US
US lawyer sentenced nine years to prison over $8M escrow fraud
According to details of the case, the lawyer engaged in two related fraudulent schemes in August 2020.
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Crime
Self-employed on ₵30k bail after swindling Police Inspector
Wisdom Waklatsi allegedly collected GHȼ17,500 from Police Inspector George Kwakye the complainant, under the pretext of buying him a V–boot diesel automatic Mercedes Benz car but he failed.
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Europe
UK: Woman claiming to be Christ warned to stop using court time
The court heard that Michelle Andrea Derrig, known as Michelle Andrea Hargreaves after marriage, changed her name last November to Jesus Christ.
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General
Full Speech: Bar president, Yaw Acheampong Boafo at 2022 annual Bar Conference
This year’s event which is underway in Ho in the Volta Region has been theme “Ghana's Democracy under the Fourth Republic: Gains, Challenges and Prospects.”
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Africa
ECOWAS Court declares Nigeria’s Twitter ban unlawful
Following the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria in June 2021.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for June 29, 2022
The cases up for consideration are writs and civil appeals, thus invoking the Original Jurisdiction and Appellate Jurisdiction.
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US
ABA announces 2022 Silver Gavel Awards winners
Each year the American Bar Association presents these awards to recognize work in media and the arts published or presented during the preceding year that has been exemplary in helping to foster the American public’s understanding of the la...
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing May 31- June 1, 2022
These particularly relate to a writ, review motions, civil appeals, and a reference motion, all invoking the Original Jurisdiction, Review Jurisdiction, Appellate Jurisdiction, and the Reference Jurisdiction of the Court.
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US
Ghanaian-American among US President’s judicial nominees awaiting Senate hearing
Ms. Abudu was nominated on January 10, 2022, and is currently awaiting a hearing from the US Senate Committee.
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US
US falls out of top 20 in Rule of Law Index, while global declines continue
Denmark had the best score, followed by Norway and Finland.
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General
Why Ghana’s “Auditor General Reports” Risk Becoming Circus Shows: Bright Simons
The sense that powerful people, especially those at the apex of the political system, are not exempt from the reach of public audits is the only way to restore confidence in the usefulness of these exercises.
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General
Commitment to corruption fight high – Akufo-Addo
“I don’t think that any government has mobilised resources to give opportunity for the anti-corruption agencies of the state
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Crime
Collins Dauda, 4 others granted $322m bail, plead not guilty over Saglemi Housing Project
The court presided over by Ms Comfort Tsaiame ordered all the accused person to deposit their Ghanaian passports at the court’s registry.
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General
Presidency receives petition for removal of CJ
The civil society group had petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice to investigate the Chief Justice following accusations by one lawyer, Akwasi Afrifa that he had requested a $5m bribe to influence a case in hi...
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Barcelona and Neymar end legal dispute in ‘amicable’ out-of-court settlement
FC Barcelona announce that it has ended out of court in amicable fashion the various labour and civil litigation cases that were open with the Brazilian player Neymar
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General
Public Officers Conduct Bill will give effect to constitution — A-G
Other objects of the Bill are the conditions under which legal proceedings against public officers can be carried out and also spell out administrative procedures, the Oath of Office, sanctions and regulatory matters.
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General
AG apt to represent the police in this injunction case - High Court tells FixTheCountry convenors
The conveners of the FixTheCountry protest had argued that only the police service has the power to make such requests under the Public Order Act
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Thaddeus Sory responds to Nana Ato Dadzie on concerns raised on judicial service letter to media houses
I have read a write up credited to my learned senior Nana At Dadzie on social media. This write up discusses the statement issued by Sory @ Law on behalf of the Judicial Service. I appreciate it. I also enjoyed reading it.
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Who succeeds Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie?
This DL News feature examines six Supreme Court justices whose professional backgrounds offer different perspectives on that choice: Gabriel Pwamang, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, Senyo Dzamefe a...
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Supreme Court News
Inside Oppong Nkrumah's suit against CJ over legal vacation
According to the writ, the MP wants the Supreme Court to determine whether warrants issued by the Chief Justice requiring some judges to sit during the legal vacation comply with Articles 17(1) and (2), 23 and 296(a) and (b) of the Constitu...
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