Africa
Kelvin Odenigbo: Family demand ‘the truth’ from Belarus over death
Club doctors said an autopsy found “no violent marks on the body and there are no traces of alcohol in Kelvin’s blood.”
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Covid-19 testing at KIA: The entire contract must be revised – Kofi Bentil
The two-year contract grants Frontier Healthcare Services the exclusive right to provide mandatory Covid-19 testing on passengers
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General
“Ho 21 LGBT activists haven’t committed any crime,” – CDD-Ghana tells courts
"The occasional use of archaic colonial legal relics like Section 202 of Act 29 by the police to undermine constitutional rights, particularly the right to assemble, exposes the stagnation we continue to experience in efforts to promote and...
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Africa
Twitter ban in Nigeria: Can you be arrested for tweeting?
Chris Ewokor in Abuja has compiled this report for the BBC
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General
Madina MP urges Judiciary to be receptive of citizens’ criticisms
Dr. Ayine has been referred to the GLC by the Chief Justice, a move Hon Francis-Xavier Sosu disagrees with
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General
We’ll appeal injunction against #FixTheCountry protest – Convener
A convener of a social media movement, #FixTheCountry, Oliver Barker-Vormawor says the group will head to court to appeal the injunction stopping their planned protest.
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Africa
New association promotes in-house legal opportunities
In-house legal roles offer African lawyers greater room for self-expression and career progression, said speakers at the launch of the African Corporate & Government Counsel Forum.
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Asia
Malaysia High Court rules Christians can use ‘Allah’ for religious educational purposes
In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the Malaysian High Court granted a Malaysian Christian the right to use the word “Allah” in her religious practice, effectively ending the Home Ministry’s 1986 ban on the use of the word in Christian publi...
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Europe
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: Suspect pleads guilty
One of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty.
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General
Marital property agreements will be possible under Property Rights of Spouses Bill – Minkah-Premo
Chairperson of the Executive Council of LAWA-Ghana, Sheila Minkah-Premo says the Property Rights of Spouses Bill when passed would give spouses the right to come up with marital property agreements concerning the ownership and acquisition o...
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Opinion
Seeking Default Judgments over Declaratory Reliefs Under Ghana Law - Navigating the Procedural Nuances
In this article, the author discusses the procedural nuances on proceeding in a suit for declaratory reliefs where a Defendant defaults in taking a step, discusses some judicial decisions in this regard, explore the options available to suc...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Legal Vacation Without ‘Vacation.’; The Plight of ‘ORAL ’ Lawyers and the Infringed Rights of the Accused?
The article examines the controversy over substantive criminal trials continuing during Ghana’s legal vacation, particularly where defence lawyers have indicated that they are unavailable. It argues that although the Chief Justice has autho...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Locus Standi of a Stranger to a Judgment; Analysis on the Decisions in Jacques v Harrison, Gbagbo v Owusu & Lamptey v Hammond
In this paper the author delves among others, into various cases and examines how a person can acquire locus standi to fall into the rule in Lamptey v Hammond.
Derick Adu-Gyamfi, Esq.
Opinion
Harmonizing Customary Practices and Statutory Law: The Need to Amend Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to Recognize and Enforce Customary Offences and Sanctions Across Ghanaian Communities
This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sanctions entrenched in Ghanaian communities....
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
Opinion
THE LAW ON BAIL IN GHANA; A DEVELOPING JURISPRUDENCE
This article argues among other things that the court’s discretion in granting bail under the lenses of section 96(5) and (6) should only exist where there has not been an unreasonable delay in bringing accused before the court
Ernest Kwadwo Kyere
Opinion
Repeat applications in Criminal Procedure
Repeat applications are recognized and permitted in criminal procedure and are more common with bail applications. What is a repeat application and when can one file same? Learn more in this article.
Selasi Kuwornu
Opinion
Change of representation: The law and its implication
A party that acts by a lawyer may change its representation during the trial. However, this can only be done by strict compliance with certain mandatory requirements outlined in both the C.I. 47 and Act 32. The author discusses these requir...
Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey
Business
US$8.33m debt: Minerals Commission explains why Northern Ashanti Mines lost mining rights
According to the Commission, the company accumulated millions of dollars in unpaid statutory fees despite receiving notices and opportunities to address the breaches.
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Courts
Court of Appeal stays trial of Ex-NAFCO Boss pending appeal
A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, sitting on Monday, October 19, 2026, granted the application after determining that exceptional circumstances existed to justify temporarily halting the trial.
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Courts
Couple’s names on indenture presume joint ownership – Court orders in void marriage case
The Court held that although the parties' marriage was legally invalid, the inclusion of both their names in the property's indenture constituted prima facie evidence of joint ownership, which could only be displaced by sufficient evidence...
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