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Detainees in Ghana lack legal representation to challenge cases -US Report
Detainees lack legal representation to challenge cases in Ghana - US Report indicates
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Sim card re-Registration: Lawyer sues NCA, 3 Mobile networks
In or about September 2021, the National Communications Authority (NCA) announced to the public and to persons who subscribe to mobile network services that they were required to register Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card numbers) and ot...
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Case of 143 Law School applicants, GLC adjourned to November 9
Moreover, an advertisement to this effect was published on May 14, 2021, in the Daily Graphic as part of an invitation for applications from qualified LLB graduates for admission into the Ghana School of Law.
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Don’t Speak Twi In The Dock – CID Boss
The overall best detective was Constable Perpetual Deny of Adweso CID, Koforidua.
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Prioritize non-custodial sentences-CDD roundtable participants to government
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence is punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
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EOCO attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP legally flawed-GIMPA law lecturer
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, he argued that the Economic and Organised Crime Office Act does not make refusal to attend an invitation a criminal offence.
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By-laws betrayed: who controls Accra’s stray dogs?
Stray animals are becoming increasingly common in several neighbourhoods across the capital, with dogs being the most visible. When left uncontrolled, they can endanger adults and children through attacks and bites, which may transmit serio...
Richard Osei Boateng
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Ghana School of Law to graduate Criminal Prosecution and Litigation Course participants today
The ceremony is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the School’s Dome in Makola.
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Refined Version Justice for All
The article’s central theme is that the Justice for All Programme operates as a critical access-to-justice intervention within Ghana’s criminal justice architecture by converting constitutional guarantees into practical relief for remand pr...
Emmanuel Brobbey
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Mahama receives 10 petitions seeking removal of EC Commissioners and Special Prosecutor
According to high-level sources familiar with the process, seven petitions target the Electoral Commission (EC)—specifically Chairperson Jean Mensa and her two deputies, Dr Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey—while **three separate petitio...
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A judge's dilemma: Does law always mean justice?
The article explores the perennial tension between law and justice, dramatizing it through the lens of legal philosophy. It poses the central question: Does strict adherence to law always deliver justice?
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Trump vs. Harvard: Court battle erupts over $2B funding freeze
The case, being heard by Judge Allison Burroughs, centers on whether the government can legally strip funding tied to medical research, AI, and space innovation in an effort to discipline a university for its internal campus climate.
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Man gets 20 years for shooting, killing wife
The shooting occurred after an argument between the couple, reportedly triggered by a phone call the victim, Grace Yorke Torku, received from a male acquaintance.
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KENNEDY’S HAIL MARY TO THE JUDGE-Thaddeus Sory writes
Some have argued that in Ghana, there was an orchestrated judicial scheme unfairly targeting Anas. However, few have highlighted the key differences between the court proceedings in the U.S. and Ghana.
Thaddeus Sory
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Ofori-Atta's lawsuit renews calls to review outdated search laws-Kpebu
Ofori-Atta filed a suit at the High Court, accusing DSP Bismark Boakye Ansah and Chief Inspector Mensah of violating his right to privacy by forcibly entering his residence in Cantonments on February 11, 2025.
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Attorney-General directs Ghana Police to halt impounding vehicles for minor traffic offences
In a February 9, 2024 letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame said a careful examination of L.I. 2180 will disclose that the violations, for which police officers regularly impound vehicles, are...
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After a hung jury: Lawyers to apply for Afoko’s bail, Asabke sentenced to death
Lawyer Nana Yaw Osei, counsel for Gregory has meanwhile told Dennislaw that his side will apply for bail for their client after being in custody for the last eight (8) years
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UK: Teenager gives birth after judge approves C-section against her wishes
The lawyer representing the teenager told the hearing she had a "strong wish" to give birth naturally and to be "awake and aware" when her baby was born.
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Rwanda: Why Bar Association suspended nearly 100 lawyers
The suspensions, according to the Bar's president, Moïse Nkundabarashi, range from one month to one year, depending on the severity of the offense.
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Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement to CNN, said that what happened to Lacks in 1951 “would not happen today.”
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