India wins contest for longest judicial sentence!

I know when I am beaten!  A few days ago I posted what at least one person took as a real challenge: here was a lengthy sentence from a recent decision of the Supreme Court in Ghana, I said; could …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click...

Longest judicial sentence of the year so far …

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...

Union psychosis

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...

Judges on warpath against drug scourge

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...

Suspects 1, Sisyphus 0

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...