Courts
There’s room for post judgement negotiation on Trafigura seizing Ghana's Property – Yamoah Paintsil
According to him, even after a court ruling, the parties can negotiate terms and conditions.
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Alpha Beta Education Centre has valid title over Dansoman-Akokoforto land-Court of Appeal
The CA also “ordered recovery of possession in favour of plaintiff, of all those pieces or parcels of land in both suits which the defendants have trespassed unto.”
GNA
Courts
Ghanaian Tech expert, producer awarded $250,000 in copyright case against CAF
Kobby sued the Continental Football Association for using the beat of his music titled; ‘Okomfo Anokye,’ for their 2018 awards without his permission.
DL News
Courts
Marwako to pay GH₵1m to three siblings over 2022 food poisoning saga
The amount forms part of reliefs awarded to three plaintiffs who took on the company in court after the 2022 food poisoning saga.
myjoyonline
Courts
Achimota School negligently caused death of student-High Court declares
As a result, the court ordered the defendants; Mr. Danso, the Achimota Secondary School Board of Governors, and the Office of the Attorney-General to pay GH¢400,000 in general damages, GH¢200,000 for loss of expectation of life.
Richard Osei Boateng
Courts
How Ghana triumphed over ENI, Vitol arbitration claims
The Tribunal denied Eni and Vitol their monetary claims, initially valued at $7 billion and later reduced to $915 million plus interest.
DL News
General
Lawyers, gov't agents receive ECOWAS Court ECMS training
The participants, who are from Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, will learn to file and serve documents electronically, track case progress in real-time.
DL News
Business
Adopt piracy law to enhance maritime security efforts - Denmark urges Ghana
The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Tom Nørring, in an interview with the Daily Graphic, emphasised the importance of a legal framework to deal with maritime crimes.
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Tech
GPT OpenAI Launches Advanced AI Model GPT-4o with Enhanced Features
OpenAI has launched GPT-4o, an advanced AI model with improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and multilingual support, featuring enhanced voice and video capabilities that could challenge existing tech giants in the AI space.
DL News
Business
How Ghana won preliminary ruling against Cassius Mining, getting case before nation’s High Court
The tribunal ruled that the arbitration proceedings would take place before a High Court in Ghana rather than in London, United Kingdom, contrary to the request by Cassius Mining.
DL News
General
We need modern archive centre to store court records – Chief Justice
She said that would ensure easy retrievals whenever citizens and court users needed them.
GNA
Europe
Lying claimant loses out on £600,000
Mr Justice Ritchie dismissed the claim of Kirsty Williams-Henry after finding that she told repeated untruths about the scope of her injuries in order to seek £2.5m in damages.
The Law Society Gazette
Europe
Signa Creditors Back Restructuring Plans Dangling 30% Payout
Lenders, which include banks, insurers and sovereign wealth funds, backed the proposals for Signa Prime Selection, the flagship luxury unit, and its smaller sister Signa Development Selection at meetings in Vienna on Monday.
Bloomberg Business
Africa
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu bans foreign trips by government officials
Mr Tinubu's chief of staff said the move was prompted by the president's "concerns about the rising cost of travel expenses" by public officials.
BBC
Europe
UK: Solicitor suspended for drunken behaviour at Christmas party
The tribunal said a fine would not meet the seriousness of the misconduct and that the public was entitled to expect that solicitors would not make inappropriate, unwanted and sexually motived advances on another.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Liberia: US$150K allegedly misappropriated by prosecutors
This accusation has come months following the conviction of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and several of her family members for the murder of her niece, Charloe Musu.
The Liberian Observer
Europe
UK: Unregistered barrister reprimanded over overseas conviction for possession of Indian Hemp
Allan Zalimba Joel Ntata, called to the Bar in March 2004, was convicted before the First Grade Magistrate sitting at Chisenjere in Malawi, East Africa, of being in possession of 38.1g of Indian Hemp without a license or lawful excuse
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK solicitor who borrowed £630,000 from clients is struck off lawyers roll
Jack Grunhut was found to have backdated an application for stamp duty land tax relief, took out loans from clients and received referral payments for referring clients to a short-term lender.
The Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK: DJ jailed for urinating on cancer patient
The court heard Brookfield had filmed himself urinating on a man at a social club, before posting the video online.
Sky News
General
ICC International Court of Arbitration expands arbitrator training programme to African lawyers
The one-year training programme offers arbitration practitioners the chance to train as arbitrators
DL News