Europe
British solicitor who defrauded clients of £1.7M jailed
Bilmes pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraud. Between November 2014 and October 2017 he dishonestly appropriated £1,767,322 from the client account of his firm.
Law Society Gazette
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Courts
Africa World Airline to pay GHC20, 000 for discriminating against a physically challenged lady
"That to my dismay, however, I was prevented from boarding the flight by officials/employees/agents of the Respondent on grounds of my physical disability," the appellant averred
DL News
Europe
UK: Solicitor struck off after investing client money into scam scheme
Uyiosasere Ona Obaseki transferred £230,000 from the firm’s client account into her own personal account and then invested the money into a purported investment scheme
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK Home Office monitoring activities of immigration lawyers', says minister
Immigration advisers who are not qualified lawyers must be approved and regulated by the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
Legal Futures
Europe
UK solicitor agrees to quit roll after dishonestly changing a document
Kiran Yadav was found to have dishonestly amended a document to correct an error on a lease she had made years earlier.
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK: Barristers to strike over legal aid rates
Barristers are in dispute with the Ministry of Justice over legal aid rates in criminal cases, which they say are so low that many junior lawyers can earn less than the minimum wage when their expenses are taken into account.
The Times
General
Over 80% of Lawyers' applications fail at the Supreme Court – Justice Amegatcher
Over 80% of lawyers applications fail at the Supreme Court – Justice Amegatcher
DL News
Courts
I am not a flight risk- Oliver Barker tells Court
Though I am a postgraduate law student at the University of Cambridge, England, I have no fixed place of abode any place outside of Ghana.
DL News
Courts
I have fully cooperated with the police throughout my arrest, detention, interrogations-Oliver Barker tells court
The applicant's counsel is expecting in court on Monday, March 14, 2022, to move the motion for bail pending trial.
DL News
Courts
Offence of Treason Felony not supported by facts, grant me bail: Oliver Barker tells Court
Oliver has maintained before the Tema High Court that the state has no case against him
DL News
US
Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre
A letter filed to the US district court on Tuesday said the duke and Ms Giuffre had reached an out-of-court settlement.
BBC
Courts
Lighthouse lawyer withdraws his representation
The church is expected to present a new legal team in the coming days
DL News
Tech
Women Dominate Big Law Firms and Legal Department in Ghana
Significant efforts are still needed to ensure that there is balance in the male-female ratios of lawyers across the country.
DL News
Courts
Would you let a robot lawyer defend you?
Prof Susskind says in the 1980s he was genuinely horrified by the idea of a computer judge, but that he isn’t now.
DL News
Courts
BOST, Hask Oil in talks over judgment debt
A Ghana News Agency (GNA) report said an Accra High Court ordered BOST to pay a total of GH¢9,962,118.84 to Hask Oil Company Limited, being the interest accrued on a bank facility they took while their products were in the custody of BOST (...
DL News
Courts
BOST to pay about ¢10m as judgement debt
The products were eventually released to the plaintiff in May 2016 at the time the interest had risen to the above figure of which the plaintiff sued
DL News
Business
Groupe Nduom Co. wins GHS174 million judgment
BlackShield until its license was revoked had paid over GHS600 million to some of its customers and still stands by its commitment to return funds invested as it is able to collect receivables.
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Courts
London Court throws out AG, others for sleeping on $170m case
In a ruling on Wednesday June 8, Mr Justice Butcher, refused to grant the government a time extension to apply to set aside the award – adding that the state’s grounds for challenging it were “intrinsically weak”.
DL News
General
Kumasi Mayor to sue a competitor for defamation if…
Mr.Osei-Assibey Antwi wants the Chief Executive officer of the Public Sector Reforms to retract allegations made against him or face prosecution
DL News
Others
Firms not required to reveal funding source for client, High Court rules
The High Court has ruled that two law firms acting for a bankrupt client were not required to reveal the source of his litigation funding.
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