Results for "Gambia Bar Association"
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General
Full List: 65% of new lawyers called to the Gambian Bar are Ghanaians
65 per cent of lawyers called to the Gambia Bar in 2021 are Ghanaian law students who left Ghana and opted to study law in the West African Country.
DL News
Africa
President Mahama demands Justice for 2005 Gambia massacre victims
The tragic event, widely referred to as The Gambia Massacre, led to the brutal killing of around 56 West African migrants, most of whom were Ghanaians.
DL News
Africa
Lawyering associations in the Gambia demand independent inquiry into cough syrup deaths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week, issued a global alert, warning that four Indian-manufactured cough syrups could be linked to acute kidney injuries and children's deaths in July, August, and September.
DL News
General
GBA 2024 National Election: Who wins what?
The office of the President is being contended by Mr. Agbesi Dzakpasu and Madam Efua Ghartey while Mr Ebenezer Kwaitoo is battling it out with Miss Victoria Barth for Vice President.
DL News
Tech
How GPT-4 mastered the entire bar exam, and why that matters
Researchers tested GPT-4 on all three portions of the bar exam, and its final score would put it in the 90th percentile of human test-takers—and above the average for actual test-takers of the most recently administered bar exam.
LAW.COM
General
Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
DL News
Africa
Gambian ex-minister goes on trial in Switzerland for murder
Ousman Sonko fled there in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, accused of heading a repressive regime, lost power.
BBC
Africa
Gambia needs court for Jammeh-era crimes - president
Gambia's 1997 constitution does not have provisions, specifically prescribed, to prosecute crimes such as torture, enforced disappearances, and crimes against humanity.
BBC
General
Who becomes the next GBA President?
Gradually, the race for the top post of the organization is getting to the top spot where the crowns and apparel will be given to the deserving victorious servants to steer the forth from where the Acheampong Boafo administration has brough...
DL News
Courts
Marking the end of 2021 Legal year: W/R Bar Association makes donations to courts in Takoradi
The adage goes that Rome was not built in a day so once we identify the problems, gradually from time to time, we will continue providing our widow’s mite.
DL News
Africa
Gambian MPs to debate bill seeking to reverse FGM ban
If the legislators agree to consider it, the bill will be taken through a committee for further scrutiny.
BBC
Others
Indonesia bans all syrup medicines after death of 99 children
It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in The Gambia was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children.
BBC
Crime
Jammeh To Justice coalition disappointed with reparations allocated to victims
The Jammeh To Justice Ghana Coalition, says it is disappointed in the amount of money allotted by the Gambian government to families of victims who were killed under ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh
DL News
US
Chaos strikes California Bar exam: Refunds offered to 5,600 amid disarray
With the test date just 12 days away, applicants were given the option to withdraw and receive an $830 refund, marking an unusual and rare move by the state bar.
Lawyer Monthly
General
We have nobody rivaling us - GBA president on splinter associations
“What bothers me was when this whole thing came, an association to rival the GBA – no, nobody can rival us, and today we don’t even know their leaders."
DL News
Tech
Hacked: Lawyers Seek Answers After Breach of State Bar of Georgia Website
"We have placed contact information at gabar.org for specific departments," said State Bar of Georgia Communications Director Jennifer Mason. "People can certainly call those phone numbers and we will help them to the best of our abilities...
Law.com