Africa
Côte d’Ivoire: Former PM Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting coup
Guillaume Soro has already been convicted of embezzlement and was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison
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Africa
Supreme Court Rejects Bobi Wine’s Bid To File More Affidavits
The Supreme Court in Kampala has rejected former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s bid to file additional affidavits in support of his petition challenging the victory of President Museveni in the January 14 elections.
DL News
Opinion
Oral Team: Legal Powers and Legal Limitations
The article examines the legal framework and limitations surrounding the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Preparatory Team established by Ghana’s President-Elect John Dramani Mahama. It concludes that while ORAL's evidence-gathering activi...
Richard Nii Amarh
Courts
Ho High Court sets July 2 for Amewu to testify in SALL election denial case
This was after Counsel for Mr Amewu told the court that he had not been able to produce his client before the court because he was on a national assignment.
myjoyonline
Courts
Essikado election petition case strike out in Court
Mr. Ametefe told the high Court Judge, Dr. Richmond Osei Hwere that the decision to discontinue the case stemmed out of the many inactive political activities and the general need to create peace for the 2024 elections.
GNA
Election Petition
2 lawyers with 8 years experience can handle NDC’s petty petition – Lawyer Sambian
A Private legal practitioner Lawyer Sulley Sambian is urging the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) not to exert much energy by deploying several lawyers to face the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in its suit at the Supreme Co...
DL News
Africa
Top Malawi businessman jailed for bribe attempt
The court imposed two nine year sentences on two counts, but the sentences will run concurrently because “the offences were committed in one transaction”
DL News
Election Petition
Techiman South: Court grants NDC candidate’s request to inspect EC’s ‘pink sheets’
The Wenchi High Court has granted leave for the inspection of the Electoral Commission’s original documents in the ongoing Techiman South parliamentary election petition.
DL News
Election Petition
“Review Application Is An Emotional One – Does Not Meet Minimum Legal Requirement” – Akoto Ampaw
The respondents in the on-going election petition have thrown jabs at the petitioner’s request for a review of the Supreme Court’s ruling on February 11, preventing the EC boss Jean Mensa from testifying.
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Tech
Why does the US want to ban TikTok, and when could it happen?
The video sharing app has millions of users around the world, but is facing questions over the security of users' data, and its links to the government in Beijing.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Chieftaincy and active politics: LLB graduate drags AG to Supreme Court
According to the applicant, the letter and spirit of the above Article prevent chiefs from doing or engaging in active politics but most of them are seen during General elections endorsing politicians openly.
DL News
Courts
Two teachers in court over alleged illegal possession of examination papers
The teachers, Jephtern Kwame Nkrumah and James Kodia, have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and two counts of illegal possession of West African Examination Council (WAEC) 2020 BECE examination papers (ICT practical questions...
GNA
Tech
TikTok faces $29M fine in UK for ‘failing to protect children’s privacy’
The alleged law breach happened from May 2018 through July 2020, with the ICO noting that the company “may have” processed data of children under the age of 13 without parental consent.
Tech Crunch
Others
Full Speech: Godfred Yeboah Dame at 39th International Symposium on economic crime
The Office of the Attorney-General is prosecuting other high-profile cases involving the offenses of wilfully causing financial loss to the State, stealing, corruption, fraud, procurement breaches, and money laundering.
Godfred Yeboah Dame, AG
Tech
Epiq Acquires Fireman & Co. to Gain Data, Knowledge Management Expertise
Epiq says the future of law firms and corporate legal departments will focus on enhanced data and knowledge management.
Law.com
Courts
2021 Gender statistics of Judges in Ghana indicates a marginal increase in female representation
In 2020, there were 45 female Justices of the High Court but this year, the number has moved to 53. On the part of male Justices, the number stood at 63 in 2020 while the number for this year is 64.
DL News
Crime
42-year-old man with 656 ATM cards in his possession arrested by NIB
Bachir was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport on September 12, 2021, whiles going through departure formalities to enable him to travel to Dubai.
DL News
General
16 Cape Coast Technical University students place an injunction on end of semester examination
The students were dismissed without any basis, and again the said punishments were based on non-existing laws.
DL News
Business
Banking fraud cases hit ¢1bn in 2020 – BoG
Key recommendations by the Bank of Ghana to help fight current fraud trends include consumer education on the safe usage of digital/electronic products
DL News
Crime
Court convicts 7 of WASSCE malpractices
The prosecutor stated that on August 20, 2020, Nkrumah and Sefah Acheampong who were at large were arrested and they admitted to the offence in their caution statement
DL News