Courts
Trial of former MASLOC boss adjourned to April 20
Sedinam Tamakloe and Daniel Axim, a former Operations Officer of MASLCO are facing trial for allegedly stealing and causing financial loss to the state to the tune of GHC93 million.
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Digital undressing and the law: The use of AI to exploit women and children online
This writer examines “digital undressing” as an AI-driven form of sexual exploitation that creates non-consensual intimate images, undermining privacy, dignity, and bodily autonomy, especially for women and children.
Ernest Baah Ofori
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Guided by God, Governed by Law: The Prophet's Dual Responsibility
The analysis identifies key provisions within Ghana’s legal framework, namely the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) and the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), which criminalize the knowing or reckless publication of false com...
SAMUEL BOATENG NSOWAH
General
GIMPA Law School renews partnership with ICC
The renewal ceremony coincided with the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC. Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Budu, Dean of GIMPA Law School and head of the African Centre for International Criminal Justice (ACIC...
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Policeman launches two books on Criminal Investigation, Rights of a suspect
Authored by Detective Sergeant Modestus Amevor of the Ghana Police Service, these books aim to provide valuable insights and guidance for both law enforcement and the general public.
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Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu: The law on nuisance in noise making
Excessive noise can lead to stress, hearing impairment, sleep disturbances, and other health issues.
Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu
Courts
Review July 28 decision, reinstate Justice Honyenugah as trial judge-AG to SC
AG is arguing that it must be on only compelling circumstances that a decision can be taken by the Court to prohibit a judge who has conducted the instant case for almost four years.
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Courts
NSA trial: Court sets March 23 for ruling on Oware-Mensah's motion for stay
The application before the court seeks to halt proceedings while the Court of Appeal considers a separate challenge filed by the accused to a trial court directive on defence disclosures.
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Tech
Technology-driven JFAP receives international recognition
The Justice for All Programme (JFAP) is a State-led intervention, established in 2007 to alleviate prison overcrowding by setting up Mobile In-prison Special Courts to adjudicate remand/Pre-trial prisoner cases throughout the country
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US
Trump’s lead impeachment lawyers leave defense team just over a week before trial starts
Five attorneys have abandoned former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team just days ahead of his trial in the Senate, CNN reported Saturday night.
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Top US court will rule on Trump immunity claims
The 6-3 conservative majority court decided on Wednesday to hear Mr Trump's claims that he should be shielded from criminal liability.
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Courts
Buffer Stock case adjourned pending Supreme Court ruling on vacation sittings
Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court judge, said the High Court would await the outcome of an injunction application currently before the Supreme Court.
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Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is a canker on the legal profession a the judicial service in Ghana: Martin Amidu writes
The question that immediately came to my mind was whether Judge Samuel Bright Acquah was a fit and proper person to have been enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers in Ghana in the first place.
Martin Amidu
Africa
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria court ends trial against IPOB separatist leader, orders his release
The Court of Appeal ordered Mr Kanu's release from the custody of the State Security Service (SSS), where the IPOB is being held since he was brought back to Nigeria.
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Family of murdered Tiger Eye journalist disappointed with no arrest made three years on
On January 6, 2019, Ahmed Suale was shot three times; twice in the chest and another in the neck by unidentified men near his family home in Madina.
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Courts
JB’s murder trial starts; Prosecution calls first witness
The trial of Daniel Asiedu, the man accused of killing Mr J.B. Danquah-Adu, the then Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa-North, in 2016, commenced at the Accra High Court Monday, with the prosecution calling its first witness – Mr Samuel...
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Supreme Court News
Deposing to affidavits of clients will ‘hit’ you one day – SC advises lawyers
They noted that if not checked, that practice tends towards leading such lawyers into trouble
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Supreme Court: James Quayson's motion for full disclosures by AG dismissed
Quayson had sought to quash a ruling by the High Court which denied his application for the Attorney General to make full disclosures.
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Courts
Whether to put on hold or not: Court to rule on Quayson’s motion June 23
The court however ruled that Mr James Quasyon could absent himself on the adjourned date
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Anti-LGBT Bill laid in Parliament
advocating for LGBQ rights would also be illegal under the bill, with activists facing jail sentences of between five and ten years.
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