Courts
23 persons remanded for attacking palace over sale of Kweiman land
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit crimes namely assault and causing damage
GNA
Results for "Borrowers and Lenders Act 2020"
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Tech
'No bad faith': Fake citations generated through ChatGPT don't warrant sanctions, attorneys argue
Attorney Steven Schwartz and his firm "have already become the poster children for the perils of dabbling with new technology; their lesson has been learned," his lawyers told the judge.
LAW.COM
Supreme Court News
Contempt of court: Kpessa Whyte cautioned and discharged by Supreme Court
When he appeared in court, the contemnor, an Associate Professor at the University of Ghana, initially pleaded not guilty to the charge of contempt.
DL News
Courts
High Court dismisses contempt case against North-Tongu MP
The MP was cited for contempt for allegedly throwing and kicking a court process against him at the premises of Metro TV.
DL News
General
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
DL News
US
Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old files $40m lawsuit
Abigail "Abby" Zwerner, 25, was shot on 6 January in the hand and upper chest and spent two weeks in hospital.
BBC
Tech
Generative AI could automate almost half of all legal tasks - Report
It estimated that the legal industry would see significant job replacement from generative AI
LAW.COM
General
Judicial Service launches Performance Review Programme for judges and magistrates
A review committee chaired by Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Gabriel Pwamang, would monitor and evaluate judges and magistrates to identify any shortcomings likely to affect their work.
DL News
Courts
Rev Kusi Boateng's ‘purported’ process servers not from Judicial Service- Ablakwa on contempt application
He notes that his search has revealed that the process servers who purportedly served him, do not belong to the Judicial Service.
DL News
Courts
Court adjourns Canadian murder case to February 28 as police awaits AG’s advice
Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student, and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku are being held over the murder of one Frank Kofi Osei, a Ghana-domiciled Canadian, who had come to Ghana for vacation
GNA
Courts
Alleged conflict of interest: Rev Kusi Boateng secures injunction against Ablakwa's further publication
The MP in recent weeks had made allegations bothering on conflict of interest and corruption against Rev Victor Kusi Boateng concerning some aspects of the financing of the National Cathedral project.
DL News
US
US lawyer urged clients to infect opposing counsel with “nasty disease”
The extraordinary request was revealed in a ruling that condemned the behaviour of Colorado bankruptcy lawyer Devon Barclay in acting for two debtors and banned him from operating in the US Bankruptcy Court of Colorado for three years.
Legal Futures
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court dismisses Quayson's motion for Certiorari, Prohibition against High Court
The panel presided over by Dotse(JSC) noted that the ' motion for Certiorari and Prohibition against the July 12, 2022 decision of the High Court(Criminal Division) fails' and thus dismissed accordingly.
DL News
General
66 Bills to be laid before Parliament on resumption
Eleven Bills are currently at the committee level, of which seven are Public Bills and four are Private Members bills.
GNA
General
Exude integrity, patriotism, self-belief – Chief Justice tells youth
"Those are the values that will differentiate you from others and set you and our nation on the path to greatness,”
DL News
Europe
UK: Woman suing Crown Prosecution Service after it dropped her rape case over claims she had sexsomnia
Sexsomnia is a rare sleep condition that causes people to engage in sexual activity while unconscious.
Sky News
General
Your constant attack on the Judiciary is ‘deplorable' – Dame tells Mahama
“Such conduct is clearly deplorable, coming from one who has occupied the highest office of President and aspires again to that office.”
DL News
Africa
Kenya’s supreme court upholds William Ruto’s win in presidential election
Ruto was announced winner on 15 August amid a divide within the electoral commission over the declared outcome, which showed that the vice-president had gained 50.5% of the vote, beating the longtime opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and nar...
The Guardian
General
AG, Georgetown University scholarship deal: First 5 lawyers set to begin post-graduate programs
The deal, which is under the auspices of the Ghana Scholarship secretariat, has its first five beneficiaries comprising State Attorneys and Private Legal practitioners respectively.
DL News
Tech
Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Spying for Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Abouammo, a US resident born in Egypt, was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of charges including acting as an agent for Saudi Arabia, money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and falsifying records, following a two-week trial i...
Bloomberg