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The Nigerian Criminal Code and Penal Code were enacted in the 1900s borrowing old ideas. Their provisions on sexual offences have undergone very minor and insignificant changes or amendments. The VAPP Act went a very long way to cover most of the loopholes contained in the Criminal Code and Penal Code. However, it still contains one great loophole which is the fact that it does not recognize attempted rape.

Greenberg Traurig continues expanding its Phoenix office with Litigation Practice Shareholders Laura Sixkiller and Kate L. Benveniste  rejoining the firm.

An accused person can be convicted on the basis of his confessional statement alone once shown to be free, voluntary, positive, direct and unequivocal, reason being that the strongest evidence establishing the guilt of an accused person is his own confession.

Pryor Cashman Partner Todd Soloway, co-chair of the Litigation Group, chair of the Hotel + Hospitality Group and Real Estate Litigation Practice, and member of the firm's Executive Committee...

Garnishee proceeding is a fundamental procedure for the enforcement of a judgment debt. The aim is to ensure that a judgment is not rendered nugatory or a judgment creditor denied the fruits of his judgment. However, the intricacies of the law must be adhered to strictly otherwise, the entire proceeding may be invalidated on appeal.