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Nigeria: Blogger arrested for 'defaming' Governor, spends 100 days in detention
Mr Adewale has been in police custody since 13 May.
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Sierra Leone now has new land rights law to promote gender, tribal equality and social justice
The new law will also promote gender equality and ensure that married couples can jointly register land ownership.
Sierra Leone Telegraph
Courts
Joining the legal vacation virtual court sittings
To enable the clerk to identify the parties and lawyers to give access to, lawyers, parties, or representatives must use their full names to sign in.
Richard Osei Boateng
Europe
U.S. basketball star Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years
Griner’s detention was made public only after Russian troops moved into Ukraine, as relations between Russia and the United States hit new lows after Washington led the West in bringing sanctions against Moscow.
AP News
Europe
Neymar to be tried over irregularities in Barcelona transfer
The Brazilian international, his parents, and former Barcelona presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu will be tried for alleged corruption related to the forward’s move from Santos to Barcelona in 2013.
AFP
Courts
Full ruling: OSP’s confirmation order for Sir John’s asset freeze fell short of Act 959, Act 804 thresholds - Court
"The one condition for the grant of such an application which is however absent here, is that no warrant was issued for the arrest of the late Sir John before his death. That one condition not being met is the bane of the case of the Applic...
DL News
Courts
Court of Appeal releases confiscated East Legon House to Nayele Ametepe’s mum
In January 2015, after Nayele Ametepe Alia Ruby Appiah was convicted and sentenced in the United Kingdom for the possession of 12.5 kg of Cocaine, the said house was seized by the Narcotics Control Board.
DL News
Others
India: Supreme Court refuses to quash copyright complaint against Puma
The complaint alleged that their music was being played in the retail outlet of the Puma store at Elante Mall, without there being a licence in their favour issued under the Copy Right Act.
LawBeat
General
Look at Acts with a lot of scrutiny – Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo
She chaired the launch of Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s book; Essential Themes in Land Law and Customary Law at the Law Court Complex in Accra.
DL News
General
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
DL News
Courts
Celebrity cases worth a recap : The rise and fall of Geeman, Jagger Pee
Geeman and Jagger pee appealed against their conviction per AGYEMAN@ GEEMAN & NYAME @ JAGGERPEE V THE REPUBLIC NO 7/98 (UNREPORTED) delivered on 19th November 1998.
DL News
Europe
‘You can overcome barriers’ – UK senior barrister, Nneka Akudolu
In the UK, barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds face systemic obstacles to building and progressing a career at the Bar, according to the Bar Council’s Race Working Group Report in 2021.
DL News
Tech
Meta, Google, Twitter appeal against global injunction by Indian Yoga Guru set for May 10
The digital giants have come in appeal against an order passed by an Indian High Court in 2019 on a suit by Indian Yoga Guru, Ramdev alleging defamation via remarks and videos, based on the book "Godman to Tycoon – the Untold Story of Baba...
LawBeat
Crime
Tamale: Police on manhunt for 15 suspects over attack on Chief’s Palace
Reasons for the attack are unknown, but palace elders have called on the security agencies to bring the perpetrators to book.
Citinewsroom
Courts
Occupancy of ‘Light Industrial area’: Court orders Lands Commission to approve Shabib Motors application
The High Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony Oppong JA has ordered the Lands Commission to approve the application by SHABIB MOTORS LTD for the grant of the unnumbered plot situated opposite Manet Court at Tema Motorway Ind...
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
Court orders prosecution to file witness statements in Imam defilement case
The court also asked the prosecution to file and serve the accused and his lawyer with the witness statements.
GNA
Africa
TB Joshua’s widow and the battle for his Nigerian church
“TB Joshua was a prophet by birth, but his wife has become a prophet by inclination. Husband and wife have become one, so by that union he has extended the anointing to her,
DL News
Supreme Court News
President Akufo-Addo’s next Supreme Court appointment(s): Who will be elevated to become a “Lord”?
On the portal of the Judicial Service, the composition of the Supreme Court is now made up of 13 justices and the Chief Justice. They are Justice Jones Dotse, Justice Paul Baffoe Bonnie, Justice Gabriel Pwamang, Justice Agnes M.A. Dordzie,...
DL News
General
Speaker Bagbin grants Sosu’s request for contempt against two policemen
He invoked the powers of Parliament under Article 117 of the 1992 Constitution and Order 28 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, and said ACP Isaac Kojo Asante, Regional Operations Commander, and ACP Eric Winful, Divisional Commander, Aden...
GNA