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Court of Appeal sittings resume in Kisumu, Mombasa - The Kenya News
The Court of Appeal sittings in Kisumu and Mombasa will resume in July following changes announced by Chief Justice Martha Koome. Sittings at the two courts were suspended in December 2019 after judges there were recalled to Nairobi following a stalemate over the appointment of 11 recommended by
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Judiciary goes digital in line with new normal
It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual
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Pakistan’s Information Minister Hits Out At TikTok Ban, Calls It Judicial Activism – The Wilmington Journal
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry hit out against the High Court’s decision to ban the Chinese short-form video app TikTok.  Pakistan’s Sindh High Court in the country’s southeastern province ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to [...]
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Supreme Court tears into KwaZulu-Natal judge: Here's why
In the ruling, penned by Acting Judge Glenn Goosen, the court says it was 'an unconscionable dereliction of duty'.
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Security guard jailed 26 years for murder - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY KENNETH NYANGANI A SECURITY guard at a lodge in Chipinge has been sentenced to 26 years for killing a client in The post Security guard jailed 26 years for murder appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Court of Appeal sides with magistrate who dismissed drug charges against Jamaican - Barbados Today
The Court of Appeal has backed Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes’ decision to drop drug charges against a marine engineer from Jamaica. In dismissing an appeal to Weekes’ ruling, brought by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the panel of judges also ordered that costs be paid to the
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After delay, associate judges are approved
After a few weeks’ delay, newly elected Chief Magistrate Judge Cynthia Kelley has had her associate judges approved by the Superior Court Judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Judge Kelley received word that her three appointments had been approved Tuesday afternoon. Chief Judge Carl
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Chiwenga wins children’s custody
THE Supreme Court has set aside a recent High Court judgment and granted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga custody of his three minor children following protracted legal battles with estranged wife, Mary
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Don’t lead us into constitutional crises but deliver us from contempt of court - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Your Excellency, while the past week has been eventful and historic in several respects because of the High Court judgment that effectively “retired” Chief Justice Luke Malaba, for some of us it has been a déjà vu moment as we have been plunged into a constitutional crisis on two fronts.
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Recuse yourself, Justice Ndewere tells judge
SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere filed an application seeking the recusal of fellow High Court judge Justice Benjamini Chikowero from hearing her urgent chamber application and challenging Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s move to have her investigated over allegations of gross
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COVID-19: How Going to Jail Became A Death Sentence
We were granted a hearing by Superior Court Judge Vince Rozier and were encouraged by his May 1, 2020 ruling to order, adjudge and decree that the defendants, among other things, produce verified statements that “living conditions designed to reasonably prevent the spread of COVID-19, including but
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We can't just suspend a judge, says JSC after calls for action against Judge Hlophe | News24
In response to unhappiness about rulings, and other issues, surrounding Western Cape Judge John Hlope, the Judicial Service Commission has made it clear that it falls outside their ambit to suspend judges.
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Attorney Seeks Writ of Mandamus to Move Cases Forward
St. Croix attorney Russell Pate has filed a petition seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the V.I. Superior Court to assign hundreds of cases orphaned when the judge presiding over them was named to a higher court.
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BREAKING: Court Drops ALL Sexual Assault Charges Against Bill Cosby | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Just when you thought it was over for famed comedian Bill Cosby, a new court decision will make him a free man again. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on just overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction on Wednesday June 30th. This overturn sets up Mr. Cosby's release from prison later in the
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Language barrier stalls court cases
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Monday urged Zimbabweans to learn local languages in order to solve communication barriers in court, after a case was postponed because the litigants spoke Ndebele, and the interpreter conversant with the language was off duty. Chitapi
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Judicial Branch Revises Court Closures for 2021 Scheduled Holidays
In observance of Independence Day on July 4, the judicial branch will be closed in both districts on Monday, July 5. Other 2021 holidays are also scheduled.
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Crown says why Sanja Elliott cannot be believed
THE $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation (MPC) fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tasha-gaye Goulbourne-Elliott; two former employees of the
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Colorful, Vicious Convicted Conman Yamini Potter Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Yamini Potter pled guilty Wednesday in federal court to wire fraud and witness tampering/obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced in a statement Wednesday afternoon. Potter agreed to pay $121,000 in restitution as part of the plea.
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Judge refuses to recuse herself in K2.4Bn Mphwiyo 'cashgate' case
'There are no substantial grounds for me to recuse myself from this case.' Judge Esmie Chombo of the High Court told Paul Mphwiyo and 14 other suspects in the K2.4 billion cashgate case in which she is the sitting judge: I am not going nowhere, I keep on hearing this case to the end, and
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Court Assigns Judge Andrews Jr. to Head Complex Cases Division
After a year-long vacancy in which the V.I. court system’s most complex cases came to a standstill, the Honorable Alphonso G. Andrews Jr. has been assigned to handle litigation in the Complex Litigation Division.
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ED fires Justice Ndewere, orders Mabhikwa probe - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MOSES MATENGA/MIRIAM MANGWAYA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Justice Erica Ndewere after a tribunal set up to investigate her found her The post ED fires Justice Ndewere, orders Mabhikwa probe appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Court Assigns Judge Andrews Jr. to Head Complex Cases Division
After a year-long vacancy in which the V.I. court system’s most complex cases came to a standstill, the Honorable Alphonso G. Andrews Jr. has been assigned to handle litigation in the Complex Litigation Division.
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State must prove Nguwaya case: Judge
DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya, who has been languishing in remand prison since his arrest last month on allegations of defrauding the government in a US$60 million drug supply deal, was yesterday released on $50 000 bail after the High Court ruled that he played no major role
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2020 elections case referred to Chief Justice | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
The case in which Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants the 2020 presidential election nullified has been referred to Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda for certification as a Constitutional Court case. Judge Dingiswayo Madise has made the ruling, saying the case raises serious constitutional
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Angola: Judge Advocates More "Practical Classes" for Future Magistrates
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Counsellor Judge of the Constitutional Court, Luzia Sebastião, considered it fundamental that the training of magistrates in Angola should have a more practical and less theoretical basis, in order to allow these professionals to be better prepared for the work they will
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True concern for the children of Marcus Smith - Carolina Peacemaker
Being honestly concerned about taking care of Marcus Smith’s children is reasonable but in reality, the Greensboro City Council has no legal say on whether they can legally receive any settlement or judgment proceeds. Smith was a 38 year old African American man who was killed in September 2018
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Alleged cop killer Zane Kilian no longer charged with attempted murder of lawyer William Booth | News24
Former rugby player Zane Kilian is no longer formally charged with the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth. This emerged during his bail appeal application in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
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Mozambique: Hidden Debts - Former Secret Police Official Insults Judge, Will Face Contempt of Court Proceedings
[AIM] Maputo -- Judge Efigenio Baptista, of the Maputo City Court, on Tuesday night carried out his threat to start contempt of court proceedings against Antonio do Rosario, the former head of economic intelligence in the country's Security and Intelligence Service (SISE).
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Attorneys for Robert Durst lose latest bid for mistrial or delay in trial - L.A. Focus News
INGLEWOOD — A judge on Tuesday, June 15, denied the defense's latest bid for a mistrial or an immediate delay in Robert Durst's murder trial based on the New York real estate scion's health condition. Durst's lead attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham that his
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