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Retired Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan honored
“ Your sense of piety and respect for the Islamic values of honesty and integrity and contentment constantly reminds you of the obligation to be dichotomized from all forms of corruption.”
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Opinion
Ghana’s Legal Profession Is Entering the AI Era Without a Regulatory Framework
The article argues that Ghana’s legal ethics rules still provide a strong foundation, but they do not directly address the realities of AI-assisted legal practice. It concludes that the General Legal Council should clarify how existing duti...
Michel A. Nkansah
General
“Find a study method that works for you” – Newly called lawyer, award winner to law students
In an interview with Dennislaw News after his recognition, the award winner explained that although hard work is essential to academic success, students must identify learning approaches that help them understand and retain what they study.
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Africa
Nigeria’s 'Body of Benchers' to cap annual Call to Bar as lawyer numbers exceed 256,000
The body said some law graduates now struggle to establish a practice after admission. It expressed concern about lawyers soliciting clients around magistrates’ courts and police stations, a practice commonly described as “charge-and-bail”...
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Lawyers urged not to make unrealistic promises to clients
Speaking at the enrolment of 155 newly qualified lawyers to the Bar, he said the legal profession is not one in which practitioners should trade in guarantees.
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Kumasi Mayor orders closure of chop bar over sanitary concerns
Richard Ofori Agyemang-Boadi, the Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), directed that Alpha and Omega Chop Bar at Krobo-Odumase, within the Central Business District, stop operating with immediate effect, citing major sanitation...
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Courts
Barrister's Oxford falsehood leads to disbarment
After a four-day hearing, a five-strong disciplinary panel in London today found that Mohindru had 'knowingly misled' the interview panel when he applied for a tenancy at 23 Essex Street (now 23ES) chambers in 2013 by asserting that he had...
LawGazette
General
Re-examining approach to legal education: AG outlines steps
Recounting a 2015 speech on the subject, he emphasized that the country stands at a crossroads, as the rapid expansion of legal education has created both opportunities and challenges
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Tsatsu Tsikata's 50 years at the bar to be commemorated with a 3-day event
A three-day celebration will be held in Accra from August 6 to 8, 2025, to mark Tsatsu Tsikata’s 50th year at the Ghana Bar. The event will include tributes and panel discussions reflecting on his contributions to law, academia, and nationa...
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Ghana School of Law will not be abolished– Legal Education Director clarifies
Speaking on Channel One TV’s “The Point of View” on Wednesday, July 30, Barima Oppong clarified that the Ghana School of Law (GSL) would remain operational even if a national bar examination system is introduced.
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Africa
Kenya School of Law loses 18-year monopoly for training of advocates as court orders opening up
This landmark decision paves the way for universities and other institutions to offer the ATP, a mandatory qualification for individuals seeking admission to the Bar.
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Courts
Galamsey operator jailed two years at Tarkwa for stealing from a drinking bar
The convict, identified as Amadu Amidu, also known as ‘Attah,’ admitted to all the charges brought against him and was convicted accordingly.
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Europe
Barrister suspended for lying over whereabouts of lost case files
Stephen Simon Nicholas Taylor, called by Inner Temple in July 2002, must also complete a direct access course run by the Bar Council as part of sanctions imposed on him.
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Europe
British prosecutor suspended after 'pursuing romantic interest' in defendant
A disciplinary tribunal found he abused his position by using relevant personal contact information he had been given while prosecuting a case on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue his romantic interest in the defendant.
Law Society Gazette
General
844 new lawyers called to the Ghana Bar
Originally, 846 applicants were presented and were supposed to be called as new lawyers however two persons were denied the Call in the course of the program when it was realized that they had violated the Rules of Robing.
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General
Violation of Rules of Robing: Two male applicants denied Call to the Bar
Like other professions such as the military, the legal profession is very particular about how its members should dress.
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Thousands sign petition against decision to suspend aspiring Ghanaian lawyer's call to the Bar
Ama Governor, also a YouTuber received a letter from the Secretary of the GLC about a complaint of 'lack of good character' said to have been submitted by a ‘concerned citizen'.
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General
What makes a good lawyer? – Ntrakwah(Esq) counsels potential practitioners
“You are all aware that the number of lawyers called each year to the Bar is on the ascendancy so this means that as lawyers, or potential lawyers, you must set yourselves apart.”
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#2022 Budget: GSL expects to admit 800 students, call 700 to the Bar-Finance Minister November 17, 2021 590
The 2022 Economic statement is on the theme: Building a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Nation: Fiscal Consolidation and Job Creation.
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General
Social Media not the right avenue for case litigation-Chief Justice
This year’s (2021) event is the 58th Anniversary in the history of enrolment on the Roll of Lawyers.
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