Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Lovemore Chikopa has rejected an application by former President Peter Mutharika’s personal bodyguard Norman Chisale his application to be granted an injunction restraining police from arresting him further. Justice Chikopa observes that granting such an injunction is equal to unnecessary interference in law enforcement operations of the Malawi police service. A […]
Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal judge Lovemore Chikopa has been named as one of the suspects who was being investigated by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over his alleged involvement to bribe the five judges who nullified the presidential election result but has been cleared as found with no case to answer after an investigations. ACB director general […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal has refused to grant permission for suspension of the ongoing anti-Jane Ansah protests, saying there are better ways of dealing with criminality and violence. The Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale sought an injunction restraining the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) from holding any demonstrations until they have financially compensated those who […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has told Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal that Cashgate convict Maxwell Namata was one of the masterminders of the K2.4 billion looting in government in a case involving former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 other suspects. Namata, a former civil servant, was sentenced to consecutive […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Appeals Committee chairperson, Supreme Court of Appeal Judge, Lovemore Chikopa has resigned from his position citing lack of good governance and for being bombarded with ‘a barrage of insults’ from the country’s soccer governing body, with immediate effect. Justice Chikopa who as head of FAM’s Appeals Committee ruled that Saturday’s elections be […]
The highly anticipated Football Association of Malawi (FAM) elections scheduled for 12 December at Nkopola Lodge in the Southern Region district of Mangochi will not take place after an Appeal Committee stopped the elections because the electoral committee flouted its code. An official from one of the affiliates confirmed the development but he declined to shed […]
In what can be describe as a bizarre situation, Malawi Supreme Court Justice Lovemore Chikopa was personally involved in a struggle with Malawi police junior officers in Blantyre Thursday night over custody of a laptop belonging to Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Chikopa drove to the police station in the company of MBC employee George Pahuwa apparently […]
A strike by junior judicial workers which has paralysed the court system in Malawi will continue as Judges and Magistrate are set to join as the Judiciary has rejected a proposed salary increment from government and has since demanded between 17 and 35 percent age points more over and above the Capital Hill offer. Court […]
Malawi government has been told that judges, senior officers and magistrates will join the ongoing strike in the Judiciary unless Capital Hill address their demands on conditions of services and salary increment . The judicial officers, through a steering committee on terms and conditions of service for the Judiciary, have since written the Office of […]
Malawian Judge Lovemore Chikopa faces up to half a year in jail for contempt for disobeying a Ndola High Court order not to proceed with the tribunal set by President Michael Sata to inquire into alleged professional misconduct by three judges in that country. According to a report from the Zambian Daily Nation Ndola High […]
One of Zambia’s vocal women rights activists, Sarah Longwe, has called on Malawi President Joyce Banda to withdraw Supreme Court Judge Lovemore Chikopa from overseeing a tribunal of three suspended Zambian judges. Her call comes barely two weeks after the Judicial and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (JAWUZ) also asked the Zambian Government to send […]
The High Court in northern city of Mzuzu has ordered the Mzuzu City Council to hand back a house it sold illegally after the owner failed to pay city rates, saying after March 2005 the Council was not lawfully constituted, as a local government authority hence could not exercise any powers conferred by law. The […]
Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda has sworn-in four new judges at official Sanjika Palace this Thursday and advised them to ensure that they are guardians of the constitutions by upholding the rule of law. Taking oath of office were Justices Maxon Mbendera (SC), Anaclet Chipeta and Lovemore Paul Chikopa as Supreme Court of Appeal Judges […]
The Malawian High Court Judge and chief adjudicator at the Commercial court, Justice Lovemore Chikopa, who Zambian President Michael Sata imported into his country to head a three-man tribunal to investigate three judges, will remain in Zambia despite a stay granted by the courts against the proceedings,. Zambian Justice Minister, Sebastian Zulu , said the Malawian […]
A Zambian top-notch lawyer says he hopes Zambian judiciary will be richer after Malawian High Court Judge and Commercial court chief adjudicator Lovemore Chikopa and his team concludes his work saying Justice Chikopa’s philosophy of law will assist Zambia in trying to find lasting solutions to the work of judges in the country the Judiciary […]
The Lusaka High Court has granted three Zambian judges accused of misconduct an injunction stopping all proceedings of a tribunal appointed by President Michael Sata headed by Malawian High Court Judge and Commecial Court Judge President Lovemore Chikopa branding the tribunal as illegal and immature. Chikopa was recently sworn in the Zambian capital, Lusaka to chair a […]
Zambian President Michael Sata has sworn-in Malawi Judge Lovemore Chikopa and urged not to be intimidated as he heads the tribunal to investigate the alleged misconduct of the three judges. According to Zambian media, Chikopa and two Zambian retired judges and their secretary were sworn in at State House on Tuesday. The tribunal will investigate […]
Malawian Judge and chief adjudicator at the Commercial Court justice Lovemore Chikopa, who was recently appointed by Zambian President Michael Sata to head a tribunal that will probe three suspended judges, says he is ready for the task ahead of him and will ensure that he will grease the wheels of justice to spin in […]