Africa
Zimbabwe: New marriage law give 'girlfriends' inheritance rights
Unlike in the past, the new law recognizes civil partnerships, which are not marriages but are recognized only for property sharing.
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Courts
Legal vacation: Courts in Greater Accra to conduct only virtual hearings
This directive comes as the courts would be embarking on the annual long vacation for the legal year, beginning August to September 2022.
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Africa
Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: An explainer
Blasphemy is an offence under Nigeria’s criminal law in states that put it on their statute books.
The Conversation Africa
Courts
Child custody battle: Who wins? - The case of Beckley v Beckley
Child custody battle: Who wins? - The case of Beckley v Beckley
Richard Osei Boateng
General
You cannot conduct a valid marriage ceremony after 6pm – Legal practitioner
You cannot conduct a valid marriage ceremony after 6pm – Legal practitioner
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Europe
German tennis star Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail
The German star was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely “Lilly” B...
AP News
Courts
Court grants Odartey Lamptey access, ownership of his East Legon Mansion
The latest High Court ruling which came on March 2, 2022, ordered his ex-wife, Gloria Appiah to hand over keys to the former Ghanaian football star within a month.
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Africa
Lesotho Ex-PM charged with murdering wife
Gunmen shot and killed Lipolelo Thabane on 14 June 2017 – two days before Mr Thabane was sworn in as prime minister.
BBC
General
Cyber Bullying: Installing App to monitor partner’s infidelity breach of privacy-Samson Lardy
I do not know anywhere in the world where adultery is a crime.”
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Courts
Litigation and Technology: Making the case for virtual courts in Ghana
Certainly, a virtual court in Ghana will benefit the courts/judicial system, clients, lawyers and the environment
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Africa
Dubai ruler had ex-wife’s phone hacked – UK court
A senior member of NSO’s management team called Mrs Blair from Israel on 5 August 2020 to inform her that “it had come to their attention that their software may have been misused to monitor the mobile phones of Baroness Shackleton and HRH...
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Crime
Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted
“I look at my young son and I don’t know how to explain to him why he can’t talk to other children or play out in the hall. He’s already traumatised.
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Africa
Agnes Sithole: The woman who fought South Africa’s sexist marriage laws
We knew that the law had changed and thought it had changed for everyone,” recalls Agnes. “[Later], when I realised that the law had cheated me, that’s when I realised that I would have to fight this.”
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US
Kanye West files to officially change name to Ye
I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means ‘you
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Crime
A/R: Man kills wife in the presence of daughter, attempts suicide afterwards
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue. Bashiru attempted to commit suicide afterward but has now been handed over to the police while investigations continue.
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Courts
ICC lifts arrest warrant for I.Coast ex first lady Simone Gbagbo
In March, the ICC acquitted Laurent Gbagbo of crimes against humanity and he returned to Ivory Coast on June 17, after 10 years behind bars in The Hague, where the ICC is based, and then in Belgium.
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Courts
FLASHBACK: High Court Judgment, Gloria Odartey Lamptey v Nii Odartey Lamptey [PDF]
The vehicles were to be transferred to the petitioner within 30 days and the Dome residence within 40 days, failure of which the registrar was mandated to execute the conveyance.
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Europe
Man, 62, accuses BCM Group boss of assault
He hinted that he suspected the allegation was part of a scheme by his estranged wife to acquire his assets through fraudulent means.
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US
Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
After raising three children and building the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the two are ending their marriage.
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Europe
Turkey’s withdrawal from women violence treaty goes to court
Istanbul, Turkey – With a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on March 20, Turkey’s exit from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence was sudden but not u...
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