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Commission-hungry claims firms target Covid-hit businesses No-win-no-fee solicitors and claims management companies are aggressively advertising following a Supreme Court judgment on business interruption Some firms are looking for a cut of up to 40% of any damages Businesses may be able to avoid costly legal fees if they first go to their broker CMCs and solicitors maintain they provide a vital service and argue not all insurers will play fair on claims The publicity surrounding BI cover has e...

The Supreme Court has observed that the benefit of probation under Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 is not excluded by the provisions of the mandatory minimum sentence prescribed for offences under...

Inmates numbers keep prisons top brass awake Monday January 18 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary The population of inmates continues to surpass the prisons’ holding capacity despite attempts to decongest the facilities through alternative dispute resolution. The official capacity of prisons in Kenya is 26,687 but data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that daily average population of prisoners was 53,348 as at December 2019. The official statistics indicate that of the daily...

lrolle@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames wants more ex-offenders to apply to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee to get their criminal records expunged, saying “everyone deserves a second chance.” His comments come after the Prerogative of Mercy Committee last week approved 147 requests for clemency and one for record expungement. Yesterday Mr Dames highlighted the move as a part of the government’s efforts of improving the rehabilitative justice system. “Th...

Committee reports uptick in applications NASSAU, BAHAMAS  — Nearly 150 inmates at the Department of Correctional Services have been granted clemency — the largest group the Prerogative of Mercy Committee has ever considered. The committee met yesterday and reviewed the requests for clemency of 205 individuals, and two for expungement of records. “As a result, 147 were approved for clemency, six pending additional reports, one record expunged and 59 deferred to the next meeting in Januar...

Surat: Observing that their crime did not ‘affect the society at large,’ the district court in Valsad has shown leniency to two beef sellers by exempting them from serving the the two-year jail term awarded by the trial court. Additional sessions judge M K Dave also observed that as the crime does not affect the society at large, court should be enthusiastic in handing down a punishment in such cases. The court granted benefit of probation to Mahmad Taiyab Abdul Ansari and Jameer Salim Ma...

Surat: A 40-year-old man was convicted in a cheque bounce case and was ordered jail term of eight months besides paying the victim twice the amount he owed within 30 days of the order. According to case details, Mukeshkumar Arjun Prasad owed Rs 60,000 to his friend Yasharaj Maurya from whom he had taken a hand loan in February, 2017. When Yashraj demanded this money back, Mukesh issued a cheque in June 2017 as repayment. The cheque was, however, dishonoured and Maurya lodged a complaint agains...