Africa
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula: South Africa parliament speaker turns herself into police
Ms Mapisa-Nqakula arrived at a police station in Centurion, 40km (24 miles) from Johannesburg on Thursday.
BBC
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Supreme Court News
Dafeamekpor goes to court; wants Akufo-Addo to be compelled to sign LGBTQI Bill
Further, he is seeking the court to compel the Speaker of Parliament to submit the bill to the presidency as required by law
DL News
General
Lands C’ssion says Bagbin’s house not sold
According to the Commission, the Parliamentary Service applied for a Certificate of allocation to regularize their ownership of the said land in 2022 which it duly granted.
DL News
General
Strive for excellence- Lawyer tells UG Law graduands
Delivering a speech as the guest speaker at the 2023 Congregation held at the University’s Great Hall on Saturday, August 19, 2023, the renowned lawyers also advised the new graduates to maintain a positive mindset in their endeavors
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US
US House Speaker's husband, Paul Pelosi gets 5 days in jail, 3 years of probation in DUI
Paul Pelosi was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .082%, just over the legal limit.
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Supreme Court News
Voting, passage of E-levy by 136 MPs unconstitutional, null and void- Haruna Iddrisu, 2 MPs to SC
According to the plaintiffs per the authority of the case of Justice Abdulai v. Attorney General, the constitutional quorum for decision-making and voting in Parliament per Article 104(1) is 138 MPs present in the Chamber but not 136.
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Supreme Court News
[PDF] Supreme Court Judgement in Justice Abdulai vrs AG
The attachment is the reasoned judgment of the Supreme Court in the constitutional action brought by Justice Abdulai over the constitutionality or otherwise of the First Deputy Speaker's decision to vote when presiding over Parliament.
DL News
General
Conflict of interest: MPs must cease membership of boards- Legal Practitioner
A private Legal Practitioner and lecturer at the University of Ghana Law school, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee is advocating the discontinuance of the practice where MPs are allowed to hold membership of private and public boards.
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General
Minority files motion to set aside 2022 Budget approval
On Friday, November 26, 2021, Parliament rejected the 2022 Budget presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
2022 Budget approval unconstitutional- Minority in Parliament
According to them, the move contravenes Article 104(3) of the Constitution, 1992, and Parliament’s standing order 109.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
Law School stand-off: Minority files motion seeking to remove Attorney-General
“The mode of exercising legislative power enshrined in article 106 of the Constitution does not admit of the resolution,”
DL News
General
Police has not received official contempt summons from Parliament – ACP Kwesi Ofori
On October 25, 2021, the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu led a demonstration in his constituency to protest the bad state of roads.
DL News
General
To assent or not to assent, the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
The question finds its voice in the famous phrase of Hamlet: ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE, AND THAT IS THE QUESTION. This time, it is: ‘TO ASSENT OR NOT TO ASSENT’.
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General
Invite interested parties, probe AGM-AKER deal-CSOs to Speaker of Parliament
Early this month, the Ranking Member for the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, John Abu Jinapor, issued a statement on behalf of the Minority side in parliament which read in part;
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Crime
Assin North: CID invites former MP, Joe Gyakye Quayson for interrogation
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, prayed to the Clerk of Parliament to allow Quayson to participate in the election of the Speaker and “let him bear the consequences” thereafter.
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Africa
Nigerian Lawmakers Propose To Jail Unlawful Protesters For Five Years
A bill proposing a five-year jail term for unlawful protesters in the country has scaled through first reading at the House of Representatives.
DL News
Opinion
Access Versus Standards: The Future of Legal Education in Ghana
The article examines Ghana’s 2026 legal education reforms, arguing that widening access to professional legal training must be matched with strong regulation, transparent bar examinations, adequate teaching capacity, and sustained professio...
Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo
Opinion
12 Strategies to Becoming the Happiest Lawyer Alive
The author shares twelve critical insights for young lawyers on how to experience the most satisfaction in the profession
Francisca Serwaa Boateng
General
Economic Justice: Women need wealth ownership, not just empowerment — Sheila Minkah-Premo
She argued that true economic justice will remain incomplete if women are empowered to earn, but are still excluded from owning, controlling and transferring productive assets.
DL News
Courts
Asantehene rebukes lawyers over fresh challenges to KNUST land ownership
Addressing the university’s 59th Congregation, the Asantehene—who serves as Chancellor of KNUST—said some lawyers were helping to legitimise what he described as “baseless and opportunistic” claims by people posing as family heads
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