Courts
Two remanded for alleged kidnapping
The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded two motor riders into police custody for allegedly kidnapping an 18-year-old girl at Nkaakom, near Nkawie, in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality.
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Ebony’s driver remanded into prison custody
The driver in-charge of the vehicle that caused the death of the hiplife artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, alias ‘Ebony’, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
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General
Domelevo’s ‘constructive dismissal’ started last year – Kwaku Azar
A US-based lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, has suggested that events surrounding the removal of the Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo show that the government’s ultimate plan has always been to have him removed from office.
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General
‘Now thank we all our God’ – Domelevo sings after Akufo-Addo’s directive to retire
The former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo’s first public reaction since the directive from the Presidency to retire is an interesting one.
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General
You’re retired; thanks for your service – Akufo-Addo to Domelevo
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo says his office believes that the embattled Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo is retired hence cannot remain in office.
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Crime
Sekondi-Takoradi: 14 arrested for engaging in open defecation
The environmental and sanitation task force at the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in the Western Region have apprehended some fourteen (14) persons for engaging in open defecation
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Election Petition
“Review Application Is An Emotional One – Does Not Meet Minimum Legal Requirement” – Akoto Ampaw
The respondents in the on-going election petition have thrown jabs at the petitioner’s request for a review of the Supreme Court’s ruling on February 11, preventing the EC boss Jean Mensa from testifying.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Jean Mensa may not be cross-examined
The Electoral Commission has indicated its disinterest to allow its chairperson to mount the witness box to testify in the ongoing 2020 Presidential Election Petition.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: EC ‘running away’ from cross-examination – Tsikata alleges
Lead counsel for John Dramani Mahama, Tsatsu Tsikata has accused the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa of evading cross-examination.
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Election Petition
Petitioner, EC and 2nd Respondent closes their case in Election 2020 Petition trial
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday said it has closed its case in the ongoing election 2020 petition trial at the Supreme Court.
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Election Petition
Akoto Ampaw exposed inconsistencies in Mahama’s petition through Asiedu Nketia – Oppong Nkrumah
Akoto Ampaw has been able to expose what he claimed are inconsistencies in the election petition filed by John Mahama, the 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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Election Petition
Election petition: Asiedu Nketia’s allegations are unduly scandalous – Akoto Ampaw
The Lead Counsel of President Akufo-Addo in the election petition, Akoto Ampaw has described as scandalous the witness statement of the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: It’s not necessary for John Mahama to testify – Ayine
Dr. Dominic Ayine, a spokesperson for former President John Mahama in the Election Petition case says his client cannot be compelled to personally be in the witness box to be cross-examined.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Mahama to file further witness statement – NDC Secretary
The 2020 Presidential Election Petitioner may file further witness statement in addition to those already filed on his account by the General Secretary of the NDC and Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a Senior Lecturer of the University of Ghana.
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Election Petition
Set aside error-ridden, unconstitutional declaration – Asiedu Nketia
The General Secretary of the NDC has urged the Supreme Court to set aside the declaration that brought the president into office.
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Opinion
The Intricacies of Hearsay Evidence: A Legal Conundrum
The article critiques the complex application of the hearsay rule in Ghanaian law despite statutory reforms under the Evidence Act, 1975 (NRCD 323). It argues that the trial judge in the Opuni case misapplied the law by relying on an inappl...
Derick Adu-Gyamfi
Opinion
A Separate Economic Life in Marriage
The Supreme Court of Ghana has clarified that spouses can maintain separate economic lives during marriage and that property acquired during marriage is no longer presumed to be jointly owned. This marks a significant departure from previou...
Kwame Boafo Akuffo Esq
Opinion
Deep Cracks in the Patent System as Revealed by Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacture
The article explores flaws in the patent system exposed by COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing, particularly the insufficiency of disclosure requirements. It argues that despite the legal obligation for patentees to disclose inventions, third-pa...
Prince Nketia
Opinion
The Termination Tightrope: Navigating the Balance between Employer Rights and Employee Protections
This article examines the tension between employer rights and employee protections in Ghana's labor law, particularly regarding termination. It critiques the Supreme Court's reliance on outdated common law principles that allow employers to...
Martin Waana-Ang & Joshua Mbowura
Opinion
Locus Standi of a Stranger to a Judgment; Analysis on the Decisions in Jacques v Harrison, Gbagbo v Owusu & Lamptey v Hammond
In this paper the author delves among others, into various cases and examines how a person can acquire locus standi to fall into the rule in Lamptey v Hammond.
Derick Adu-Gyamfi, Esq.