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ECG wins landmark arbitration against PDS in US$390m contract dispute
The decision effectively ends a three-year international legal battle arising from the controversial collapse of the ECG–PDS power concession deal.
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File beneficial ownership details by October 30-ORC urges companies
The directive, issued in accordance with the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) and the Companies Regulations, 2023 (L.I. 2473), mandates every registered entity in Ghana to disclose the natural persons who ultimately own, control, or exercise s...
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Gifty Oware-Mensah charged for stealing over GH¢38m in NSS scandal
According to documents filed by the Attorney-General’s Department, Oware-Mensah allegedly diverted and misappropriated GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024, during her tenure overseeing the Authority’s finance, audit, and p...
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Scrap dealer faces court over theft of SIC property at South Industrial area
Issahaku faces charges of unlawful entry and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty.
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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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Which Lawyer will be Appointed as Head of Legal Affairs on the Transition Team?
President-elect John Mahama has announced that the transition team will be revealed by Wednesday, in his acceptance and acknowledgement speech delivered at the campaign office in Accra on Monday evening
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Courts
Chief of Banka jailed 3 months for fraudulently appropriating community’s $150,000
The fund, which was donated by Gold Coast Company in 2010, was expected to be used for developmental projects in the acutely deprived community that lacks basic amenities including toilet facilities.
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Yaw Oppong, Poku Adusei, Osei Tutu J among 16 newly sworn in Court of Appeal Justices
In April this year, the president submitted twenty(20) names to the Judicial Council, which were subjected to vetting per Articles 144(3) and 154 of the 1992 Constitution after which sixteen came out successful.
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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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Crime
Ashigbey, Kpebu, others petition CID to investigate Akonta Mining Limited over illegal mining activities
In their petition, they say the actions of Akonta Mining Limited are contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment Act) Act 2019, (Act 995).
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PURC receives 10,987 complaints against utility companies in 2021
Alhaji Jabaru said under the PURC (Consumer Service) Regulation 2020, LI 2413, utility companies were allowed to lodge complaints against consumers.
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Europe
Oil tycoon hints at legal action over UK's sanctions on Russian oligarchs
The oil tycoon, 54, is believed to be the first Russian oligarch to signal that the crippling sanctions could lead to court action, or even police involvement, as he claimed that there was 'not a single fact' to support the measures.
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Courts
Family fights Ghana Airport Company over lands
The GACL contended that the colonial government adequately paid compensation for the land and, therefore, the plaintiff was not the legal owner of the land and, therefore, not entitled to the reliefs.
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Europe
WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225m
Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, has its EU headquarters is in Ireland, and the Irish regulator is the lead authority for the tech giant in Europe.
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General
2021 Top 5 law firms in Ghana with the highest number of lawyers
there is little surprise that lawyers create partnerships between and among themselves to allow them practice this dignified profession.
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New towing service for breakdown vehicles— NRSA Director-General
In spite of the law, some breakdown vehicles are left on the road for many days and, sometimes, months without being cleared.
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Asia
Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law
Senior superintendent Steve Li, of the police’s national security department, said 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets related to the newspaper had been frozen
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Business
“Put ceiling on judgment debts allowed,” Oteng-Gyasi urges Parliament
Earlier in July 2019, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta disclosed that total receipts issued as judgment debts to various parties totaled GH¢283 million
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Africa
“Social media companies to register as local firms before they can operate” – Nigeria Info Minister
Social media companies in Nigeria will be required to obtain a license
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