Africa
Liberia: More courts, fewer cases as Magistrates tussle over cases
Some of the less populated counties have as many as 33 Magisterial Courts compared to more populated counties with only 10 such courts.
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Africa
Uganda's anti-corruption agency gives 24,000 leaders 30 days to declare wealth or face sanctions
Declaring of wealth in this regard is meant for elected leaders from Local Councils upwards to the President. At least 24,000 leaders fall under this category.
Nile Post
Courts
Court directs Rev. Kusi Boateng’s lawyers to properly serve Ablakwa on contempt application
The MP has been cited for contempt by Rev Kusi Boateng for allegedly throwing and kicking a court process at the premises of Metro TV after the latter sued and secured an injunction against him.
DL News
Courts
Rev Kusi Boateng's ‘purported’ process servers not from Judicial Service- Ablakwa on contempt application
He notes that his search has revealed that the process servers who purportedly served him, do not belong to the Judicial Service.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Treason Felony case: Supreme Court denies Oliver Barker Certiorari application
A 5-member panel presided over by Anin Yeboah(CJ), noted inter alia that the trial High Court acted within its jurisdiction by allowing the prosecution to amend the charges.
DL News
Courts
Alleged conflict of interest: Rev Kusi Boateng secures injunction against Ablakwa's further publication
The MP in recent weeks had made allegations bothering on conflict of interest and corruption against Rev Victor Kusi Boateng concerning some aspects of the financing of the National Cathedral project.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria court remands three Sharia Judges, others for alleged theft in Kano
The judicial workers are accused of forging letterheads of the Kano Sharia Court and signatures of the two signatories to the court's Stanbic IBTC bank.
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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
Africa
Zimbabwe: Doctors and nurses face jail for striking as controversial Health Services Bill becomes law
The new law criminalises any collective job action which goes beyond 72 hours, and any member of the Health Service who breaches the Act shall be liable for a fine and a prison sentence
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General
Approve Justices Yao Gaewu, George Koomson for Supreme Court – Akufo-Addo to Parliament
President Akufo-Addo made the appeal during the swearing-in of Justices Ackah-Yensu and Adibo Asiedu at the Presidency on December 28, 2022.
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Africa
South Africa: Activist challenges law that bars naming accused in rape cases
Caroline Peters wants a section of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional and invalid
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Africa
South Africa: 'Bizarre' case reveals that Magistrates lack training
In a special review, the High Court has set aside the conviction and sentencing of a man by a Magistrate in a maintenance court. The man had been found guilty although charges were never put to him and he never pleaded.
News24
Europe
Four suspects charged in probe into European Parliament bribery by Gulf state
Greek MEP and European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was among those previously arrested in the case.
BBC
General
H-Kwasi Prempeh writes: 'The lawyerization and judicialization of the business of Parliament is bad for our democracy'
Coming to this business of the motion of censure, we have just witnessed the lawyerization or judicialization of what is fundamentally a political, not a legal, sanction.
H.Kwasi Prempeh
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court quashes High Court’s ruling to allow Anas testify in-camera
In an application dated April 29, 2022, Mr. Nyantakyi described the High Court’s decision as ‘erroneous’, thus seeking the apex court to quash the same.
DL News
General
India Court sentences father, daughter & son to jail for obtaining abortion order by filing false rape case
The Court, in its order, noted that the fact was that the Prosecutrix got conceived from her cousin's brother, however, this fact was conveniently suppressed by the father and daughter.
Livelaw
Courts
Court winds up Q-net Investment as AG petitions
This follows a petition filed by Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame per Section 84 (1) of the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015) indicating that Q-net operated in a manner that qualifies it as a Ponzi Scheme.
DL News
General
Draft Parliamentary Transition Bill presented to Speaker
Consultants from the CDT, Professor Kwamina Ahwoi and Nana Ato Dadzie, who made the presentation, noted that the draft bill among others proposes the election of the Speaker of Parliament by an Electoral College of MPs.
DL News
Africa
South African ex-President Zuma calls courts unjust after completing jail term
Zuma, who has faced myriad corruption allegations, also had failed to appear in front of an inquiry into state graft -- locally called "state capture" -- that occurred under his nearly decadelong tenure.
VOA
General
66 Bills to be laid before Parliament on resumption
Eleven Bills are currently at the committee level, of which seven are Public Bills and four are Private Members bills.
GNA