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Magistrate
Threatens To Lock Up P/Officers
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
The Lusaka Magistrate Court has ordered Lusaka Central Police Officer In
Charge and a Police Inspector to ensure the commencement of an inquest into
the death of Jeff Lungu or be committed to prison for contempt of court.
Supreme
Court Urges Govt To Care For Prisoners
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe & Madube Pasi Siyauya
The Supreme Court has asked government to take the interests of prisoners at
heart.
Chief Justice Ernest Sakala said government should endeavour to provide
basic needs for prisoners because it is government that is legally
responsible for their welfare.
We
Will Resist Attempts To Undermine Our Authority-LAZ
By Monica Kunda
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said it board will see to it that it
resists any attempts that may be deliberately intended to undermine the
internationally recognized and universally acclaimed function of lawyers in
Zambia.
Chief
Burns Man's Houses & Slashes His Field
By Delphine Hampande
A Kasama chief last month directed his subjects to burn houses and slash
fields of a man after he failed to give him a letter to take to the council
in order for him to secure a lease title.
Become
Magistrates, New Lawyers Urged
By Monica Kunda
Chief Justice Ernest Sakala has appealed to new lawyers recently called to
the bar to consider taking up posts as magistrates.
Defiled
Girl's Mother Cries Foul
By Delphine Hampande.
Chawama police officers released a 14-year-old boy who raped a 4-year-old
girl under suspicious circumstances at the court premises last month.
Mansa
police Officers Harass LRF Paralegals Officers
By LRF Reporter
POLICE officers in Mansa are allegedly harassing paralegal officers of Legal
Resources Foundation (LRF) Mansa legal advice centre for writing about them
in The LRF Newsletter.
Chipata
Resident Illegally Sell Plot To 35 People
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
The Chipata Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has uncovered a scam in which a
Chipata resident has in the name of the Church sold a plot to 35
unsuspecting people.
Mazabuka
Police Officers calls for the amendment of the Law
By Monica Kunda
THREE Mazabuka police officers are calling for the immediate amendment of
some laws.
Courts
Should Adjourn Cases Sine Die For Proper Cause
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
The courts should exercise extreme restraint in adjourning cases sine die
(indefinitely) and should only do so for good and sufficient cause, Legal
Resources Foundation has said.
Sheriffs
Officials Beat Man Over TV
By Delphine Hampande
Bailiffs from the sheriff's office last month beat up a man for failing to
give a satisfactory account of who owned property that they wanted to seize
from a company.
Man
Attend Funeral, Refuse To Vacate House
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Mufulira resident who went to Kitwe to attend his brother's funeral in
July last year has refused to vacate the deceased's house.
New
Solicitor General Cheered
By Monica Kunda
The Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has praised the new Solicitor General
Sunday Nkonde for making the work of the Judiciary easy.
Local
Court Justice Expels Man From Village
By Monica Kunda
A local court Justice of Salunda Local Court in Mongu expelled a man from a
village for fear of that he would exhaust his mother's cattle. Mundia
Matakala (65) of Lukangala village, Libonda area in Kalabo District
complained that he was ordered to leave the village by a Local Court
Justice.
Court
Clerk Forges Divorce Certificate
By Delphine Hampande
A Mazabuka headman has lost his marriage after a court clerk issued his wife
with a forged divorce certificate.
Parent
Accuses Teacher of Misusing School Fees
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Kabwe parent has complained to the Kabwe Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
Legal Advice centre about a teacher who used her disabled child's money and
paid for another child.
Makeni
P/Officers supports Human Rights abusers
By Monica Kunda
A Lusaka driver sustained injuries after his boss slapped him for allegedly
asking for a salary increment.
Mansa
P/Officers' Tortured Groundnuts seller for refusing to pay levy twice
By Monica Kunda
Police officers manning UBZ Police Post in Mansa allegedly tortured a
businessman for refusing to pay council levy twice on groundnuts he was
transporting to the Copperbelt.
Biased
Judegment Angers Parent
By Delphine Hampande
A parent in Mungwi District has condemned a judgement passed by a local
court justice in Mungwi over the pregnancy of his daughter.
Mongu
Police arrest woman with her
eight Months baby
By Monica Kunda
MONGU Police Officers in July detained a woman with her eight month-old baby
claiming they were acting on her husband's instructions. The woman is
alleged to have stolen a table from the matrimonial home. But LRF Principal
Advocate Geoffrey Mulenga said that a woman could not steal from her
matrimonial home because by law, the institution of marriage law confers
common ownership of property.
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