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Two remanded over Mpohor kidnapping incident
he said boyfriend of the victim was arrested by the police, together with Paa Kwesi Simpson, a broadcaster with Connect FM, who published the story of the missing victim on Ghanaweb.
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South Africa: Judgment raises questions about whether foreplay implies consent to having sex
Acting Judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has ruled in favour of an appeal by Loyiso Coko, who argued that the foreplay he had with his ex-girlfriend indicated she tacitly consented to sex. Judge Nyameko Wellman Gqamana concurred with the judgment.
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Courts
Court remands farmer for stealing goat
He admitted the charge of stealing, but pleaded not guilty to causing unlawful damages and the Court presided by Mr. Sylvester Nii Okine Ablorh remanded him accordingly, to reappear in Court on Thursday, October 21 this year.
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Catholic Bishops endorse anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The components of human rights according to the church include the right to life, personal liberty, freedom of thought, expression, religion, movement freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, language etc.
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Crime
V/R: Police commence investigations on alleged murder of 90-year-old woman
Madam Dopui Goha was reportedly murdered in her Aflao Ziome residence on dawn of Sunday.
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Courts
Chief remanded for raping his sister-in-law
ASP Aggrey said the victim is currently undergoing psychological evaluation for the trauma she suffered.
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Courts
Non-penetrative sexual acts between thighs also amount to rape-Indian HC rules
The order was passed by a bench comprising of Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman on 02-08-2021.
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Courts
I inflicted machete wounds on my husband in self-defence – Wife tells court
The 28-year-old woman who was recently arrested for inflicting multiple machete wounds on her husband during a confrontation at Nkumkwaa, a village near Agona Duotu in the Central Region says she did that to defend herself.
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Crime
Alleged killer of woman at Somanya guest house arrested
The Ghana Police Service has arrested the man allegedly behind the gruesome murder of a young woman found dead in a guest house in Somanya.
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Meet Juventus Duorinaah;First hearing-impaired Ghanaian lawyer
Mr. Juventus Duorinaah, originally from Wa in the Upper West Region, began his education at the Wa School for the Deaf.
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Retired Justice Julius Ansah passes on
Justice Julius Ansah began working at the Attorney-General’s Department in Koforidua as a National Service Person after he was called to the Bar.
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A-G cautions legal fraternity against external influence in Ghana’s constitutional matters
Speaking at the Ghana Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Wa on Monday, September 15, Dr Ayine recognised the importance of global partnerships in strengthening professional practice but warned that such collaborations must not extend in...
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Ghana Bar Association urges adherence to rule of law amidst CJ suspension, removal process
In a statement released the following day, April 24, the Association acknowledged that the 1992 Constitution of Ghana outlines the procedure for the removal of a Chief Justice, specifically under Article 146 (6) through (10).
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Accra:1212 students inducted into Ghana School of Law
In his address, the Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) and Justice of the Court of Appeal, Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, urged newly admitted students to fully embrace the ethical principles guiding legal education.
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2023 Call to the Bar: Ebenezer Addai Osei(Esq) is Mensah-Sarbah Prize winner
Last year, a UCC Faculty of Law alumnus, Miss Sabina Sabia Larribah Bolsong (Esq), won the Prestigious Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize.
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GBA to champion National Policy Initiative for ‘ A skill for a prisoner’
According to the Association, this is one of the surest ways to deal with and reduce the rate of recidivism in the country’s prisons
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Europe
UK barrister who asked client for drugs jailed
Hendron was representing a man who was arrested in 2021 on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs.
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Let’s build legal industry into an economic force for relevance- Isabel Boaten
Speaking at the Professional Dialogue Series organized by the Africa Bar Association in Accra, she emphasized the need for lawyers to build their industry to become an economic force
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Supreme Court News
Dotse (JSC) retires on June 8
Per the constitution, in article Article 145(4) the Chief Justice has the power to give retiring Justices six months extension which is dependent on the individual judge to accept or otherwise.
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Europe
UK: Barrister jailed for defrauding his own grandmother disbarred
Darren Craig Stapleford was found to have transferred approximately £11,000 from his grandmother’s bank account to his own, and used her bank card to withdraw £4,240 in cash and pay for online goods and services.
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