General
CJ calls for cross-sectoral legal framework to drive blue economy
Chief Justice Torkornoo was speaking at the 14th Maritime Law Seminar for Judges of the Superior Courts Ghana
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Europe
UK: Solicitor struck off for hiding friendship with convicted money lender
A tribunal found that Malcolm Glynn had been motivated a desire to conceal the relationship he had with a convicted money launderer and had breached his position of trust
Law Society Gazette
General
Struck Section 43 of Act 1019: Government introduces new Bill for amendment
The said section was struck out in July Last year by the Supreme Court as having been passed by Parliament in excess of its jurisdiction
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Supreme Court News
Full judgment: Supreme Court reasoning in CDD and Others vs. Attorney General
The Supreme Court, in the opinion of Amegatcher JSC, held that the issue of leave of the Auditor-General is an administrative matter within the purview of the Auditor-General and his Management.
DL News
Tech
Authors file copyright infringement against OpenAI, claiming books used as training material for ChatGPT
It alleged that large portions of the copyrighted material was allegedly used to train ChatGPT to enable it to “emit convincingly naturalistic text outputs in response to user prompts,” according to the complaint.
LAW.COM
Tech
Robotic falcon maker loses £100,000 to cyber criminals
The tech-savvy grandfather said he was targeted by fraudsters when his family business was struggling to cope with a 95% fall in its turnover
BBC
Europe
Swiss court acquits officers over death of Nigerian
When the verdict was announced, there were shouts of "shame" in the courtroom, and protests outside
BBC
Europe
UK barrister who asked client for drugs jailed
Hendron was representing a man who was arrested in 2021 on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs.
Law Society Gazette
US
First Muslim woman confirmed as US federal judge
Choudhury, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, was confirmed on a 50-49 vote. She will also be the first Bangladeshi-American federal judge.
VOA
Europe
British woman jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit during lockdown
The 44-year-old mother of three obtained pills from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) during lockdown, under laws introduced in the COVID pandemic.
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Business
NPA to prosecute crimes in oil supply chain
This was made known by the Legal Manager of the NPA, Farida Ali-Musah at a media engagement in Cape Coast.
DL News
Courts
Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect unfit to stand trial, UN court rules
Félicien Kabuga's lawyers had argued that he suffered from dementia.
BBC
Tech
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with the company on Monday, which also includes increased protections for child gamers.
BBC
Europe
UK man spared jail after six-year delay in case coming to court
Darryl Foster had signed up to Sugar Daddy Meet and started talking to the account of a girl who he initially thought was 18, the court heard.
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK: Solicitor banned indefinitely for practising while bankrupt
Sarah Louise Williams was found to have concealed her bankruptcy from the regulator and it was plain that she knew or should have known that she was not allowed to carry on practising.
Law Society Gazette
General
Reports that lawyers would write exams before renewal of licences false - GLC
“There was no mention of lawyers being required to write examinations at all before a renewal of license and indeed no such amendment to the Law is about to be made"
DL News
Courts
Copyright infringement: Srem Sai, another sue lawyer who won against Kpebu
You may recall that Mr. Awindago, the defendant in this case, won a similar case against the lawyer and Human Rights activist, Martin Kpebu this year
DL News
Africa
Court declines to unfreeze Félicien Kabuga's assets in Kenya
The Kenya anti-corruption court rejected Mr Kabuga’s son Nshimyumuremyi Donatien's plea to allow his aged mother to access rent from the property in the capital, Nairobi, local media report
BBC
Europe
UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigns after findings of bullying in report
In a resignation letter posted on Twitter on Friday, Dominic Raab said he decided to resign as deputy prime minister and justice secretary after an official inquiry found some of the claims made against him were justified.
CNN
Europe
UK law firm to pay £19k for unfairly dismissing pregnant paralegal
Though Farzana Yasin’s pregnancy was not the primary reason she was let go by Bolton firm Swift Lawyers, it was a factor in the way her redundancy was handled
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