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Recently, a Uganda national newspaper published a story about a seven-year-old girl that had been defiled by burglars. It reported that the burglars broke into her parents’ home, stole property…
The issue of employment has been widely discussed by scholars and workers’ rights activists, respectively, even our writers. When a client walked into my office this week, she inquired about…
‘The problem with (legalese) is that while we can communicate with each other perfectly well, like Laplanders discussing reindeer no one else knows what we're talking about.’ John-Paul Boyd, Vancouver…
Back in Law School, we were taught that ‘the law does not act retrospectively’. We religiously applied this maxim and got away with a lot of stuff, need I say.…
‘Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?’ The Court clerk led the opponent’s witness in a voir dire. ‘Counsel, why does Court have to make…
This article appears in our newsletter, The Deuteronomy Vol 11 Issue 3 of November 17th, 2017. To receive The Deuteronomy in real time, click HERE
Kangaroos move by hopping from one place to another. They have powerful hind legs that support these long jumps. This image paints the nature of kangaroo courts. Kangaroo courts usurp…
This week’s cocktail brimmed of labor actions and the incessant requests to ‘take over’ other lawyers’ matters. Before I file a Notice of Change of Advocates, I cross-examine the intending…
I glanced at my wall clock. It was 9.00pm. I’m not in the habit of picking up phone calls after 5pm; neither do I return missed calls to unidentified persons…
Recently, an acquaintance heard me refer to a company as a person. Her dramatic response to my reference resulted into a mini-class of sorts, since she does not know a…
