Crime
Saglemi case: Contractor’s death won’t affect prosecution’s case – Deputy Attorney-General
The contractor, Andrew Clocanas, reportedly died at his Airport Residential Apartment in October 2023.
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Africa
I’m no longer married to my ex, we’re divorced, woman says
She said the marriage, which was contracted under the Urhobo Native Law and Custom, has been dissolved and she has moved on happily, contrary to online publications allegedly sponsored by the estranged husband.
the guardian
Courts
Factory hand sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing man to death
This was after a seven-member jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty on Tetteh, now aged 26.
GNA
Courts
Five including traditional ruler remanded over land guard activities
The accused persons are said to have attacked police officers who visited the land site
GNA
Africa
Delegation from the African Union Questions International Law and Climate Change at (ITLOS) Oral Hearing
The African Union (AU) delivered a compelling address regarding the interpretation of pertinent provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a detailed exposition of the factual implications of climate change...
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General
Exploring “The Law, Practice, and Procedure in the Superior Courts and Appellate Tribunals in Ghana”: New book
The book was authored by a Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Lawrence L. Mensah; Mujeeb R.Ahmed, lead counsel for the Asantehene, and Kwamina Mensah, Co-author of the Legal Referencing book
DL News
Courts
Beige Trial: The Bank did not entrust depositors’ funds to the accused person directly
The witness, in a cross-examination, agreed that the accused person did not benefit directly from the GH21,123,270 transactions
GNA
Supreme Court News
Deposing to affidavits of clients will ‘hit’ you one day – SC advises lawyers
They noted that if not checked, that practice tends towards leading such lawyers into trouble
DL News
Supreme Court News
Anti-LGBTQI Bill: Supreme Court dismisses injunction application against Speaker Bagbin
The plaintiff had filed a suit challenging the Speaker's direction for the anti-LGBTQI bill to be considered despite ignoring a Constitutional requirement and an opinion by the Attorney General
DL News
Courts
Ambulance case: Court summons former Minister of Health, two others to testify
The orders of the court come as Lead Counsel for Mr. Forson, Dr. Basit Bamba, moved a motion under section 58 of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459)
DL News
Supreme Court News
SC grants James Quayson extension of time to file a review
The sole presiding judge, Justice Ernest Gaewu thus gave the applicant seven days within which to file the review
DL News
US
Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal criminal counts in classified documents case
Ex-president arraigned and charged in Miami court over allegations he mishandled classified documents
Guardian
Courts
Court to rule on Opuni’s request for records June 14
The two accused persons, who are on trial for allegedly engaging in illegalities in a series of fertilizer transactions, have prayed to the court for an order directed at the Registrar of the High Court to transmit the full records of the p...
DL News
Courts
Court remands Director of JC Logistics over an alleged false cheque
Mr Amenu, who was charged with two counts of issuing false cheques, pleaded not guilty
GNA
Courts
After a hung jury: Lawyers to apply for Afoko’s bail, Asabke sentenced to death
Lawyer Nana Yaw Osei, counsel for Gregory has meanwhile told Dennislaw that his side will apply for bail for their client after being in custody for the last eight (8) years
DL News
Tech
Technology for litigators: 5 reasons why data analytics tools matter for success
These groundbreaking resources allow firms of any size to gain data-driven insights into factors that influence their litigation matters, like the venue in which the case was filed or the judge assigned to it.
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Courts
Opuni case - To start the trial ‘De Novo’ or not
The state represented by Chief State Attorney, Evelyn Keelson, on March 30, 2023, appearing before a new judge, prayed the court against starting the trial all over again
DL News
Courts
Coup trial: Court seeks death certificate confirming Mac-Palm’s death
The prosecution has maintained that the accused persons, all members of ‘Take Action Ghana’ - a Non-Governmental Organisation, incorporated by Mac-Palm in 2018, had planned to demonstrate and take over the government.
GNA
Supreme Court News
SC upholds death sentence of man who abused, killed wife with acid
"The appellant has failed to mount a successful attack on the admissibility or content of Exhibit D. No objection was taken at the time the evidence was admitted and no effort has been made to show that such admission caused a miscarriage o...
DL News
Africa
How law firms can leverage bitcoin
Bitcoin and the Lightnight Network have the potential to transform the legal industry by introducing a new, decentralized and secure way of handling financial transactions.
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