crime and courts

Police in Zimbabwe have located two teenage boys suspected of a sexual assault case that has shocked the nation. The incident took place in Mutare District last week and involved a 17-year-old girl who was attacked by students from Masasi High School in Marange. A video recording of the assault...

Ad hoc in legal speech refers to a choice made for a specific purpose, indicating a decision tailored to a particular task. The phrase signals a setup designed for a specific task, created to address a clear need. Often, only that task matters, and the scope stays tight from start to finish. It...

Scottish family law has a special rule about married couples living together. The legal system refers to this as adherence, which essentially means that when two people get married, the law expects them to share the same home. This idea dates back to Scotland's legal history, and judges used to...

Under both English and Scots succession law, ademption refers to what happens when a special legacy fails to take effect. A special legacy points to one particular item or sum. If that item or sum lies outside the estate at death, the gift does not take effect, or it is reduced. Suppose a...

Ad colligenda bona is a form of grant of administration. It gives a person authority to collect goods. Courts use the phrase when they allow someone to take possession of property. For example, a judge may allow the collection of cash, documents, and household items. The term indicates that the...

Actual knowledge means a person knows the material facts at issue. It is not rumor, guesswork, or a hunch. A buyer who reads the contract and sees the price and date has actual knowledge of those terms. A witness who watched the event and remembers who acted and what happened holds actual...

Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to Kashmir's self-determination struggle during a Friday seminar. Federal Minister Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon addressed the Institute of Regional Studies event examining six years since Article 370's revocation. The minister declared Kashmir an international...

Malaysian authorities caught a construction company executive attempting to destroy evidence during an anti-corruption raid. The project manager attempted to burn nearly one million ringgit in cash when officers arrived at his home in Petaling Jaya last Thursday. Thick smoke filled the bathroom...

Harare Central Prison has transformed its approach to treating incarcerated individuals battling addiction through an evidence-based rehabilitation program launched in 2023. The facility transitions from traditional punishment models to therapeutic interventions that address the underlying...

Leaked classified documents from a Judicial Appointments Commission gathering have surfaced across multiple social media platforms. Reddit users first shared the controversial papers before Facebook and X picked up the circulation. Public Accounts Committee boss Mas Ermieyati Samsudin expressed...

Portuguese authorities grabbed a Zimbabwean fuel fraudster who allegedly pocketed over a million litres of government petrol worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tawanda Hairwadzi found himself behind bars after Interpol agents tracked him down through their Red Notice system on July 9. The...

Opposition lawyer Fadzayi Mahere faces a massive $100,000 lawsuit from Youth Minister Tinoda Machakaire. The minister claims Mahere made false accusations about him on social media. Her Twitter post suggested he was involved with corruption and tax evasion worth $8 million. Machakaire says the...

A second nude video of Rwandan-born Ugandan singer Gloria Busingye has spread across social media platforms. The Bankyawa hit maker appears touching herself intimately during the recording. Nobody knows who filmed the explicit content. Busingye seems relaxed and willing during the entire video...

English courts have a distinct approach to handling property rights that people have employed for many years. When someone shows they have enjoyed a particular right for a long time, judges will protect that right. The court assumes the person must have received proper permission at some point...

When someone hires another person to act for them, they give that person certain powers. The law calls this actual authority. The person who gets hired becomes an agent. The person who does the hiring becomes the principal. This relationship creates specific legal rights and duties. The agent...

The Acts of Union created the United Kingdom through treaties between England and Scotland. The Union with Scotland Act 1706 stands as the most important of these laws. Both countries ceased to exist as separate nations when they merged. Their old parliaments ended and formed the new Parliament...

When you create something new or build a business, you want to protect your ideas from copycats. Three main types of legal protection exist to help inventors, artists, and business owners safeguard their work. These protections work in completely different ways and cover different kinds of...

Laws passed by the Scottish Parliament need to fall within its legal powers. If members pass a law outside those powers, courts can cancel it. The Scotland Act 1998 sets out these rules, especially in Section 29. Section 57(2) also applies to related rules made after a law is passed. Any law or...

Acts of Parliament represent the final step when Bills become actual laws in Britain. These measures must pass through many stages before they gain legal power. The process starts when government ministers or private Members bring Bills to Parliament. Royal Assent marks the moment when Bills...

When nature strikes without warning, the law calls these events acts of God. People cannot predict or stop these powerful forces through normal care and planning. Courts recognize that humans have limits when facing natural disasters. These events occur outside human control and give rise to...