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A law firm partner has been told to reflect on his ‘grave error of judgement’ in making an immigration application knowing his client could be lying.Mansoor Ali, 39, had proceeded with an appeal to the Upper Tribunal for his client to stay in the UK, despite being told by the client he had been cheating …
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President of the UK’s Supreme Court, David Neuberger, says the government needs to spell out how British courts should interpret rulings from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after Brexit.Currently Britain must abide by ECJ judgments but Prime Minister, Theresa May’s government has said that Britain will leave its jurisdiction after Brexit.Britain has begun the …
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Yesterday gunmen stormed into a Catholic church in Ozubulu and gunned down members of the congregation who were attending Sunday mass. As the drama unfolded and social media was agog with gory pictures, the rumour mills started grinding and the blame was immediately directed at all sorts of terrorist groups. As the day progressed, however, …
Editorial Chidi gets the politics wrong here. Constitutional amendments are not precise legal and academic excises. It's the juxtaposition of interests, selfish and selfless. It's the nature of breast. Democracy is messy and what is political is legal. Chidi OdinkaluNigeria’s legislators have chosen to trifle with the serious business of constitutional change. Driven solely by …
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