Europe
UK: New law will protect arbitrators from unreasonable lawsuits
Arbitrations in England and Wales are said to be worth around £2.5bn to the UK economy each year in fees alone.
Law Society Gazette
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Africa
SA parliament suspends opposition leader Malema, other MPs for a month
The parliament's powers and privileges committee found them guilty of contempt of parliament for storming the stage during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address in February.
BBC
General
I said my residence was ‘almost’ sold- Speaker of Parliament
At a breakfast meeting, the Speaker of Parliament was reported to have said that his official residence at Cantonment had been sold.
DL News
General
Lands C’ssion says Bagbin’s house not sold
According to the Commission, the Parliamentary Service applied for a Certificate of allocation to regularize their ownership of the said land in 2022 which it duly granted.
DL News
Tech
Elon Musk's X sues Media Matters over antisemitism analysis
X's lawsuit alleges that Media Matters for America "manipulated" data in an attempt to "destroy" the platform formerly known as Twitter.
BBC
Courts
Former sales executive of East Cantonment Pharmacy in court for stealing drugs worth GHC3M
Edward Danso Wiafe, a former Sales Executive of East Cantonment Pharmacy, has been charged with eight counts of stealing and money laundering.
GNA
Courts
Check out the court’s reasoning on Asamoah Gyan marriage annulment(FULL JUDGMENT)
The court therefore made a finding of fact per her passport, BECE records, and a WAEC witness thus affirming her claim that she was actually seventeen(17) years old at the time of her marriage to Eugene.
DL News
Africa
Zambian ex-president stripped of retirement benefits
Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he announced his retirement.
BBC
Africa
Legal row over 2,800,000% mark-up for African mask
The pensioner couple found the mask from Gabon at the home of an ancestor who had been a colonial governor.
BBC
Tech
US to remove Uganda and three other African countries from Agoa trade deal
The countries were either involved in "gross violations" of human rights or not making progress towards democratic rule, the president said.
BBC
Africa
Kenya's judiciary proposes abolishing death penalty, reduced sentences
Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome is seeking changes to certain laws drafted in 1930, before Kenya gained independence, that seek harsher penalties for capital offenders.
VOA Africa
Africa
Kenyan MP censured for wearing Palestinian scarf
Farah Maalim said he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
BBC
Africa
SA minister under investigation after sexual assault claim
The investigation follows an exposé by the South African newspaper The Sunday Times
BBC
General
OSP unfreezes 5 bank accounts of Cecilia Dapaah
It notes however that the order is still in force and effect in respect of the other bank accounts and financial assets of the former minister.
DL News
Courts
Watch Committee member in court over manslaughter
The Police has identified the deceased as Prince Kwabena Kumi, aged 36.
GNA
Courts
“I think she is an exquisite specimen of creation”: The ex-wife who shook the divorce proceedings
"I sat and watched Susan the ex-wife come in and go out of court. I think she is an exquisite specimen not only of womanhood but of creation itself. Twenty (20) years of her youthful and fruitful life is now wasted," the trial court observe...
DL News
Crime
Robbers mistake bread for cash ; Return to kill pregnant woman
The robbers had attacked 42-year-old Raymond Suglo, a businessman, and his wife at Jang in the Nadowli-Kaloe District in the Upper West Region around 9:30 p.m. last Monday.
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Africa
Wife of Gabon's deposed leader jailed - report
Mrs Bongo was last month charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery and the use of forgery.
BBC
Crime
We are unable to recommend prosecution of persons cited in Frimpong Boateng's report - AG to CID
The AG's office noted that except for three persons (Seth Mantey, John Ofori Atta and Ekow Ewusi), it did not find any evidence in support of allegations made against others cited in the report.
DL News
US
Death penalty for child rape goes into effect in Florida
The controversial measure likely will draw legal challenges, as U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents have barred death sentences for rapists.
CBS News