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A High Court is a court of law that typically has the power to hear and decide on the most serious and complex legal cases. The exact role and jurisdiction of a High Court can vary depending on the legal system in which it operates. In some countries, a High Court may be the highest level of the court system, and may have the power to hear appeals from lower courts. In other countries, a High Court may be a specialized court that deals with specific types of cases, such as criminal or constitutional cases. The judges who sit on a High Court are typically highly experienced and have extensive legal knowledge.
Dyson has vowed to fight an “opportunistic” lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly used forced labour at a factory in Malaysia. A High Court claim by 24 Bangladeshi and Nepalese migrants who worked for one of the company’s ex-contractors seeks compensation for alleged negligence, false imprisonment and “unjust enrichment”. It said the workers were victims…
It was 9:00 am, May 28, 2019. That morning, 16-year-old Sonia* was alone at home. She had just finished taking a bath when her grandfather, Allen*, walked into the living room, which was separated by a curtain from her bedroom. She could see through the curtain who had walked into the living room. It would…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a retired policeman, Ariwayo Oloyede, aka Oyinbo, to one-year imprisonment for human trafficking. The ex-police officer was convicted alongside a Burkina Faso-based Nigerian, Christian Owanebi, who was handed seven years jail for the same offence by Justice Abimbola Awogboro. Justice Awogboro sentenced them after pronouncing them…
A court in Lahore on Friday declared as legal the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl, ruling that the marriage took place as per the Christian Marriage Act. The ruling from the Lahore High Court (LHC) came in response to a writ petition filed by the girl’s mother. She maintained that her 13-year-old daughter Aleeza…
Editor’s note: Sex cults are real and do cause irreparable harm to individuals. This particular story is here as an example of how that reality can be manipulated into false claims. Whatever the case, these claims of abuse should always be taken seriously, because these abusers are very good at covering their tracks. Parents and…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons received 5,275 calls reporting human trafficking-related cases nationwide from September 2021 to August 2022. The agency also said it secured 36 convictions in nine months. It noted that its partnership with the social media giant, Facebook, in September 2021 opened a new conduit that received…
An Enugu-based lawyer, Mr O. A. U. Onyeama has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Enugu, asking it to declare Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s seat vacant. Ekweremadu, a former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate represents Enugu West Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. Ekweremadu was arrested in…
Midterm elections: How they work and why they’re important This year’s midterms are the first chance for Americans to grade Joe Biden and congressional Democrats on how they’ve been running the country for the past two years. Typically midterms don’t go well for the party in power, and Democrats are defending razor-thin majorities in Congress, as one-third of…
Lagatar24 Desk New Delhi, Sept 15: Singer Daler Mehndi who had been imprisoned in connection with a 2003 case of human trafficking, was granted bail on Thursday by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The musician was detained in Patiala Prison after a court sentenced him to two years in prison on July 14 for…
Alex Enumah in Abuja David Ukpo, the young man at the center of an alleged organ harvesting crime involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to reverse its July 1 ruling that ordered the release of his bio-data in respect of a case against Ekweremadu and wife…
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