02/26/2015
Global law firm expands its footprint in Africa through strategic alliances in East Africa and Zimbabwe
Global legal practice continues to expand its footprint in Africa by agreeing strategic alliances with leading law firms Shonubi Musoke & Co Advocates in Uganda, and Gill, Godlonton & Gerrans in Zimbabwe.
02/26/2015
He sent all the details as requested and, to his surprise, he received a debit alert of the withdrawal of the sum of N6 million from his company
02/26/2015
Section 5(1) of the IAA casts an obligation on a ‘Court’ (as defined thereunder) to automatically transfer an action of which it has been seized to the Supreme Court provided the party who requests the transfer does so “not later than wh
02/23/2015
Investigative journalists leaked info from Swiss Bank HSBC about eight Botswana residents holding Swiss accounts that may not have been declared.
02/22/2015
Local church pastors and others encouraged almost 2 500 to invest in the Carmol fuel distribution business.
02/18/2015
Morocco is to create a sharia board of Islamic scholars to oversee the country's fledgling Islamic finance industry, according to a royal decree
02/18/2015
African Bank is primarily known these days for its unceremonious collapse
02/18/2015
The provisions in the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 (“the Act”) pertaining to the taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are contained in section 25BB and were introduced into the Act with effect from 1 April 2013.
02/18/2015
Zambia is to host the first International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Practice Division (LPD) Women Business Lawyers Initiative programme to be held in Africa
02/17/2015
Mr Justice Yeboah said it would be an abuse of the court process
02/09/2015
The Italian was arraigned before the court by the police on a five-count charge of advanced fee fraud, forgery and altering of documents by lawyers from the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police.
02/09/2015
Judge Henry Eder adjourned arguments about whether the names should be revealed
02/06/2015
Global law Firm Expands Its Presence in Africa, Opening Johannesburg Office
The Firm is the First Global Firm to Achieve Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Status
02/06/2015
Baker seeks pioneer advantage through Kenya presence
Baker & McKenzie is predicting interesting activity levels in Kenya and is trying to open there before several other law firms do.
02/04/2015
It would also allow the creation of “super senior” priority investors to help bail out floundering banks
02/04/2015
Ezima told the court that the alleged offences contravene section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud
02/03/2015
Africa losing billions from fraud and tax avoidance
First African initiative to address illicit outflows says governments, multinationals and crime deprive poor countries of crucial services
01/28/2015
Mwalimu National Sacco's bid to acquire Equatorial Commercial Bank was halted on Tuesday pending a probe into the deal.
01/22/2015
The government of Seychelles has said it will assist with all formal requests for an investigation into the assets of Sri Lanka’s former president.
01/20/2015
The Commercial Court of Abidjan ruled on 15th January 2015 that Dr Daniel Matjila, a director of ETI and Chief Executive Officer of Public Investment Corporation of South Africa (PIC)), along with PIC and ETI are jointly liable for defamation against Thie