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Practice Direction Alert: Drawing up entry of Judgment: Ken Kwame Asamoah vs. State Insurance Company [2022] DLSC 11430
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The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by Stephen Kwabena Opuni in which he was invoking the original jurisdiction of the court, relative to the dismissal of his submission of no case by the High Court (Criminal Division).
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Delivering its ruling on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, the five-member panel presided over by Justice Jones Dotse noted that the application lacks merit thus dismissed the same.
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Africa
South African government wants lawyers to do mandatory community service
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Supreme Court's reasoning in dismissing injunction application against E-levy implementation
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On March 9, 2022, the ordinary Bench of the apex Court held inter alia that the Deputy Speaker could count himself for purposes of a quorum and is entitled to an original vote.
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The decision of the Court of Appeal in this matter re-affirms the principles engraved in section 59 of the ADR 2010 Act 798, thereby giving force to the provisions on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral awards. By this decision,...
By Bakhita M. Koblavie and Dennis Adjei Dwomoh

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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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Hon. Quayson argues that the Court of Appeal acted arbitrarily by striking out appeal processes before it because his lawyers had prompted the court of a pending motion.
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The induction ceremony held at KNUST was the first of such organized by the University's law faculty
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The applicant, a Nigerian woman filed a suit at the court against Peter Okoro for raping her somewhere in 2011 in Lagos.
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Courts
Quoting the celebrated British Judge, Lord Denning, Justice Irene Charity Larbi noted “You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.”
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The Apex court thus advised counsel to acquaint himself with the judgment of the case supra in order to come to terms with its reasoning and stance on the matter.
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The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Writ No. J1/07/2022 – Justice Abdulai v Attorney-General is the subject of discussion in this Special by the Dennislaw Research Desk
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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.
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“Everywhere in the world, in civilized Democracies including the United Kingdom, the Presiding officer’s vote is discounted," Mr. Iddrisu noted.
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A seven-member panel presided over by Justice Jones Dotse has unanimously declared that the two Deputy Speakers of Parliament are members of Parliament thus can be counted as present even if they are presiding
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“It will be refreshing to receive a proposal for a review of the current Criminal Procedure Act, Act 30, in a manner as to aid in a real expeditious determination of summary trials,” Mr. Dame said during the inauguration of the nine-member...
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Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the attorney general who is also the justice minister.
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Anti-abortion activists are urging the court to “protect unborn children”, but experts warn of an increase in maternal mortality if abortion is restricted.
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