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ConCourt appointments draw criticism - The Zimbabwe Independent
BY TINASHE KAIRIZA/ANDREW KUNAMBURA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week flexed his muscles by appointing five judges to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) at a time Zimbabwe is paralysed by a constitutional crisis triggered by a recent High Court ruling that nullified the extension of former
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Source: The Zimbabwe Independent - The Leading Business Weekly
Judges yet to occupy Sh347m Nakuru courts six months later
Now lawyers are up in arms against the Judiciary, fearing the former Chief Justice may have been involved in a publicity stunt.
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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke
Macon B. Allen, first black lawyer
Macon B. Allen was elected judge of the Inferior Court of Charleston. Allen, the first Black lawyer, thus became the second Black to hold a major judicial position and the first Black with a major judicial position on the municipal level.
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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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Nigeria: Police Confirm Abduction of Shari'ah Court Judge in Katsina
[Vanguard] The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari'ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Fast Track All Corruption Cases - Mnangagwa
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday urged the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to fast track and conclude all corruption cases currently before the courts.
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Source: allAfrica.com
TWO ST. THOMAS MEN CHARGED WITH 210 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CHASE
U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Russell Robinson and Trevor Stephen, both from St. Thomas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on a criminal complaint Tuesday, November 30, 2021, charging the men with conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
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Court reserves judgment on Gukurahundi exhumations
By NQOBANI NDLOVU BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday reserved judgment in a case where Gukurahundi survivors were seeking an interdict order to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plans to fast-track the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 1980s mass killings. On
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Casanova Dissed By Troy Ave For Complaining About Lack of Prison Visits
Monday (May 17), Troy Ave uploaded the very disrespectful cover art for his new diss record "Assanova," aimed at currently incarcerated Hip-Hop artist Casanova.
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Uganda: Magistrate Probed Over Tampering With Case File
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House team to vet Koome for Chief Justice position
The committee chaired by Muturi Kigano will cross-examine Martha Koome at the National Assembly to assess her suitability to head the Judiciary.
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Sudan's Ruling Council Removes First Female Chief Justice, Accepts Attorney General's Resignation
[VOA] Khartoum -- Sudan's ruling Sovereign Council removed Chief Justice Neimat Abdallah Mohamed Khair from the bench and accepted the resignation of Attorney General Taj Al Sir Al Hibir late on Monday, without offering an explanation for either decision.
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Tunisia: Nabil Karoui Observes Sit-in At Office of Investigative Judge - UPD1
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Head of Qalb Tounès Nabil Karoui decided Monday to observe a sit-in at the office of the investigative judge at the Judicial Financial Division in protest over the extension of his pre-trial detention since last May 5, said Nezih Souiî, one of his lawyers.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Casanova Dissed By Troy Ave For Complaining About Lack of Prison Visits
Monday (May 17), Troy Ave uploaded the very disrespectful cover art for his new diss record "Assanova," aimed at currently incarcerated Hip-Hop artist Casanova.
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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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Kenya: Judges Halt Makau Mutua Case on Chief Justice Interview Results
[Nation] A three-judge bench has halted proceedings in a case filed by lawyer Makau Mutua, who sought orders for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to disclose the scores of the 10 candidates interviewed for the Chief Justice (CJ) position.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Judge seeks to bloc ED from firing her
HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has filed an interdict against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop him from suspending her until Chief Justice Luke Malaba has followed correct disciplinary procedures. By DESMOND CHINGARANDE Justice Ndewere has been accusing Justice Malaba of
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Zupco monopoly challenge still to be heard - NewsDay Zimbabwe
On March 12 2021, Supreme Court Judges faulted Justice Mary Zimba-Dube for misdirecting herself when she dismissed the application and ordered that the matter be remitted to the High Court and be heard by a different
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Magistrates presented with certificates on conclusion of mediation training - Barbados Today
One judge and ten magistrates were presented with Mediation Certificates on Friday, September 24, at the conclusion of the Canadian Government funded IMPACT Justice Project’s Mediation Workshop for Judicial Officers. At the workshop’s closing and certificate presentation ceremony, Justice Barry
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
‘Molested’ MDC Alliance official arrested for reporting abuse
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE An MDC Alliance official was arrested at the Harare Magistrates Courts on Tuesday for accusing police officers of fondling her breasts. Vongai Tome was allegedly fondled by a police officer who was trying to disperse party youths who had come to court in solidarity with
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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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Source: https://www.news24.com
Relief for Sikhala, Hwende
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chair Job Sikhala yesterday walked out of the tall walls of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after he was granted $50 000 bail by High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, who blasted the State for bringing unsubstantiated allegations to court. The
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Derek Chauvin Is Broke, Can't Afford a Paid Lawyer To Appeal His Murder Case
Derek Chauvin, disgraced Minneapolis police officer, fired and convicted for the murder of George Floyd, is broke and unable to afford his lawyer defending him in his civil rights case.
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Western Cape judiciary warns of fake directive ordering judges to submit handwriting samples | News24
The Western Cape judiciary has become a victim of fake news after a directive about judges' handwriting was circulated on social media.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Ex-Zesa boss Chifamba acquitted
High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has acquitted former Zesa chief executive officer Joshua Chifamba of criminal abuse of office
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Ndewere challenges Mabhiza appointment as tribunal secretary - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY STAFF REPORTER SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s hearing on misconduct charges commenced in Harare yesterday with her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, challenging the appointment of Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza as secretary of the tribunal. Mtetwa said Mabhiza
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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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UPDATE: A Barbadian lawyer and a Guyanese man remanded to Dodds - Barbados Today
Former police officer, now attorney-at-law, George Adolphus Bennett and a Guyanese co-accused have been remanded to Dodds until August 13 in connection with over $2 million worth of illegal drugs. Sixty-year-old a Bennett, of No. 103, 1st Avenue, Warners Gardens, Christ Church and 33-year-old
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The Crown opens its case
The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial, which came to an end on Friday, May 15, 2020 after 11 months, resulted in the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott
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Missing documents stall progress in case before the Supreme Court - Barbados Today
The apparent misplacement of the file of a murder accused who has been wanting to plead guilty for the past seven months has raised the ire of a High Court Judge. “This is absolute nonsense regardless of where it is delayed. A man wants to plead guilty to murder since November, 2020. “This is
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