Africa
Law firms expand in Africa
South African law firm Webber Wentzel has bagged a team of M&A lawyers from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, w...
New association promotes in-house legal opportunities
In-house legal roles offer African lawyers greater room for self-expression and career progression, ...
Court Fines Ethiopian Airlines N7m For Cancelling Flights Without Notice
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has awarded a fine of N6 million as general damages against Et...
Nigeria lawyer in custody for failing to produce client
Nigeria lawyer in custody for failing to produce client...
Court Vacates Remand Order Against Abuja Lawyer, Eburu Ekwe Barth
His Worship, Ibrahim Mohammed, of Magistrate court, Wuse zone 6, Abuja, has vacated the order remand...
Abuja Magistrate orders Lawyer to be handcuffed, remanded in prison for disagreeing with him
An Abuja Magistrate, His Worship, Ibrahim Mohammed, of Magistrate court 2, Wuse zone 6, Abuja, has o...
Press release on the abitrary use of judicial power by magisterate Ibrahim Mohammed of Zone 6 Magisterate Court Abuja
The Attention of the Nigerian Bar Association Abuja (Unity Bar) has been drawn to a bizarre event th...
Egyptian president: We must reach legal agreement on Ethiopian dam
President El-Sisi affirmed Egypt’s position on the imperative to reach a binding legal agreement reg...
Supporters of Senegal opposition leader clash with police during court appearance on rape charge
Supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Friday clashed with Senegalese police when they att...
Federal appeals court rules elected officials cannot be penalized for unethical actions if voters chose them anyway
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday in favor of form...
Libyan parliament approves unity government
The Libyan parliament has approved the government of national unity presented by the new interim pri...
Embarrassing! Malawi Justice Minister flies to Geneva to attend virtual meeting, addresses empty chairs
Justice Minister Titus Mvalo is apparently in Geneva, Switzerland, to address a Group 7 team even th...
Supreme Court Rejects Bobi Wine’s Bid To File More Affidavits
The Supreme Court in Kampala has rejected former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s bid to ...
Judge shocked as DNA test shows he isn’t father of his 3 kids
A Nigerian judge at the Delta State High Court, Justice Anthony Ezonfade Okorodas has been left in a...
Shell subsidiary in Nigeria must compensate farmers, Dutch court rules
An appeals court said a small group of farmers in the Niger Delta region whose livelihoods were affe...
Sternford Moyo Breaks Record, Becomes First African To Emerge As New IBA President
The Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has been announc...
Kenyan High Court rules that lawyers are essential workers during COVID-19 lockdown
A Kenyan High Court in Nairobi, the country’s capital, has ruled that lawyers in the country be exem...
