in the Central Region says she did that to defend herself.
DL News10 May 2021
General
Francis Xavier hails Rasta student’s suit against Achimota school
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina in the Greater Accra Region, Mr. Francis Xavier-Sosu has lauded the lawsuit filed by parents of Tyron Marhguy against the Achimota School over the dreadlocks-induced denial of admission saga.
DL News2 April 2021
Europe
Turkey’s withdrawal from women violence treaty goes to court
Istanbul, Turkey – With a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on March 20, Turkey’s exit from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence was sudden but not u...
DL News1 April 2021
Courts
Mason jailed 20 days for aiding Nigerian to acquire Ghanaian passport
The Kaneshie District Court has sentenced a 28-year-old mason to 20 days imprisonment for aiding a Nigerian to acquire a Ghanaian passport
DL News31 March 2021
US
Major Paparazzi Agency Bankrupted by Meghan Markle Legal Battle
Splash News & Picture Agency, which has been fighting the duchess in a privacy case, has a reputation for suing celebrities for posting images of themselves on social media.
DL News30 March 2021
Africa
Court Vacates Remand Order Against Abuja Lawyer, Eburu Ekwe Barth
His Worship, Ibrahim Mohammed, of Magistrate court, Wuse zone 6, Abuja, has vacated the order remanding an Abuja lawyer, Eburu Ekwe Barth for 2 months in prison.
DL News24 March 2021
General
Justice for All Programme: 830 Remand prisoners discharged, 171 convicted
Eight hundred and thirty remand prisoners were discharged between 2007 and 2019 under the Justice for All Programme.
DL News22 March 2021
General
Criticise us, but don’t insult us – Justice Kulendi tells journalists
A Justice of the Supreme Court , Justice Yonny Kulendi, says judges have no problem with the media criticising their decisions, but those criticisms must be constructive and devoid of insult and personality attacks.
DL News3 March 2021
Election Petition
Election Petition: Ato Dadzie, Thaddius Sory lock horns over Judicial Service caution to media
A Judicial Service letter cautioning sections of the media to be circumspect in their reportage of the ongoing Presidential Election Petition has become a source of banter between a former Chief of staff and lawyer for the Service
DL News28 February 2021
General
Change your wig; it has lost its identity – Marful Sau to Akoto Ampaw
The Supreme Court was Monday thrown into laughter when Justice Marful Sau, advised counsel for the 2nd Respondent, Akoto Ampaw, to dispose of his wig for having lost its identity.
DL News15 February 2021
Crime
Man returns to prison custody after failing to meet bail conditions
George Owusu, also known as Nana Yaw, who was arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Maximum prison last month, would spend more time in prison custody after failing to satisfy the bail terms imposed by a Cape Coast Circu...
DL News8 February 2021
Election Petition
Election Petition: EC ‘running away’ from cross-examination – Tsikata alleges
Lead counsel for John Dramani Mahama, Tsatsu Tsikata has accused the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa of evading cross-examination.
DL News8 February 2021
Election Petition
NDC’s calculation became basis of EC’s response – Tsatsu tells SC
Lead lawyer for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition has told the court that the changing figures of the Electoral Commission was a serious cause for concern.
DL News3 February 2021