Courts
Saglemi Housing Trial: Defence to study witness statements filed by State
The State prosecutors filed their remaining witness statements and served the accused persons in opened court on Monday June 12, 2023.
GNA
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Courts
Major Mahama murder case: 3 accused decline to give evidence
The late Major Mahama was allegedly lynched to death in 2017 after some residents of Denkyira Obuasi mistook him for an armed robber
Ghanaian Times
Crime
EOCO declares 2 persons wanted
The two persons are Desmond Obukohwo and Nosa Justice Iyoha whose pictures were contained in a post by the EOCO in its post on Twitter on June 6, 2023, at exactly 2:55 pm.
DL News
Courts
Court orders ex-national service lady to hand over car in a case against ex-banker boss, boyfriend
Per its ruling by Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu, the court noted that the order is to ensure the safekeeping and preservation of the car until the final determination of the substantive case
DL News
General
African Bar Association holds annual conference from August 6-10
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building the Legal Profession in Africa under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.”
DL News
General
GLC withdraws LLB accreditation for campuses of Presbyterian Uni, Wisconsin Kumasi, another
A notice signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo (JA), and published in the Daily Graphic indicates that the decision was made pursuant to Section 4 of the Legal Professions Act(Amendment)(No 2) decree, 1967(NLCD 213)...
General
Reports that lawyers would write exams before renewal of licences false - GLC
“There was no mention of lawyers being required to write examinations at all before a renewal of license and indeed no such amendment to the Law is about to be made"
DL News
Crime
Nigerian men charged over alleged sexual extortion that caused US teen's death
Using hacked social media accounts, and posing as young women the defendants are alleged to have lured American teenage and young adult males into sending nude images of themselves, which they later used to solicit money from the victims.
DL News
General
Chief Justice petitioned over former GSL SRC president's call to the Bar
According to the petition dated May 2, 2023, the complainant, (who refers to himself as a concerned citizen), notes that Wonder Kutor has “shown himself as someone not fit to be called to the Bar
DL News
Courts
High Court dismisses contempt case against North-Tongu MP
The MP was cited for contempt for allegedly throwing and kicking a court process against him at the premises of Metro TV.
DL News
Others
Singapore executes man for supplying cannabis
Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis.
BBC
Europe
More UK judges want to quit before retirement, official survey shows
The 2022 UK Judicial Attitude Survey, published earlier this month, found that 43% of salaried judges are considering quitting early, up from 31% in 2014.
Law Society Gazette
Crime
US-based Ghanaian trio charged over 2018 bank fraud conspiracy
The trio are alleged to have negotiated fraudulent checks with forged signatures between June and September 2018
Gifty Danso
Courts
Lawyer Kpebu not sole owner of “Annotated Evidence Law of Ghana” but jointly owned-Court says
In the court’s judgment by Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo J.A., it was established per the Author Collaboration Agreement(ACA) that the words used in the agreement are clear and unequivocal that the parties intended to have work done in both...
DL News
Courts
Attack on Golden Star Wassa Limited: 51 persons remanded
The Prosecutor appealed to the court to remand the accused persons for two weeks to enable them complete their investigations.
GNA
Europe
UK government plans mandatory divorce mediation
The country's Ministry of Justice believes that up to 19,000 currently active cases could be solved through mediation.
Lawyer Monthly
Others
To assess worldwide views on bail in a case of assault, Indian court turns to ChatGPT
The court sought the aid of ChatGPT while hearing the bail plea of an accused in a murder case
Business Standard
Africa
Boeing lawyers argue crash victims didn't have time to feel pain as plane slammed into the ground
Legal disputes are ongoing to determine what damages Boeing might owe families of crash victims. Boeing attorneys say they don't have to pay for pain felt by passengers because they crashed too fast to feel pain.
Business Insider
Courts
Western Togoland case: Five secessionists found guilty, sentencing set for March 21
The convicts were arrested in September 2020 following attempts to declare parts of the Volta and Oti regions as independent state to be called ‘Western Togoland’.
DL News
Courts
Full Reasoning of Eric Baah(J.A) in dismissing Anas GHC25 M Defamation suit against Kennedy Agyepong
In the court’s wisdom, the plaintiff surmounted the first test by proving that the words complained of were uttered by the defendant and that they were capable of defamatory meanings
DL News