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Justice Patrick Brooks has been named as the new president of the Court of Appeal. He succeeds Justice Dennis Morrison who will retire on Friday. Brooks will be sworn in at King's House on Monday. He has had a long career in the judiciary and...
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KRA hits snag in bid to collect Sh619m from Co-op Bank
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) suffered a blow in its pursuit of Sh619.16 million in excise tax from Cooperative Bank of Kenya after a tribunal barred the taxman from collecting the money.
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Georgetown Chamber calls on Lowenfield to withdraw report that dumps 115,000 votes
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield calling on him to withdraw his report to GECOM which discards over 115,000 votes and purports to award victory to
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Angola: Constitutional Court Organic Draft-Law Ready for Parliament
Luanda — The draft law on the Organic Structure of the Constitutional Court (TC) is to be submitted to the National Assembly (parliament), after having been favourably assessed, last Wednesday, by the Angolan Government, in a Cabinet Council
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HPCSA to approach presidency regarding criminal matter against doctors | News24
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) plans to take the matter about the death of Dr Abdulhay Munshi to the presidency.
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Obure: Make me witness in Omwenga murder case
Businessman Chris Phillip Obure is seeking to be a State witness rather than an accused person in the murder of car dealer Kelvin Omwenga.
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The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Martyn Roper, on Friday approved a law making same-sex partnerships legal.
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THAT all and sundry should abide by the law, moreso role models such as celebrities who society normally looks up to for guidance is not in question. So celebrities — be they artistes, sportspersons, politicians, church leaders as well as journalists —regarded as torchbearers should ensure that
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West Africa: Ecowas Court to Rule On Application Against Herdsmen April 22
[Daily Trust] The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has fixed April 22 to deliver judgment in a case accusing herdsmen of killings and destruction of properties of Nigerians.
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JUST IN | VBS scandal: Danny Msiza successfully challenges Motau report | News24
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reviewed and set aside findings made by advocate Terry Motau against ANC Limpopo treasurer Danny Msiza.
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Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be the first black man in the United States who was licensed to practice law. Born Allen Macon Bolling in 1816 in Indiana, he grew up a free man.  Bolling learned to read and write on his on his own and eventually landed his first a job as a schoolteacher where he
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Mozambique: Josina Machel's Former Boyfriend Seeks Injunction
[AIM] Maputo -- A Maputo judge has granted businessman Rufino Licuco an injunction seeking to forbid his former girlfriend, Josina Machel, daughter of Mozambique's first President, Samora Machel, from using his name or image.
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Kazembe cornered over MDC ‘abductees’ case - NewsDay Zimbabwe
HUMAN rights lawyers have put Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on the spot, demanding that he proves State claims that three MDC Alliance officials currently in remand prison raised false allegations of abduction and torture by security forces to tarnish government’s image. BY MOSES MATENGA
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MARTA lawsuit filed to re-instate 70 eliminated bus routes
A lawsuit has been filed in the Fulton County Superior Court on Friday, June 26, 2020, to compel the General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker to comply with its mandatory public duty under the MARTA ACT of 1965 (1965
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South Africa: Mbalula Urges Taxi Industry to Reconsider Decision to Break Lockdown Laws
[News24Wire] Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says it is unfortunate and regrettable that taxi operators have decided to violate Covid-19 lockdown regulations, after they announced that they will fill their taxis to 100% capacity and up inter-provincial travelling as of Monday.
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Dawn M. Jones Installed As 58th President Of State Bar of Georgia
Attorney Dawn M. Jones, managing member of The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC in Atlanta, was installed as the 58th president of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June
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Angola: MPs Analyse Justice Sector's Juridical Instruments
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The National Assembly (parliament) holds this Thursday, in Luanda, its first plenary meeting of the year 2021, which includes the analysis and voting, in general terms, of four legal instruments related to the Justice sector.
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OPINION: There’s No Debate! This Is Why The Senate Needs To Confirm Kristen Clarke For Assistant Attorney General
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Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: “Not Guilty.” Two powerful words spoken by the foreman of the jury that brought a sense of relief and feelings of vindication to three accused persons in the recently concluded treason trial. In the case of the first accused, Alfred Palo
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Cameroon: No Renege On the Law!
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Colin Kaepernick Expands Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative
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Judge ends suit saying City of Doraville writes too many tickets | The Atlanta Voice
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Senegal court refuses release of former Chad president Habré | Africanews
Hissène Habré was sentenced to life imprisonment by an African court in Dakar in 2016 for crimes against humanity.
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Black Attorney Selected As 2020 “Litigator of the Year” By the American Institute of Trial Lawyers - The New York Beacon
Nationwide— Every year, the American Institute of Trial Lawyers chooses a handful of the nation’s leading attorneys to receive their “Litigator of the Year” award. Attorney Zulu Ali received this award for 2020. The American Institute of Trial Lawyers is a professional organization that accepts
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Journey to Justice virtual symposium to put criminal justice reform in NCRM spotlight - TSDMemphis.com
The National Civil Rights Museum and Just City are hosting a virtual symposium, Journey to Justice, to highlight critical criminal justice reform work that’s being done throughout the country and to demonstrate how much work remains to be done. The 90-minute virtual event consists of three Journey
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What was gained from reduction of ExxonMobil’s environmental permits to five years? - Stabroek News
By Troy Thomas Troy Thomas is former president and a current member of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. The article What was gained from reduction of ExxonMobil’s environmental permits to five years? appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nandlall criticizes Alexis over report saying PPP appeal likely to fail
Attorney Anil Nandlall today rapped Grenadian Queen’s Counsel, Dr Francis Alexis for remarks attributed to him in today’s Guyana Chronicle that a PPP appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice over a Guyana Court of Appeal ruling has no “real prospect of
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'Grandfathering' to no longer be used due to 'racist origins', says Massachusetts appeal court
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Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation
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