Courts
36-year-old-trader sentenced for stealing employer’s money
The court sentenced the accused person after she pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful entry and stealing.
GNA
Results for "Essential Themes in Land Law and Customary Law"
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General
Prioritise recovering loot over jail time – Vitus Azeem
His comment comes after the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was sentenced to 10 years in prison
myjoyonline
Europe
Britain's only transgender judge resigns, citing politicization of judiciary
The 54-year-old transitioned in the 1990s, and she became the UK’s first practicing trans barrister and judge
DL News
General
AG directs Police CID to investigate alleged child marriage between Nungua Gborbu Wulomo and 12-year-old
In a letter addressed to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Faustina A.K. Andoh-Kwofie, the Director-General, CID, Deputy Attorney-General, Diana Asonaba Dapaah said should the allegations turn out true, her Office would prosecute the mat...
DL News
Africa
Son of Guinea-Bissau's ex-president jailed in US for trafficking drugs to fund coup
Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, 52, planned to use the proceeds to fund his ambitions to become Guinea-Bissau's president through a coup, authorities say.
BBC
Courts
Houseboy remanded over involvement in murder of Dr Adu Boahen
Forson, who was provisionally charged with murder had his plea preserved by the court.
GNA
General
Dafeamekpor’s suit does not stop Parliament from approving new ministers – Attorney-General
The AG's statement follows remarks made by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Wednesday, indicating that an interlocutory injunction filed at the Supreme Court by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, had...
DL News
Others
Pakistan blasphemy: Student sentenced to death over Whatsapp messages
The court in Punjab Province said he had shared blasphemous pictures and videos with the intention to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims.
BBC
Europe
UK: Ferrari stolen from Formula One driver in 1995 recovered by police nearly three decades later
The Austrian racer's Ferrari F512M was stolen while he was competing in the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix, held at Imola in Italy.
Sky News
Africa
Zimbabwe court sentences opposition leader for insulting Russian businesswoman
Magistrate Vongai Guwuriro ruled that Tendai Biti, a former Zimbabwean finance minister, must pay the fine or go to prison, ending a four-year legal battle between Biti and Tatiana Aleshina, who court papers said was a Russian investor.
VOA Africa
General
Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The bill passed on Wednesday, seeks to criminalise LGBTQ practices and advocacy.
DL News
Africa
AKA murder: Six suspects arrested for South African rapper's killing
The two were gunned down outside a restaurant in Durban a year ago, in a killing that shocked South Africans
BBC
Europe
UK: Solicitor fined for failing to spot cyber fraud
A British solicitor was fined by the country's Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for inappropriate handling of a fraudulent payment as part of a conveyancing cyber scam.
The Law Society
Crime
Two women granted GH¢5,000 bail each for fighting in public
The court, presided over by Mr. Derick Parden Eshun, granted the two persons bail after they pleaded not guilty to charges of disturbing public peace.
GNA
Supreme Court News
It’s unconstitutional for teachers to go on strike – Child Rights Int’l drags GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT to Supreme Court
In the end, the Supreme Court established that workers, including teachers, have a right to unionize as well as to strike and cannot grant the plaintiff’s relief.
DL News
General
Upper East Region: New district courts open in Zuarungu and Pusiga
The new courts would serve as “a beacon of hope," Chief Justice Torkornoo said in a speech read on her behalf.
DL News
Europe
Italy: Man banned from stadium for five years for racially abusing AC Milan goalkeeper
The man is said to be a known criminal in the province of Udine, and police are looking at CCTV and social media to try to identify any others who may have been involved.
Sky News
US
Taylor Swift: Man charged with stalking near singer's New York home
David Crowe, 33, from Seattle, was arrested on Monday after complaints about an "emotionally disturbed male acting erratically".
BBC
General
ICC International Court of Arbitration expands arbitrator training programme to African lawyers
The one-year training programme offers arbitration practitioners the chance to train as arbitrators
DL News
Crime
Lawyer in court for alleged perjury
Ekua Ofori is also said to have forged the company’s regulation for GFX Company Limited.
GNA