A legal wrangle in East Africa highlights how tricky it is to form a regional trade bloc when individual countries have their own economic stresses
The Swaziland Medical Aid Fund is in hot water with the Supreme Court after it published an article found to have ‘polluted the judicial stream’
A former president of Malawi and a high court judge are out of pocket after losing a personal costs case for their attempts to meddle in the judiciary
Uganda’s tax authority is on the hook for the equivalent of an R87m payout, after imposing an invented ‘domestic VAT’ levy on importers
In the ongoing matter of her fitness to hold office, judge Erica Ndewere has requested her colleagues recuse themselves from presiding over her case
In circumventing due process around the suspension of a Zimbabwean judge, Emmerson Mnangagwa has blurred the line separating state powers
Kenya’s appeal court has found the country’s tax authority to be ‘unfair and unreasonable’ in a dispute over import duties four years after the fact
Canada’s women Mounties not only get their man, they now get a better deal after a court ruled that certain job-sharing provisions were discriminatory
Sadc’s new tribunal lacks the clout of its predecessor, but it’s heartening to see it set right some injustices arising from the disbanding of that body
The UK courts regularly hear claims for asylum from those persecuted for their sexual orientation. An SA woman’s case is among the most recent
Uganda’s high court has found that the minister of energy used the lockdown to bypass due process to push through a new electricity regulation
The chief justice has advised that parliament be dissolved after its repeated failure to give effect to a rule on gender representivity
It’s concerning when judges stay silent in the face of horrific crimes, limiting their response to a mechanical interpretation of the law
The Canadian supreme court has ruled against a developer for using the courtroom as a means of stifling democratic expression
The US decision to sanction International Criminal Court lawyers undermines an investigation into allegations of crimes by its own military in Afghanistan
Courts have set aside election results and forced a re-run in two African countries, ramping up tensions between the executive and judiciary
A decision against a ‘virtual trial’ may have implications for the administration of justice during the pandemic — and add to backlogs in SA’s courts
When it comes to the court of public opinion, SA’s judiciary isn’t rated particularly highly, according to an Afrobarometer survey
A lack of written judgments in Zimbabwean courts has serious implications for accountability and the protection of citizens’ constitutional rights