General
66 Bills to be laid before Parliament on resumption
Eleven Bills are currently at the committee level, of which seven are Public Bills and four are Private Members bills.
GNA
Results for "legal aid commission"
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Supreme Court News
Allow me to marry more women – Ampomah tells Supreme Court
In Ghana, marriage under the ordinance is governed by the Marriages Act(Cap 127) and is the only, strictly monogamous legal means of marriage in Ghana.
Richard Osei Boateng
Europe
Foreign detainees being held in jail despite completing their sentences, UK prison watchdog says
The report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons revealed that many migrants remain behind bars while "little or no progress" in their cases is being made.
Sky News
General
What makes a good lawyer? – Ntrakwah(Esq) counsels potential practitioners
“You are all aware that the number of lawyers called each year to the Bar is on the ascendancy so this means that as lawyers, or potential lawyers, you must set yourselves apart.”
DL News
General
Deal with seeming factionalism within the legal profession- Supreme Court Justice tells GBA
“All is definitely not well with the Association. This is because we have started to see signs of factionalism in the profession."
DL News
General
AG, Georgetown University scholarship deal: First 5 lawyers set to begin post-graduate programs
The deal, which is under the auspices of the Ghana Scholarship secretariat, has its first five beneficiaries comprising State Attorneys and Private Legal practitioners respectively.
DL News
Business
GBA to make case for dispute settlement centre under AfCFTA to be established in Accra
Speaking on the Law programme by host, Samson Lardy Anyenini, he says the GBA will put together a team to front, and lobby for the Dispute Settlement Chamber.
DL News
Africa
Liberia: GT Bank found guilty in $2.5 million damaged lawsuit
Kailondo had sued the bank in a criminal case at Criminal Court "C" to prove that the bank illegally took Money from the account of his Company, Kailondo Petroleum Inc., without his authorization.
AllAfrica
Courts
Chairman Wontumi cites UTV, Fadda Dickson, and 4 others for contempt of court
You may recall that on June 9, 2022, Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi instituted a legal action at the High Court, Tema against Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa popularly called Afia Schwarzenegger.
DL News
Europe
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
The unprecedented leak to the Guardian of more than 124,000 documents – known as the Uber files – lays bare the ethically questionable practices that fuelled the company’s transformation into one of Silicon Valley’s most famous exports.
The Guardian
General
Employ more lawyers at MMDAs to curb contract, procurement breaches – Mpraeso MP
“Mr Speaker, we realised that a number of the MMDAs, especially the newly-created districts have little knowledge about the nature of agreements entered on their behalf between the Local Government Ministry and the Zoomlion Company Limited....
Joy News
General
GBA condemns flogging of two persons in viral video, directs Committee to offer legal assistance
The GBA indicates that it has directed its Women and Minors Rights Committee to take up the matter by closely monitoring and offering the required legal assistance to the victims.
DL News
Africa
Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: An explainer
Blasphemy is an offence under Nigeria’s criminal law in states that put it on their statute books.
The Conversation Africa
Tech
Cybersecurity lawyers need to pay attention to these
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DL News
General
New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2015 fees – GBA PRO
New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2014 fees – GBA PRO
DL News
General
AG's department to fully digitise - Godfred Dame
"The office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice is in the process of going fully digital with the operationalization of an integrated information management system and digitization project almost near completion"
DL News
General
Assin North MP injunction : Apply for a review – Justice Abdulai to Legal team
"A review application for me, you do it on the basis of principle but not on the basis that the Supreme Court is wrong."
DL News
Europe
Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case and hits out at 'baseless' claims
The Shape of You songwriters took legal action in 2018 after the track's royalties were frozen when Chokri and O'Donoghue asked the Performing Rights Society (PRS) to add them to the hit's credits as co-writers.
BBC
General
Navigating Mental Health Challenges Through Law School
Law students often tend to be the most dissatisfied, depressed, and demoralized among any grad student population
Law Technology Today
Africa
‘Ogoni nine’ Nigerian widows lose case against oil giant Shell
The widows believe a Nigerian operating company, that was part of the Shell group, had bribed the witnesses whose statements led to the conviction and hanging of their husbands.
BBC