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Europe
Woman makes history as UK’s first black blind barrister
Jessikah Inaba, who is also Congolese, qualified last month after five years of legal study at the University of Law in London.
DL News7 November 2022
General
2022 Call to the Bar:785 candidates presented
Last year’s event took place on October 1 at which 278 new lawyers were called to the Ghana Bar.
DL News7 November 2022
Africa
Lesotho: Death penalty for HIV rapists unconstitutional, top court rules
In particular, the court held that stipulating the death penalty for a convicted rapist, held to have known he was HIV positive at the time of the crime, infringed the constitutional right to freedom from discrimination and to a right to eq...
AllAfrica2 November 2022
Europe
Schools in Great Britain warned not to ban minority pupils’ hair styles
Equality watchdog says appearance policies should include exceptions on racial and religious grounds
Evening Standard29 October 2022
US
Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover - and immediately sacks top executives
It ends months of bad blood between the two parties regarding the takeover, with Elon Musk complaining about fake accounts on the platform and claims by a whistleblower that Twitter misled regulators about security risks.
Sky News28 October 2022
Europe
European Commission to take Malta to court over golden passports
The EU body will file a legal challenge against Malta for the scheme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship.
Aljazeera3 October 2022
General
5 Categories of LLB holders: Find yourself and follow – Ntrakwah (Esq) charges law students
According to her, even though few Law students are aware as to what use they want to put their degrees, a whole lot is missing at sea as to the possibilities outside of the walls of their schools.
DL News27 September 2022
Others
China’s ex-justice minister sentenced to death for corruption
Fu Zhenghua was accused of “taking advantage” of his position between 2005 and 2021, including accepting bribes totaling more than 117 million yuan (about $16.76 million) and “bending the law for personal gains.”
Anadolu Agency23 September 2022
General
60% of courts and bungalows near completion, to be commissioned before October, says President Akufo-Addo
The initial announcements for these projects were made in March, during the State of the Nation’s Address.
DL News13 September 2022
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.
AllAfrica12 September 2022
Africa
High-level panel of African jurists in Kenya to observe presidential results suit at Supreme Court
The Jurists are Members of the Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF).
AllAfrica29 August 2022
Africa
Nigeria Court nullifies suspension of Bar Association's General Secretary
The judge said the ratification of the suspension of the NBA's General Secretary on 21 August ought not to have been carried out in view of the pendency of a suit challenging the suspension.
AllAfrica24 August 2022
US
US House Speaker's husband, Paul Pelosi gets 5 days in jail, 3 years of probation in DUI
Paul Pelosi was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .082%, just over the legal limit.
AP News24 August 2022
General
Selective criminalisation of breach of fiduciary duties in new Lands Act discriminatory, unconstitutional – OccupyGhana
The group makes the case that while Act 1036 falls short of specifically criminalising the same breach by managers of Public Lands, Article 36(8) of the Constitution imposes the same duties on all ‘managers of public, stool, skin, and famil...
DL News23 August 2022
US
Trump sues US government over FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
The ex-president seeks to prevent bureau from reading seized documents until court official weighs in.
The Guardian23 August 2022
Courts
KNUST: Police officer, student accused of rape remanded again
L/Cpl Frank Adu Poku and Joel Osei Owusu were arrested on July 19, 2022, and have since been charged with with two counts; conspiracy to commit rape and rape.
DL News10 August 2022
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 Boateng8 August 2022
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 News5 August 2022
Business
Involve lawyers when starting companies for sustainability- Veritas Int'l Director
She made this known at a roundtable discussion held to commemorate the five-year anniversary of Veritas International and Trustees Limited, this week.
DL News29 July 2022
Europe
Grandfather killer jailed in first TV sentencing in England and Wales
The arrival of TV cameras at the Old Bailey and other crown courts comes nine years after the move was first promised.
BBC29 July 2022