The African Law Service brings diverse commentary on legal developments from across our African continent.
The African Law Service brings diverse commentary on legal developments from across our African continent.
This book contains a collection of lectures on the Seychelles Law of Evidence by Judge André Sauzier, whose experience as a jurist in the Seychelles spans over 50 years. Download the full publication below, or browse by Chapter using the table of contents in the left-hand column of this page.
A senior member of the judiciary in Lesotho, Lebohang Aaron Molete, has died. He was 61. In 2010 Judge Molete was appointed as a member of the commercial court. He also sat in several significant cases as a member of a specially constituted three-person constitutional panel. He died following a stroke that had left him suffering significant complications.
Judge Lebohang Aaron Molete, 61, a specialist in commercial law, died in Lesotho last weekend.
A report of his death in Newsworth noted that he died on his way to hospital. Family member, Advocate Mohale Thipe, said that Judge Molete had been suffering ‘complications’ with his health.
A London judge has ruled that England has no jurisdiction over a case brought by the Nigerian government against Royal Dutch Shell and Italian oil giant, Eni. The $1 billion U.K. lawsuit was brought over allegations the two companies knew about bribes in a Nigerian oil deal.
The judiciary of Seychelles has launched a new website, providing access to the judgments of its courts as well as giving the judiciary a more human face. It is intended to help the public with provide resources as well as information. Everything the public needs to know about accessing legal aid, for example, can be found there, while for lawyers all the Practice Directions now become available in a single place
Take a tour of the new website
The new website is headed by a photograph of the Palais de Justice of Seychelles and it is enough to make anyone keen for a judicial appointment there or even just a visit: an elegant white building, with tall columns, palm trees and a general warm sense of calm.