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Wontumi moves to challenge 'no case' ruling, seeks a stay
His latest application asks the court to pause proceedings while he pursues an interlocutory appeal against the decision dismissing his submission of no case.
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Court rejects Oware-Mensah's bid to halt trial
The ruling means the criminal case against her will continue, despite a pending challenge to an earlier directive requiring her to disclose the names and addresses of intended witnesses before the prosecution closes its case.
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Court lifts freeze on Sesi-Edem accounts in sharp rebuke to EOCO
The decision marks a major legal victory for the company after weeks of scrutiny over an investigation initiated by the Economic and Organised Crime Office, EOCO.
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Parliament passes bill to establish new engineering and agriculture university
The new law creates the legal basis for the institution and sets out how it will be governed and managed.
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Court remands Freddie Blay over disputed property demolition
The veteran lawyer and politician was taken into custody on Monday, 16 March 2026, after police in Accra executed what authorities say was a long-outstanding criminal arrest warrant.
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We have not been injuncted by court-GCTU pushes back claims
In a statement issued on 13 March 2026 and signed by Registrar Emmanuel Baidoo, GCTU said the application was brought by Prof. Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, but stressed that the High Court has not yet ruled on it.
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Europe
UK man faces cybercrime charge in Dubai after filming missiles
The man, who is from London, is said to have been charged under the UAE’s cybercrime laws, which criminalise the sharing or publication of material considered harmful to public security.
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Tech
Automated road traffic L.I. to be operational by end of March
The proposed law is intended to give legal force to Traffitech-GH, a technology-driven platform designed to identify traffic violations and trigger sanctions in real time.
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Justice Tanko Amadu urges judges to protect judicial independence
Justice Tanko Amadu, who also serves as Director of the Judicial Training Institute, said these principles were constitutional safeguards for citizens and should never be viewed as personal privileges for members of the bench.
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Lawyers to file both hardcopies, E-versions of all submissions-Northern Sector Court of Appeal
The directive, issued from Kumasi and signed by Justice Eric Baah, President of the Court of Appeal (Kumasi), will take effect from 1st March 2026.
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Ghana takes sea border dispute with Togo to international arbitration
In a statement issued on Friday, February 20, the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, said Ghana will ask for a legal delimitation of the offshore boundary under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (U...
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Europe
Solicitor convicted of stalking court blogger
The court heard Milne sent around 120 emails, left two voicemails on Cloake’s birthday, sent him a book, and was seen on doorbell footage at Cloake’s home.
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My actions grounded in GIADEC’s legal mandate-Twumasi Ankrah rejects resignation call
His comments come after a protest by VALCO workers on Monday, 9 February, where the union called for his immediate removal.
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Courts
Prof. Kwaku Azar on why state must appeal Agradaa’s sentence reduction
In a Facebook post on Friday, 6 February, Prof Asare said the court’s approach created what he described as a troubling gap in the handling of fraud cases, and warned against any perception that well-known defendants receive more favourable...
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US
Trump threatens lawsuit after Trevor Noah Grammys joke about Jeffrey Epstein
Noah, who hosted the ceremony in Los Angeles on 1 February 2026, made a quip that referenced Mr Trump’s interest in Greenland and suggested he was looking for a new island after Epstein’s private island was “gone”.
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Europe
France to abolish concept of sex as conjugal right in marriage
Lawmakers in the National Assembly approved a bill on Wednesday that would add an explicit clause stating that a couple’s “community of living” cannot be interpreted as an “obligation for sexual relations.”
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Ken Ofori-Atta kept in ICE as US judge demands extradition proof
The hearing was held in private at the request of his legal team, with the court instructing non-parties observing via Webex to leave before proceedings continued.
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Former CJ Torkornoo contests AG's defence at ECOWAS court
In her latest filing, Justice Torkornoo says key steps required under Article 146 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution were not complied with when three petitions against her were handled in 2025.
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Merely supervising husband’s building doesn’t guarantee wife 50% ownership-Supreme Court
The undisputed evidence established that the Husband purchased the land and commenced construction of the house at Tetegu near Kasoa before the parties married in 2002. By the time of the marriage, the structure had already reached the “win...
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Chief Justice pushes closer Judiciary–Education partnership
He led a delegation to the Ministry in Accra as part of what the Judiciary describes as a drive to link justice delivery more closely with civic education and national development.
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