Courts
23 persons remanded for attacking palace over sale of Kweiman land
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit crimes namely assault and causing damage
GNA
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Courts
Legal vacation: 12 High Courts in Accra designated to sit during period
The directive comes as the judiciary would be embarking on the annual long vacation for the legal year, beginning August to September.
DL News
General
Three suggested ways to deal with delayed land cases-Justice Gertrude Torkornoo
Ghana’s courts are faced with a myriad of winding land cases whose resolutions usually take years and thus becoming a real challenge.
DL News
Europe
Brexit: Northern Ireland Protocol bill continues amid election uncertainty
The protocol was agreed upon between the UK and the EU to avoid goods checks across Ireland's land border after Brexit.
BBC
General
Allocation of public lands: Committee inaugurated to draft policy guidelines
The Committee, which has a month to deliver on its mandate, will among other things define clearly the threshold for amicably dealing with matters of land.
DL News
General
Selective criminalisation of breach of fiduciary duties in new Lands Act discriminatory, unconstitutional – OccupyGhana
The group makes the case that while Act 1036 falls short of specifically criminalising the same breach by managers of Public Lands, Article 36(8) of the Constitution imposes the same duties on all ‘managers of public, stool, skin, and famil...
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Courts
Joining the legal vacation virtual court sittings
To enable the clerk to identify the parties and lawyers to give access to, lawyers, parties, or representatives must use their full names to sign in.
Richard Osei Boateng
General
Ghana Bar Association adopts new Bar Scale of fees
Agbesi Dzakpasu Esq moved the motion for the acceptance of the Scale of fees and was seconded by Perpetual Yankson Esq.
DL News
General
Encroachers on KNUST lands will face my wrath – Asantehene
According to him, all lands in Asanteman, including that of KNUST, were vested in the custody of the Manhyia Palace, therefore, he would not countenance any form of invasion given the critical role land resources would play in the expansion...
GNA
General
Lands Commission to consolidate land search reports
the Commission is notifying the General Public that all applications for searches should be submitted online through http//onlineservices.lc.gov.gh.
DL News
General
COVID-19: President will review land border restrictions if necessary – Eugene Arhin
“President Akufo-Addo understands the difficulties people have had to go through the restrictions that have been imposed on lives and livelihoods, and I believe if there is the need for them to review whatever aspects of the restrictions, h...
DL News
General
No way, you can’t leave Ghana!
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Kumasi on July 26, 2021 granted an application of stay of execution of an order of a Kumasi High Court.
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Courts
Taricone loses Trassacco Valley – Supreme Court rules
It appears that negotiations for settlement may have stalled or failed and hence the caution or notification for forceful execution of the judgment on all residents
DL News
Courts
MP granted bail over $2.4 million fraud and money laundering case
David Vondee, NDC Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti Morkwa, has appeared before an Accra High Court (Criminal Court) over $2.4. million land fraud case.
DL News
Crime
Soldier, security operatives granted GH¢2m bail over alleged assault
It further directed that one surety for each accused person must own landed property within the court’s jurisdiction valued at not less than the bail amount.
DL News
General
Full text: Report of OSP on contractual arrangements involving Finance Ministry, GRA and SML
This report is founded on sections 2 and 3 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) and regulation 31(1)(g) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2374).
DL News
Crime
NAIMOS arrests Chinese nationals, intercepts Burkinabè workers in anti-galamsey raids
The crackdown, which took place on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, targeted illegal mining sites within the Tano Anwia Forest Reserve in Jomoro, following credible intelligence reports of extensive mining activities along the Tano River.
DL News
Supreme Court News
“Seller Beware”: Supreme Court Issues Stern Warning to Auto Dealers After Refurbished Engine Fraud
The Court held that in Ghana, for policy reasons, some statutes mandatorily imply certain terms into certain contracts notably, Act 137. Unless there is a contrary express term in a contract for sale, Act 137 implies certain standard terms...
DL Editorial Desk
General
Why lawyer wants only husbands’ property but not wives’ shared during divorce
According to him, this is one of the surest ways to save most marriages ‘which are tearing apart just because of issues of who is entitled to what.'
DL News
Africa
Lagos court grants wives equal rights over husbands’ properties
The court ruled that “indirect contributions of a wife to the marital property should not be quantified in monetary terms in order to entitle her to a share of the property”.
The Nigeria Lawyer