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
Results for "National Student Financial Aid Scheme"
3859 results.
Courts
Court remands Director of JC Logistics over an alleged false cheque
Mr Amenu, who was charged with two counts of issuing false cheques, pleaded not guilty
GNA
Courts
SIM swap fraud: Two sentenced 12 months each to prison
The court held that the two accused persons were given a relatively lenient sentence since they had been in custody for a significant period of six (6) months
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
Obrafour sues Drake for copyright infringement, seeks $10m in damages
Obrafour says an agent of Drake had previously sought permission to use the copyrighted work, which he never granted, and then released the track days later anyway.
DL News
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
General
Five ways to successfully manage and grow an independent law firm
By concentrating on these five important areas, it’s possible to grow a law firm sensibly and sustainably that sets it up for a solid future.
Lawyer Monthly
Tech
Generative AI could automate almost half of all legal tasks - Report
It estimated that the legal industry would see significant job replacement from generative AI
LAW.COM
Courts
First wife’s request to own half of husband’s property rejected by court
"To award her 50% of the Respondent’s property when he currently has two other wives and other children is, in our view, inequitable and a slavish application of the old principle in Mensah v Mensah," the court held.
DL News
Tech
How ChatGPT challenges current intellectual property laws
New AI technologies may infringe on others’ copyrights by being deemed infringing derivatives of a copyrighted source they used to generate their output.
LAW.COM
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
General
Check out the 10 GIMPA Law conference recommendations for constitutional amendment
Panelists including Mr. Dennis Adjei Dwomoh, Managing Attorney, Law Plus, Mr. Nicholas Lenin Anane, Lawyer, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., and Diana Asonaba Dapaah, Deputy Attorney General & Deputy Minister of Justice of Ghana, were present to...
DL News
Courts
Opuni case: AG makes a case for a new trial judge
Making the case in court on Thursday, February 23, Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah noted that the extension given to the trial Judge, Honyenuga JSC is almost due
DL News
US
Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn of investments
The Church and its investment firm, Ensign Peak Advisers, used "shell" companies to hide a $32bn stock portfolio, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said.
BBC
Europe
UK: Solicitor struck off for impersonating friend to secure NHS prescriptions
Janine Wilkinson pleaded guilty in 2021 to one charge of fraud by false representation and was sentenced to a 12-month community order.
Law Society Gazette
Tech
Key tactics to grow a successful law firm from ground up
Growing a successful law firm from the ground up requires hard work, dedication, efficiency, and investment of time, money, and effort.
Lawyer Monthly
Courts
PCA's findings in upholding Ghana’s objection against Beijing Everyway case
The underlying contract between the two parties is an Engineering, Procurement, Installation, and Commissioning contract signed on 17 September 2012 (the “EPIC Contract”)
DL News
Business
Default in Annual Renewals: ORC begins deletion of 500,000 lapsed Business Names
The exercise is in line with Section 5 A (2) of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962, (Act 151)
DL News
Crime
Court orders arrest of 2 in $100k gold scam case
The Court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah issued the bench warrant when the prosecution led by Inspector Wisdom Alorwu prayed for the warrant.
GNA
Courts
Madina District court: Woman charged for stealing ex-husband’s land title certificate for loan
"In the final analysis, we order the appellant to proceed back to the trial District Court to open her defense within 14 days from today," the Court of Appeal said in dismissing the appeal.
DL News