CARMEL RICKARD: Zim’s currency changeover challenged in court
Zimbabwe’s law society is taking the government to court over the country’s currency changeover. Precedent suggests its action is unlikely to succeed
CARMEL RICKARD: Kenya: Papering over the cracks?
It may have survived a challenge to its constitutionality, but Kenya’s Building Bridges Initiative has apparently not met similar success in uniting the nation
CARMEL RICKARD: Lawyers turn up the heat on climate issues
Lawyers and courts are playing an increasingly important role in ensuring accountability in the climate crisis
CARMEL RICKARD: Equatorial Guinea’s playboy to pay up?
Equatorial Guinea’s first son (and second vice-president) has challenged his conviction for corruption by a French court, citing diplomatic immunity
CARMEL RICKARD: Tax on flower exporters nipped in the bud
Kenya’s high court has halted the Meru county government’s attempts to impose an additional tax on flower exporters
CARMEL RICKARD: Miner in the middle as tax battle escalates
The seller of a mining and exploration company is racking up legal bills in the UK as he tries to put off settling his tax bill with Sars
CARMEL RICKARD: Zimbabwe’s money-go-round in court
A Zimbabwean business is out of pocket after the supreme court ruled that a US dollar debt, paid at par in real-time gross settlement dollars, is justifiable
CARMEL RICKARD: No royal treatment for Bahraini prince in UK
A victim of the Bahraini authorities is hoping to have the country’s ‘prince of torture’ barred from the UK in a case that echoes the Omar al-Bashir matter
CARMEL RICKARD: Rough lie for golf dealers
By preventing authorised dealers from selling its golf clubs online, Ping Europe has been found in contravention of competition law
CARMEL RICKARD: Trouble in Seychelles paradise
After the Seychellois government turned its back on his bid for international office, the former tourism & culture minister took the matter to the courts
CARMEL RICKARD: Uganda’s voices of defiance
Yoweri Museveni has clung to power in Uganda since 1986, in part by clamping down on dissent. But some prominent voices continue to defy him
CARMEL RICKARD: Behind Lesotho’s fraught political space
Attempts by the prime minister of Lesotho to suspend the police chief hint at deeper intrigue in the country’s fraught political space
CARMEL RICKARD: Natural justice denied
A Nigerian judge’s frustration with Shell’s legal tactics in the Ogoniland oil spill case leads to a poor ruling that will not be enforced in the UK
CARMEL RICKARD: Ghana guns for tax dodgers and loses
A law in Ghana requiring citizens to have a taxpayer identification number before they can launch court action is ruled unconstitutional
CARMEL RICKARD: Securing SA’s airlines
Freight documentation is a crucial part of airline safety – a lapse in control could have devastating consequences
CARMEL RICKARD: Hong Kong court’s face mask ruling irks Beijing
Hong Kong’s high court has ruled that a ban on protesters wearing face masks is unconstitutional, eliciting the ire of China
CARMEL RICKARD: Learning the ABCs of privacy law
Two years of litigation later, a UK court has dismissed a privacy case after the complainant refused to make his identity known to the court and respondent
CARMEL RICKARD: A time for leadership on human rights
A recent judicial gathering in Uganda put human rights front and centre — but host Yoweri Museveni seemed less enthusiastic about the subject
