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Salma Mumin sues Xandy Kamel, Angel TV 1million cedis for defamation
Ghanaian actress, Salma Mumin has sued TV presenter Xandy Kamel and Angel Group of companies for defamation.
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Opinion
Refined Justice for All
The article examines the Justice for All Programme at Kumasi Central Prison in 2025 as a practical justice-sector intervention that brings courts into prison settings to review remand cases, grant or vary bail, and reduce prolonged pre-tria...
Emmanuel Brobbey
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Spio Gabrah files appeal against High Court decision in defamation case
Dr. Spio-Gabrah had filed the suit against Chairman Wontumi for allegedly making defamatory statements against him (calling him a “thief”) during a live political show on Wontumi TV in September 2020.
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A glimpse of 2024: Top news items on DL News
Our top picks for 2024 include the new requirement by the GBA for lawyers to show proof of CLE participation for licence renewal from 2025 onwards and the viral news of the marriage between the 80-year-old former Education Minister and his...
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Opinion
Conviction and Sentence in Absentia; Effective Date Of Sentence, Settling The Uncertainty; The Case Of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, Former Masloc CEO
The article examines whether a sentence imposed in absentia begins from the date it is pronounced or from when the convicted person is brought into custody. Using the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case, the author argues that a purposive reading...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Harmonizing Customary Practices and Statutory Law: The Need to Amend Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to Recognize and Enforce Customary Offences and Sanctions Across Ghanaian Communities
This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sanctions entrenched in Ghanaian communities....
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
US
Meet Allison Greenfield, the law clerk driving Trump bonkers at his fraud trial
Donald Trump and his lawyers have been throwing a fit about Justice Arthur Engoron's clerk. The clerk, Allison Greenfield, an experienced lawyer, once ran to become a judge herself. Trump's attacks — now banned under a gag order — led to an...
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Lighthouse Chapel defamation case against Manasseh, 3 others adjourned
The court was to continue with cross examination of Manasseh Azure, an investigative journalist, on July 22, 2024, but the matter was adjourned because Manasseh was sick.
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Full Judgment: Kennedy Agyepong v Kweku Baako defamation appeal
Full Judgment: Kennedy Agyepong v Kweku Baako defamation appeal.
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Randy Abbey refiles GH¢20m defamation action against Abronye after earlier case was struck out
The Accra High Court threw out the previous suit after the judge ruled that the writ had been improperly issued through COCOBOD’s Legal Department, even though Mr Abbey was suing in his personal capacity.
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Sammy Gyamfi sues Afia Schwarzenegger to defamation, claims GH¢10 million
Describing the accusations as “baseless and malicious”, Mr. Gyamfi has filed a defamation lawsuit at the High Court, demanding GH¢10 million in damages from media personality Afia Schwarzenegger.
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Bright Simons enters appearance in GH¢10M defamation suit, demands key admissions from Ibrahim Mahama
Mr. Simons has formally responded to the GH¢10 million lawsuit brought against him by Mahama and his company, Engineers & Planners (E&P), by filing a motion at the Accra High Court that demands admissions to 38 crucial factual claims.
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Anas hails legal victory as US court slashes defamation damages against Kennedy Agyapong from $18 million to $500
a press statement dated May 11, 2025, Tiger Eye PI confirmed that the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey has cut the damages from a staggering $18 million to just $500. This came after Mr. Agyapong filed a motion for remittitur, urgi...
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Court expresses concern about delayed settlement signing in GHc5 million defamation
The High Court in Accra has urged Lilwin to sign the terms of their settlement after concerns were raised about the delay in finalizing the agreement.
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US Court awards Anas $18M in defamation case against Kennedy Agyepong, another
The case stems from remarks aired during The Daddy Fred Show, a widely followed online program catering to Ghanaian audiences in the United States.
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Africa
Mohbad’s childhood friend ‘Primeboy’ sues late singer’s mother for alleged defamation
Mohbad died on September 12, 2023, and was buried the following day.
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Defamation: Court set July 31 to hear Martha Ankomah's case against Lil win
This follows the completion of the Case Management Conference on July 25, presided over by Justice Forson Agyapong Baah at the Accra High Court.
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Supreme Court News
GHC 25m Anas defamation suit : Ken Agyepong wins at Supreme Court
Anas filed the suit in June 2018 on the claims of the tortious offense of libel, allegedly committed against him by the defendant, by reason of which he claimed his name, reputation, and image had been critically damaged.
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GHC 10 m Defamation suit: Kan Dapaah’s motion for default judgment dismissed
The court said that the rules of the court do not lend support for a declaratory relief in such a matter.
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Defamation against Ken Agyepong: Anas goes to SC for Certiorari
Represented by Odei Krow Esq, Anas is among others, praying the Supreme Court to bring the said High Court judgment delivered on March 15, 2023, for the same to be quashed
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