General
Parliament passes Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing death penalty
“The Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2022 is duly read the third time and duly passed," Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin said.
DL News
Results for "Central Bank of Kenya Regulations"
2043 results.
Europe
UK law firm owners suspended for accounts breaches dating back to 1980s
A Solicitors Regulation Authority launched an investigation in August 2021, which found the firm was holding £121,270 in client funds that had been dormant for more than 12 months – in one matter, the last transaction dated back to 1984.
Legal Futures
Tech
Largest US newspaper publisher sues Google, alleging online ad monopoly
Gannett argues in court documents that Google and its parent company, Alphabet, controls how publishers buy and sell ads online.
CNN
Courts
Car washer, 20 jailed 18 months for unlawful entry and stealing
Yeboah stole car battery, stabilizer, one woofer and speakers valued at GHS1 ,040.00 and pleaded guilty to the two charges.
GNA
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
Tech
TikTok joins list of social media companies sued for privacy violations from third-party data-sharing
In the wake of surging consumer privacy lawsuits alleging the illegal use of tracking pixels by third-party websites to collect personal information, TikTok and its parent company ByteDance are facing accusations that non-TikTok users’ “hig...
LAW.COM
Europe
IT worker sues her boss believing 'xx' in email were kisses
Karina Gasparova also claimed that when Alexander Goulandris renamed a work file with his initials 'ajg' it was an abbreviation of "A Jumbo Genital".
BBC
General
Oti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates four courts
Justice Anin-Yeboah noted that the commissioning of the courthouses is part of the Judiciary's objective to make justice accessible to the people in the area.
DL News
Supreme Court News
President Akufo Addo Nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as Ghana's Next Chief Justice
Justice Torkornoo, who has been a member of the judiciary for nineteen years, currently serves on the Supreme Court, where she has played a pivotal role for the past four years
DL News
Courts
Obrafour sues Drake for copyright infringement, seeks $10m in damages
Obrafour says an agent of Drake had previously sought permission to use the copyrighted work, which he never granted, and then released the track days later anyway.
DL News
Others
Chinese engineer arrested in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy
Police said the alleged blasphemy act had enraged the local staff, leading to angry protests Sunday evening across the Kohistan district where the project is being built, with thousands of protesters blocking the main highway linking Pakist...
VOA
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing April 18-20, 2023
Cases up for consideration are civil motions, civil appeals, criminal appeals, and a chieftaincy appeal
DL News
General
Ashanti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates courthouse at Wiamoase
The inauguration of the new court facility forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by the government.
DL News
General
Chief Justice commissions Kasoa High Court
“It is my hope that this court will present a new and friendlier face of justice delivery in this Municipality."
DL News
Courts
Full Reasoning of Eric Baah(J.A) in dismissing Anas GHC25 M Defamation suit against Kennedy Agyepong
In the court’s wisdom, the plaintiff surmounted the first test by proving that the words complained of were uttered by the defendant and that they were capable of defamatory meanings
DL News
Courts
Chief Justice commissions North Tongu Circuit Court
The court is the second facility to be commissioned in the district, under the government’s 100 courts project.
DL News
General
Ashanti Region: Circuit Court inaugurated at Juaben
The commissioning of these new court facilities forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by the government, judicial officials have said.
DL News
Courts
Anas’ GH¢25M defamation suit against Ken Agyapong: Court adjourns judgment to March 15
Anas is asking the High Court to award aggravated damages to the tune of GH¢25 million arising from defamatory materials published by the MP
DL News
Courts
Court of Appeal sittings in 4 Regional capitals suspended indefinitely
A statement signed by the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah emphasizes that ‘all pending appeals in the Court of Appeal listed above, are accordingly transferred to Kumasi and Accra."
DL News
Crime
GRA taskforce arrests five shopping mall managers for tax infractions
The exercise is part of an ongoing nationwide VAT invigilation exercise to ensure tax compliance and retrieve taxes due the State.
GNA