Does posting a hyperlink to a court judgment constitute publication of the ruling? A UK court says not — unless the ruling expressly prohibits this Read judgment If a court bars the publication of certain material on social media, would …Share this:Click to...
An acting judge has recused himself from hearing a murder trial, saying that counsel on both sides had behaved so badly that he was unable to trust them. Acting judge James Grant, formerly one of South Africa’s leading academic experts …Share this:Click to...
The first judgment chosen as part of Jifa’s Women’s Month focus is from Eswatini. It deals with the murder of a young woman who had a toddler, now left an orphan. What makes this judgment on sentence different from many …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
Every year, August is marked as Women’s Month in South Africa. It grew out of the yearly August 9 national holiday. On that day in 1956, some 20 000 women joined in a protest march to the capital, Pretoria. They …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...
Uganda’s highest court says MPs have been acting unconstitutionally when they have given themselves salary hikes. Instead, the government is supposed to introduce proposals for increases, as the costs of the increases are charges on the country’s Consolidated...