General
Law School exams not dreadful- GSL Director
“The most difficult thing that you’ve been made to understand is that examinations at the Law School are dreadful," he said.
DL News
Results for "National Plan of Action against Human Trafficking"
5850 results.
Supreme Court News
When the non-professional litigant faced the Supreme Court, ‘chastising’ professionalism
"On the basis of the above-decided cases and the consistent practice of the Supreme Court, I will accept the invitation made to this court by learned counsel for the Defendants and hold that this court decline jurisdiction in the matter," t...
Richard Osei Boateng
Africa
Zimbabwe: Cop jailed 10 years for stealing aluminium cables
Samson Murire will endure the next 10 years behind bars after his application challenging conviction and sentence was trashed by a High Court.
AllAfrica
Africa
Zambians face fines for using phone while crossing roads
A person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 1,000 kwacha ($16; £12), according to a clause in the new law.
BBC
Business
Default in Annual Renewals: ORC begins deletion of 500,000 lapsed Business Names
The exercise is in line with Section 5 A (2) of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962, (Act 151)
DL News
General
JUSAG president optimistic about the JUSCOFund
He told Dennislaw news that the time of high indebtedness of members is over because they can now access loans from the fund at very low-interest rates in just after six months of contribution.
DL News
Courts
NDA procurement scandal: Accused persons granted GH¢ 2m bail each
The four are said to have circumvented the procurement process in the award to A&QS Consortium Limited under the implementation of the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).
DL News
Africa
South Africa: Lawyer ordered to pay clients’ $80,116 stolen by scammer
Attorney Gavin Hartog believed he was transferring money to his client’s account but it went to a fraudster
Ground Up
Africa
Nigeria ask London court to overturn $11B arbitration award
The legal dispute centers on a contract that the Nigerian officials struck with Michael Quinn, an Irish former band manager, and his business partner Brendan Cahill, to help the country turn its vast reserves of natural gas into power.
Leadership Ng
Africa
Uganda: Woman sentenced to seven years for injecting step-son with HIV virus
The 27-year-old Colline Odyek appeared before the chief magistrate court to answer a charge of intentionally infecting a 5-year-old boy with HIV/Aids,
AllAfrica
Africa
Amnesty urges Algeria to free detained journalist
The prominent journalist is accused of illegally receiving money from people and organisations “in exchange for carrying out activities that could harm state security".
BBC
Business
ORC to fully enforce administrative penalties over non-compliance with Companies Act, 2019 from June 2023
The ORC says it would “for the very first time be fully implementing section 126(7) of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992).
DL News
Courts
Caprice robbery: Accused plead not guilty to charges
All five have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
GNA
US
AI-powered "robot" lawyer will be first of its kind to represent defendant in US court
Joshua Browder, CEO of DoNotPay, said the company's AI-creation runs on a smartphone, listens to court arguments, and formulates responses for the defendant.
CBS News
Courts
Capital Bank case: Court accepts Ato Essien's GHC 90m restitution deal
Aided by Fitzgerald Odonkor, Ato Essien is alleged to have transferred an amount of GH¢120 million of the BoG's liquidity support to All-Time Capital Limited, an investment management and advisory firm.
DL News
Europe
UK: Barrister disbarred for lying about his career and businesses
Richard Anthony Gibbs, who was called by Inner Temple in October 2012, was found to have made untrue statements about his career and businesses.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Niger lawmakers want gay relationships criminalised
The vast majority of Niger’s population is Muslim, but it has a secular government and there is currently no specific law on same-sex relationships.
BBC
Europe
Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
German reports say the group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power.
BBC
US
US Supreme Court hears case of web designer who doesn't want to work on same-sex weddings
Challenging the law is Lorie Smith, a custom web designer who is opposed to same-sex marriage. "I want to design for weddings that are consistent with my faith," she says.
NPR
General
Demystifying civil procedure: Bobby Banson on new book Civil Litigation in the High Court of Ghana
The book would be launched on Friday, December 9, 2022, at the Movenpick Ambassadors Hotel in Accra.
DL News