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Europe
UK: Woman claiming to be Christ warned to stop using court time
The court heard that Michelle Andrea Derrig, known as Michelle Andrea Hargreaves after marriage, changed her name last November to Jesus Christ.
The Law Society Gazette4 November 2022
Europe
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Third-party agents used Glencore’s money to bribe officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan, causing harms worth $128m, a sentencing hearing at Southwark crown court heard.
The Guardian3 November 2022
Courts
Court grants Agradaa GH¢150,000 bail in second case
This comes a week after she was granted bail by Circuit Court 9, for the same charges.
DL News24 October 2022
Europe
UK: Woman jailed for injecting child with faeces has sentence increased
Elizabeth Faragher had her sentence extended from five years and 10 months to eight years after judges ruled the earlier jail term "unduly lenient".
Sky News24 October 2022
Courts
Agradaa granted GHC 50,000 bail, but remains in custody over charges at different court
Charged with one count of charlatanic advertisement and six counts of defrauding by false pretence under Act 29 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Agradaa has maintained a plea of not guilty in all her court appearances.
DL News17 October 2022
Courts
Oliver Vormawor’s treason felony case adjourned to October 21
Mr. Vormawor has been charged on two counts of treason felony contrary to section 182(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and treason felony contrary to section 182(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), following coup c...
DL News14 October 2022
Courts
Betting company fined GH¢600.00 for dumping and burning refuse
The court presided over by Mr Festus Fovi Nukunu, a Circuit Court Judge sitting as an additional judge at the District Court, fined the manager of Alfabet after pleading guilty to two charges.
GNA27 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
Africa
South Africa: Traditional court condemns 19-year-old to grisly death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder.
AllAfrica16 September 2022
Courts
Aisha Huang, three others remanded over illegal mining
Aisha was remanded into lawful custody by an Accra Circuit Court last Friday, after the court preserved her plea because there was no Chinese interpreter.
GNA5 September 2022
Courts
Commodity exporter, one other in court for allegedly robbing German national
Philip Mustapha Morka, a 58-year-old Commodity Exporter, and Nana Akwasi Adom, a 59-year-old bar operator are alleged to have committed the act with some police officers now at large.
GNA12 August 2022
General
Justice Sir Dennis Adjei to be sworn in at 66th Ordinary session of African Court
Justice Sir Dennis Adjei was elected, alongside Cameroonian judge, Justice Ntyam Ondo Mengue, at the just-ended 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union
DL News22 July 2022
Courts
JB Danquah Adu murder case: Court to hold mini-trial
The accused persons, Daniel Asiedu aka 'sexy dondon,' and Vincent Bossu aka Junior Agogo have been charged with the murder of the former Member of Parliament.
DL News20 July 2022
Courts
Freezing of Sir John’s assets: High Court dismisses Special Prosecutor’s confirmation request
The Special Prosecutor on May 30, 2022, directed the freezing of the Estate of Sir John, in order to conduct further investigation into allegations of suspected corruption.
DL News12 July 2022
Business
Court of Appeal reverses revocation of UniCredit’s operating license
The Central Bank’s revocation of UniCredit’s license was contained in an August 16, 2019 Statement which noted that the revocation had become necessary because the Financial Institutions including UniCredit, had become insolvent.
DL News7 July 2022
Others
India: Judge adopts policy to grant young lawyers who are mothers specific time slots for arguments
The court passed these directions after an incident involving a male lawyer seeking adjournment as he had to pick up his child from the school and therefore taking up the matter in the evening would be inconvenient to him.
Livelaw5 July 2022
Courts
Dram Oil sues Deloitte and Touche for alleged negligent auditing
According to its Statement of the Case, Dram Oil indicates that the said Commercial dispute brought against it and others by CAL Bank arose out of a tripartite agreement.
DL News17 June 2022
Others
Delhi High Court restrains illegal websites from hosting Warner Bros content
Warner Bros in its plea claimed that it had conducted an investigation and learnt of the extent of the infringing activity of the rogue websites, which had streamed and downloaded their original cinematograph films in which copyright vests.
LawBeat8 June 2022
Courts
Court upholds sentence against Hotel Rwanda manager
The subject of the Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Rusesabagina has boycotted court proceedings since March 2021, saying they were unfair.
BBC5 April 2022
Courts
AG describes as waste of time TI's Agyapa deal case
According to the AG represented by Chief State Attorney, Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, the case before the court does not in any way reveal corrupt dealings or tendencies in the deal.
DL News30 March 2022