Courts
Whether to put on hold or not: Court to rule on Quayson’s motion June 23
The court however ruled that Mr James Quasyon could absent himself on the adjourned date
DL News
Results for "40th Martyrs' Day Remembrance Service"
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Courts
Jilted man in court for sharing ex-girlfriend’s nude video on Whatsapp
Ebenezer Sarfo allegedly shared the video after warning his ex-girlfriend of the same
GNA
General
GBA to champion National Policy Initiative for ‘ A skill for a prisoner’
According to the Association, this is one of the surest ways to deal with and reduce the rate of recidivism in the country’s prisons
DL News
Courts
Nkwanta North district: Evangelist sentenced 18 months over false pretence, stealing
Kidisil pleaded guilty to the crime and was convicted accordingly.
GNA
Crime
Koforidua: 23-year-old girl murdered by jilted lover
The gruesome murder, which occurred on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Junction 5 at the Trom Community, took place in the room of the deceased
DL News
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
Africa
Tanzanian woman jailed 29 years for rape of eight-year-old boy
Desderia Mbwelwa, 57, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison at a court on Friday but details of the verdict have not been widely reported until now.
BBC
General
Resolution of cross-border boundary dispute: Ghana ratifies ‘Niamey Convention’
Ghana is among the nine out of fifty-five (55) AU Member states that have ratified the Convention on Cross-border Co-operation known as the ‘Niamey Convention.”
DL News
Europe
Mother sues firm after solicitor son took his own life
The mother of the late Kristof Fabry, who was an associate solicitor with London practice Statham Gill Davies Solicitors, has brought the employment tribunal claim against the firm and one of its partners.
Law Society Gazette
Courts
Court remands Director of JC Logistics over an alleged false cheque
Mr Amenu, who was charged with two counts of issuing false cheques, pleaded not guilty
GNA
Africa
Nobody will move us over anti-gay law - Museveni
Mr. Museveni insisted the signing of the law was a done deal, defying calls to have it repealed
BBC
Africa
Zimbabwe passes bill to punish 'unpatriotic acts'
The so-called patriot clause of the Criminal Act targets those who harm the "national interest of Zimbabwe”
BBC
General
ECOWAS Court conference urges tough measures against unconstitutional change of government
The keynote address at the opening of the conference on Monday, 22nd May 2023, was delivered by Professor of Practice at Tuft University in the US, Professor Chidi Odinkalu. It was opened by President Adama Barrow.
GNA
General
GLC withdraws LLB accreditation for campuses of Presbyterian Uni, Wisconsin Kumasi, another
A notice signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo (JA), and published in the Daily Graphic indicates that the decision was made pursuant to Section 4 of the Legal Professions Act(Amendment)(No 2) decree, 1967(NLCD 213)...
Europe
Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case
The British singer-songwriter had denied stealing elements of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On song for his 2014 worldwide hit.
BBC
US
'It's Marla': Donald Trump confuses rape accuser with ex-wife, trial told
Lawyers for E Jean Carroll, who claims Mr Trump raped her nearly three decades ago, say the episode undermines the former US President's argument that she was not his type.
Sky News
Courts
Opuni trial: Dep AG says State witnesses are unwilling to testify
Some are on retirement and others are unhappy with being in the witness box for almost two years and thus unwilling to testify
DL News
Europe
More UK judges want to quit before retirement, official survey shows
The 2022 UK Judicial Attitude Survey, published earlier this month, found that 43% of salaried judges are considering quitting early, up from 31% in 2014.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Nigeria says Tinubu to be sworn in despite court cases
Groups dissatisfied by the outcome of the 25 February presidential election are agitating for an interim government as outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari officially leaves office in May.
Nigeria says Tinubu to be sworn in despite court cases
Africa
Nigerian rooster loses court battle over noise complaint
The court in the northern city of Kano declared the cockerel a nuisance to the neighbourhood for its relentless crowing that two neighbours said deprived them of their sleep, Premium Times news website reports
BBC