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Supreme Court News
The undisputed evidence established that the Husband purchased the land and commenced construction of the house at Tetegu near Kasoa before the parties married in 2002. By the time of the marriage, the structure had already reached the “win...
DL News
Courts
The Court of Appeal’s decision reinforces the principle that banks must respect and comply with valid court orders and cannot assume the role of the court by independently deciding how pending litigation should affect a customer’s banking r...
DL News
Supreme Court News
The decision was given in the case of Vida Yeboah v Dr Stephen Yeboah and Mercy Agyeiwaa, decided on 29 April 2026.
Richard Osei Boateng
Others
This article argues that the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit has increasingly been relied upon by litigants as a shield to establish claims of possession through physical acts upon land, thereby exposing potential purchasers who f...
ENK Danquah-Acheampong, LLM, BL, LL.B. Lawyer | Legal Researcher | Author
Courts
In January 2015, after Nayele Ametepe Alia Ruby Appiah was convicted and sentenced in the United Kingdom for the possession of 12.5 kg of Cocaine, the said house was seized by the Narcotics Control Board.
DL News
Opinion
The author evaluates the decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of Odamtten & others v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors, with respect to the application of the rule of customary law applicable in patrilineal communities
Kwame Adusei
Supreme Court News
The apex court noted that having contributed to the acquisition of the properties, it is only fair and just that the respondent be given a share and consequently endorsed the decision of the High Court, which decision was affirmed by the Co...
DL News
Supreme Court News
This was the court's decision in an appeal filed by Gifty Esinam Adjei in a divorce petition seeking among other things, an order for the dissolution of her ordinance marriage.
DL News
Africa
Unlike in the past, the new law recognizes civil partnerships, which are not marriages but are recognized only for property sharing.
AllAfrica
Courts
"To award her 50% of the Respondent’s property when he currently has two other wives and other children is, in our view, inequitable and a slavish application of the old principle in Mensah v Mensah," the court held.
DL News
Courts
In a writ filed by Dianah Asafu Adjei, the widow and plaintiff, against Abusuapayin Osei Tutu of Daaban, Kumasi, she is requesting the court’s assistance to allow her to participate in the funeral rites of her late husband.
GNA
Courts
Mrs. Joana Quaye has formally filed a notice of appeal against a High Court ruling delivered on 20 January 2026, arguing that the judgment failed to align with Ghana’s constitutional and jurisprudential framework on equitable distribution o...
Richard Osei Boateng
General
Speaking at a press conference in Accra, AWLA Executive Director Effiba Amihere said Parliament has failed to act despite a constitutional duty to regulate the property rights of spouses.
DL News
Africa
We knew that the law had changed and thought it had changed for everyone,” recalls Agnes. “[Later], when I realised that the law had cheated me, that’s when I realised that I would have to fight this.”
DL News
Opinion
The Supreme Court of Ghana has clarified that spouses can maintain separate economic lives during marriage and that property acquired during marriage is no longer presumed to be jointly owned. This marks a significant departure from previou...
Kwame Boafo Akuffo Esq
General
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Lawyer Monthly
General
About a man who has been married a long time to his wife, and she dies or divorces him, and he gets married to someone for three months and he dies – too bad, under the law, that person is your new spouse and would inherit the property.
DL News
Courts
FIDA Ghana took particular issue with passages in the judgment that, according to the petition, referred to the petitioner as physically attractive and capable of remarrying at any time
DL News
Courts
The decision, delivered on 16 February 2026 by Her Ladyship Justice Sedinam Awo Kwadam, arose from a dispute between Vince Kontoh and Ernestina Torgbor, where the Plaintiff sought to eject the Defendant from a property located at Nortey Loo...
DL News
Supreme Court News
The panel addressed the plaintiff’s argument that the wife had signed the indenture for the building and was therefore presumed to have a share in the property.
Richard Osei Boateng
