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EAST AFRICA

LAW REPORTS1957 – 2007

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visionTo be the principal legal and related information provider in Africa

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LAWAFRICA: COMPANY PROFILE


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mission

To uplift the standards of legal research by providing up to date and relevant decision support information.

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LawAfrica is the regional giant in legal and paralegal publishing, a specialty it has perfected for over a decade. It prides itself in serving professionals, gov-ernment, s tudents and non-governmental o rganizations around the world,

and is currently expanding into Africa’s newest nation, the Republic of South Su-dan.

Having been in the business for over a decade, the firm has formidable rela-tions with leading suppliers of law materials with long-term experience in both print and electronic publishing, and data mining

LawAfrica handles m ajor assignments for governments, parastatals, l eading banks, financial i nstitutions, colleges and universities, a s well a s individual l aw firms, top legal researchers and students.

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In 2009, LawAfrica Uganda successfully entered into a joint venture with Ugan-da Law Society (The Official Bar Association of Uganda with over 1,500 members) hich culminated in the publishing of the Uganda Law Society Reports.

2010 saw Tanzania LawAfrica began the work of consolidating and publishing the Laws of Tanzania (Main and Subsidiary Legislation) and Tanzania Law Reports, the cornerstone of the legal framework of the Republic of Tanzania. In the same year, the first ever Kenyan commentary on civil pro-Odunga’s Digest,cedure case Law in hardback volumes was published. This year also saw LawAfrica partner with Government of Uganda through the Law Development Centre - established in 1970 by the Law Development Centre Act (Cap. 132, Laws of Uganda) for the publishing of Uganda Law Reports – the official Law Reports of the Republic of Uganda. This will see the reprinting and publishing of the Uganda Protectorate Law Reports dating back to 1901.

The same year, LawAfrica won the contract from the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project (Government of Kenya and World Bank funded pro-ject) for the publishing and printing of select laws for the National Council of Law Reporting (established under the National Council for Law Reporting Act, Cap 11, Laws of Kenya ). The key legislations namely, Commercial Law, Family Law, Public Law, Finance Law, Land Law and most notably, the Grey Book.

Sudan Law Reports and Journal was published in 2011 with funding from Inter-national Development Law Organisation (IDLO) for the Sudan Judiciary. The same year saw the publication of the 1st Supplement on Odunga’s Digest on Civil cases to update the previous publication with changes in the new constitution.

2011 also saw LawAfrica releasing the East Africa Protectorate Law Report (1909 – 1933) and the East Africa Court of Appeal Reports (1934 – 1956), thereby increasing recorded years of Law Reporting to 102 years and showcasing how case law reporting has evolved since the days of King Henry to the present Queen Elizabeth rule.

LawAfrica is also looking forward to 2012 where it expects to publish the con-solidated index of Law Reports in Eastern and Central Africa. This year will also see the publisher publish its 100th Commentary and launch all major regional Law Reports on CD-Rom.

Although LawAfrica began as an online law publisher, it is now viewed as the regional leader in the provision of law and related information and services, given its staff and business portfolio which is a perfect blend of international expertise and local knowledge.


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