Mensah v Komfo This week’s award for the longest sentence in any judgment I have read so far in 2019, goes to the Supreme Court of Ghana, in the civil case of Mensah vs Komfo. The sentence which, read carefully, …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...
The Eastern Cape’s impotence in the face of “brutal” and “thuggish” union disruption at Fort England psychiatric hospital highlights a possible fatal flaw in the NHI plan. Read judgment Concern about the viability of a national health...
Two new decisions from the High Court in Namibia show judges on the warpath against drugs and drug dealing. The distinctly tougher line follows a watershed judgment late last year (2018). As I wrote at the time, through that strongly-worded …Share this:Click to...
Winning the battle against corruption will be near impossible unless the staffing crisis in the prosecuting authority is urgently addressed. Read judgment A new decision on a corruption trial that almost collapsed illustrates the enormity of the task waiting for...
In the midst of bad stories about the quality of justice being experienced in Zimbabwe’s courts comes a high court judgment that sees the accused as an individual – and that sets aside his trial sentence in the lower court …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
