General
Ghana-Togo Maritime Boundary Negotiations Meeting underway in Accra
The three-day meeting aims at resolving, amicably, the outstanding issues on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries.
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Results for "Chieftaincy disputes"
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Africa
Kenya has its first female chief justice: Martha Koome
If parliament formally approves the nomination of Justice Martha Koome as the next Chief Justice of Kenya and president of the Supreme Court, as is widely expected, she will become the first woman to occupy the seat in Kenya’s history. Just...
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Business
The role of the judiciary in revenue mobilization
The establishment of a tax court The Chief Justice of Ghana in a letter dated 16th April, 2021 and addressed to the President of the Ghana Bar Association gave notice of the Judiciary’s intention to establish a Tax Court to deal with prosec...
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Africa
Law firms expand in Africa
South African law firm Webber Wentzel has bagged a team of M&A lawyers from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, while Fluxmans Attorneys has hired a new director.
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Asia
Malaysia High Court rules Christians can use ‘Allah’ for religious educational purposes
In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the Malaysian High Court granted a Malaysian Christian the right to use the word “Allah” in her religious practice, effectively ending the Home Ministry’s 1986 ban on the use of the word in Christian publi...
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Election Petition
Summary of 2021 presidential election petition ahead of Supreme Court ruling
Facts The Supreme Court shall deliver its judgment in the presidential election petition filed by the flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 presidential elections, John Mahama on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Hearing...
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Election Petition
Tsatsu makes case for video evidence of events in EC’s strong room
Lead Counsel for the petitioners in the ongoing election petition hearing, Tsatsu Tsikata, is making a case for video recordings of happenings in the strong room of the 1st Respondent, the Electoral Commission (EC) during last year’s electi...
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General
Creative arts industry gets specialised court to deal with copyright issues
Tourism Minister, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, has announced that Office of the Chief Justice has approved of the establishment of a specialised court for the creative arts industry.
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