Courts
Techiman court awards GHC10,000 against policewoman for breach of promise to marry
The court held, per the evidence on record, that both parties had exchanged promises to marry.
DL News
Results for "and William Ruto"
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Election Petition
2020 Election Petition not novel
Lest we forget, the 2020 Election Petition is not novel. It appears to be a rehashed of the 2012 Election Petition. Aside the swapping of roles, the key issue and actors remain the same: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission and...
DL News
Africa
Poor Kenyans likely to end up on death row - Study
Kenya's death penalty disproportionately affects people from low-income households, many of whom lack proper legal representation.
DW
Africa
Children are mothers' babies, but fathers maybes - Court ruling divides Kenyans
The appellant, Sylvanus Manuel Walutsachi, sued St. Mary's Mission Hospital in Kakamega accusing it of failure to detain the woman in question for choosing to leave with a different male companion.
kenyans.co.ke
Africa
Kenyan senator arrested over scholarship scam
He is accused of involvement in a racket that allegedly conspired to steal a reported 1.1bn Kenyan shillings ($7.6m; £5.9m) that was meant to fund further education for Kenyan students in Finland and Canada.
BBC
Courts
Kenya Supreme Court to rule on disputed law changes
The Attorney-general and two others appealed to the Supreme Court on four main issues, including whether a sitting president can initiate a constitutional amendment process without going through parliament.
BBC
General
Full Speech: Justice William Atuguba's lecture on the Judiciary's role in protecting Ghana's Democracy
"Sharing my lived experiences with the Justice delivery system vi-a-vis public confidence in the judiciary and how recent Judicial pronouncements and rulings portend for consideration of Ghana’s democracy."
DL News
Africa
Kenya audit finds 250,000 dead people on voters' roll
Nearly half a million more voters were found to have duplicate records and more than 226,000 people were registered using documents that do not belong to them.
BBC
Crime
UK says there will be justice over Kenyan woman's death
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank at a hotel in central Kenya in 2012, nearly three months after she had spent an evening partying with soldiers.
BBC
Africa
Kenyan MP censured for wearing Palestinian scarf
Farah Maalim said he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
BBC
Others
Defamation in the digital era: Social media and the emergence of cyber libel in Ghana
The paper assesses how Ghana’s traditional defamation law and constitutional free speech guarantees are being stress-tested by cyber-libel on social media platforms. It analyses recent high-profile cases to show how courts are operationalis...
Louis Dwomoh Obeng
Courts
Court dismisses sacked FDA Lawyer’s injunction, gives “Okay” for airing “The Returned Bribe” documentary
Justice William Boampong has ruled that JoyNews can broadcast “The Returned Bribe” documentary
DL News
Crime
Medical Emergency Assistant jailed for fraud
Francis Kweku Eshun admitted taking GH¢15,000 from William Sackey under the pretext of securing him a lawyer and surveyor to facilitate a court case at Amasaman.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court denies Ato Essien special leave to appeal Court of Appeal ruling
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
DL News
Courts
Capital Bank case: No statement imputing misconduct by state officials was made by court – Judicial Secretary
State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG)
DL News
Courts
Major Mahama murder trial :Court overrules "Submission of no Case”
In her ruling on the motion on July 4, 2022, the presiding judge noted that a prima facie case has been established by the prosecution.
DL News
Courts
I expressed reservations about GH¢ 27.5M paid to Ato Essien – Capital Bank former MD
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, and two others of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court at 150 today: A milestone worth remembering-From CJ Chalmers to CJ Baffoe-Bonnie
The Supreme Court is not simply the apex of the judicial hierarchy. It is one of the oldest surviving institutions of public authority in Ghana. It predates independence by more than eighty years and has endured through colonial rule, late-...
His Lordship Justice Nana Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong and Kweku Darko Ankrah
Election Petition
Which Judge sits on the Election Petition?
the post-December 2020 election results petition presented by Mahama against the victory of Akuffo-Addo—as the tables have turned—is yet another history defining moment, but most importantly, a continued test of trust and confidence in inst...
DL News
General
The departure which must itself be departed from-Comment on the Supreme Court Decision of GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD & ANOR v ATTA VI.
This writer submits that the Ogyeadom case could never, as perceived by the Court, have settled the question whether or not the Court is jurisdictionally competent to entertain and grant an application for stay of execution pending the dete...
Thaddeus Sory Esq.