Tragedy hits a lawyer and other legal news

Tragedy befall a lawyer and Client

August 24, 2024

Christopher Morvillo, a top tier defense counsel at Clifford Chance met his untimely death on the north coast of Sicily, Italy. Christopher, a scion of a prominent legal family in the United States was celebrating the acquittal of his client(famous British tech entrepreneur, Mike Lynch) over securities fraud charges .

In what investigators ascribe to water spout, the super yacht on which they were cruising sank killing 7 of the 22 people on board. Investigations are currently underway to ascertain the cause of the sinking.

Kenya’s Supreme Court stays Judgment Invalidating a  2023 finance law

August 20, 2024.

As it may be recalled, the Appeal Court in Kenya some months back declared the government’s 2023 Finance law unconstitutional. The said finance bill spurred deadly protest by citizens. In a new twist to the case, the Supreme Court has suspended the Appeal Court’s ruling, saying that, it was important to preserve government budget stability until the merit of the government appeal are determined next month.

The stay of the Appeal Court’s ruling follows an appeal by the government. The Supreme Court will thus hear the case on 10^th and 11^th September to determine the constitutionality of the 2023 law.

The case of a missing flap

August 23, 2024

A resident of Georgia filed a negligence lawsuit against a hospital in Atlanta. The Plaintiff, Fernando Cluster had been involved in an accident resulting in a head injury which required surgery. The surgical procedure involved the evacuation of blood as he was bleeding in his brain.

To access this blood, a flap from the scalp was removed and placed in storage pending phase two of the surgery. It so happened that by the date for phase 2, the hospital could not ascertain the whereabouts of the said flap so had to postpone the surgery whilst arrangements were made to have a synthetic flap manufactured, and subsequently used.

The use of this synthetic flap came with great consequences such as extra incurred costs, prolonged waiting time for surgery and then the complication of a surgical site infection which he had to subsequently deal with.

The plaintiff is seeking damages from the hospital for his missing flap amongst other grievances.

A Durban Dentist Found Guilty of Homicide.

August 23, 2024

A Durban dentist, Anwar Mohamed Jeewa, 64 has been convicted by the Durban High Court for the death of Milos Martinovic who died in November 2017 while under at care at the Minds Alive Wellness Centre.  The victim had traveled to South Africa to receive treatment for his addiction to Oxycontin and Xanax.

In addition to been found culpable for homicide, Jeewa was also convicted of establishing and managing an unregistered treatment Centre.