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Judge and applicant instructed same counsel: grounds for recusal?

by Carmel Rickard | Sep 28, 2019

In this most unusual set of circumstances, a Namibian acting judge, while still in his permanent post as principal magistrate, needed to bring an insurance claim. His insurance company sent formal instructions to counsel. Now, as acting judge, he has …Share...

Bank ‘secrecy’ ruling a blow for transparency, media freedom

by Carmel Rickard | May 4, 2019

The High Court of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) has upheld and defended the secrecy surrounding that country’s central bank. The court had been asked by the governor of the central bank for an interdict preventing a local newspaper from reporting on...

“Iron fist” for fight against poaching, smuggling – court

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 30, 2019

Despite the scourge of wildlife poaching across Africa, the courts seldom see either poachers or smugglers in the dock. A recent trial followed by an appeal, however, has given members of the judiciary in Namibia a chance to express their …Share this:Click to...

Death sentence of seven years for the same offence? – Kenya’s conflicted penal code

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 16, 2019

When a death row prisoner has his date with the executioner commuted and starts a lifelong relationship with the inside of a prison instead, he will usually continue to explore every avenue to escape a prolonged life behind bars. Those …Share this:Click to...

Malawi’s national broadcaster refused permission for “live” coverage of major trial: here’s why

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 11, 2019

Malawi’s high court judge Zione Jane Veronica Ntaba is no stranger to controversy. Among her decisions she found her country’s Chief Justice, Andrew Nyirenda and the whole of the Malawi Judicial Service Commission had acted irregularly, illegally and...
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