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Since the beginning of 2021 and as a follow-up of the events of last year, the food security situation in Western Africa is a mixed picture. Although COVID-19 infection rates remained low compared to global figures, the impact of the pandemic led to reduced economic growth stemming from national restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the virus.

On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court ( FC) issued its latest COVID-19 Practice Direction, which supersedes all its prior COVID-19 practice directions. The FCs facilities in Ontario and Quebec have been closed in light of the recent public health measures to combat the pandemic. The FC will continue its operations remotely in these two provinces until further notice. These measures in Ontario and Quebec are largely the same as were in place during earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also ...

Amendments to Family Procedure Rules Amendments to paragraph 1.4 and 11.1 of Practice Direction 36N, to add provision for a legal representative of a respondent to use the online system for contested financial remedy applications and remove references to Maintenance Pending Suit applications, came into force on 18 December 2020. The remainder of the amendments come into force on 11 January 2021. 1 February 2021: The introduction of new Practice Direction 41C to provide for a procedure by whi...

Legal move makes it easier for indigent prisoners to access bail An amendment to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s (ECSE) civil procedures rules is making it easier for prisoners on remand who cannot afford legal representation, to apply for bail on their own behalf. Attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson told Observer that, under normal circumstances, a prisoner who is on remand pending the outcome of his or her matter, would be required to pay a lawyer between EC$2,500 and EC$3,500 to apply to...

By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWEAN lawyers Wednesday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to compel government to exempt legal services from a ban imposed on non-essential services during the current national lockdown to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Government recently announced a 30-day national lockdown starting this past Tuesday. Under the measures, only essential services were not affected while both formal and informal businesses regarded as non-essential remain stag...

❚ You already voted! ….As Obaseki, PDP Withhold Consent For Any Proceedings During Christmas Vacation The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the All Progressive Congress (APC) to open its case against Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in the alleged certificate forgery suit preferred against him. This was after the court refused to stay proceedings in the suit as requested by the Governor and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). But INEC said it would a...

Bell v Tavistock") has caused a great deal of concern amongst the parents of children with gender dysphoria and trans children themselves. A link to the proceedings can be found here, but in short, the claimants, Ms Bell and Mrs A, brought a claim for judicial review against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust through its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS); University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Ms Bell had transitio...

Emoni v Atabo [2020] EWHC 3322 (Fam) Application by a father against a mother for a finding of contempt of court, relating to a child removed to Nigeria. This matter concerns an application by the father (F) against the mother (M) for a finding that M is in contempt of court in relation to four court orders. The parties are the parents of NE, a girl, aged 11. Firstly, Mrs Justice Lieven DBE had to decide whether to proceed in Ms absence despite this being a committal application. The judge con...