General sessions court judges have jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases. Here are the candidates in the May 5 primary.

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN said the strengthening of advocacy skills and deepening students’ understanding of criminal procedure ...

Monrovia-A high-stakes ruling by the Civil Law Court has ignited a governance storm within the Liberia Football Association, after declaring Cassell Anthony Kouh eligible to contest its presidency, ...

Plea bargains. Bench trials. Pleading the Fifth. Law students—and anyone who has seen Law and Order—will recognize these as familiar features of the US criminal justice system. But, as Emma Kaufman ...

The Gauhati High Court has held that proceedings before an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 can ...

When a trial court recesses a criminal trial during a defendant’s testimony, the court may order the defendant and his lawyer not to discuss that testimony during the break except when it is ...

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Oregonians charged with crimes who cannot get timely legal representation from the state must have their cases dismissed, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a unanimous decision, the court ...

Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn has warned that Cabinet “should not be making rules for the court” as the House of Assembly debated amendments to the Magistrate’s Code of Procedure Act, arguing that ...

A UK court has ruled that the unauthorized stealing of in-game currency can be legally classified as criminal theft. Former Jagex developer Andrew Lakeman was charged with allegedly stealing 705 ...

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, but to control them. But for Afghans, the war did not end; it only changed.

North Carolina leaders last year approved new rules for handling criminal suspects who may need psychiatric care — prompting a dispute between hospitals and law enforcement groups over a new ...