General
Let’s record police caution statements – Legal Practitioner to stakeholders
The Court has called four witnesses to determine whether the statements were obtained voluntarily from the accused persons or not.
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Deputy AG nominee kicks against abolishing death penalty
“If murderers have to be killed, they should be killed”
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Europe
U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year aircraft subsidy battle
The two sides have been battling since 2004 in parallel cases at the World Trade Organization over subsidies for U.S. planemaker Boeing (BA.N) and European rival Airbus (AIR.PA)
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General
Judicial disciplinary architecture should be amended-Samoa Addo
The private legal practitioner says the current disciplinary architecture of the judiciary makes the Ghana Legal Council (GLC) the prosecutor and the judge in adjudicating cases brought before it
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General
Data Commission advocates specialised courts
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has made a strong case for a fast track court to facilitate speedy prosecution of persons and institutions that misappropriate the personal and private information of others.
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Africa
Kenya has its first female chief justice: Martha Koome
If parliament formally approves the nomination of Justice Martha Koome as the next Chief Justice of Kenya and president of the Supreme Court, as is widely expected, she will become the first woman to occupy the seat in Kenya’s history. Just...
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Business
Prosecute perpetrators of collapsed banks — ICU
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has appealed to the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice to expedite action on the process to prosecute persons whose actions led to the closure of seven banks in the country.
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General
Amnesty International Ghana calls for measures to protect women and child rights
Amnesty International Ghana (AI Ghana) has urged the government to institute sufficient measures to protect the rights of women and children.
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General
Beef up security in Kasoa – Residents appeal to Police
Some residents of Kasoa in the Central Region have called on the government to beef up security in the area following recent robbery and murder cases recorded in the town.
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Crime
Man allegedly beats wife to death and deposits body in morgue
Police in Denu have arrested Mr Gali Golo, a 38-year old fisherman for allegedly beating his wife, Madam Beatrice Logosu, 34 to death.
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General
Domestic violence affects more women in rural areas -Police
The Northern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit(DOVVSU), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Emmanuel Holortu, has disclosed that Women and Children in rural environments experience more domestic an...
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Election Petition
Is the Electoral Commission's Chairperson a mandatory witness for the Electoral Commission?
This question has arisen in the light of the Respondents’ decision to close their respective cases after the Petitioner has closed its case. The question has therefore been asked whether the first Respondent ought to have opened its case. I...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: I disagree with the Supreme Court in disallowing document inspection – Prof Kwaku Asare
The petitioners, both now and in 2013, applied to inspect documents in the custody of the EC.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court okays Martin Amidu’s appointment as Special Prosecutor
Mr Martin A.B.K Amidu is eligible to be the Special Prosecutor, as his appointment did not contravene the 1992 Constitution, the Supreme Court has declared.
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US
Plaintiffs Win in Class Action Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson
On July 12, 2018, Missouri’s St. Louis Circuit Court upheld the decision to award 22 plaintiffs $4.7 billion on the basis of asbestos being present in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder. Johnson & Johnson vehemently denied the presence of th...
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Opinion
The departure which must itself be departed from-Comment on the Supreme Court Decision of GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD & ANOR v ATTA VI.
This writer submits that the Ogyeadom case could never, as perceived by the Court, have settled the question whether or not the Court is jurisdictionally competent to entertain and grant an application for stay of execution pending the dete...
Thaddeus Sory
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
Opinion
Legal Vacation Without ‘Vacation.’; The Plight of ‘ORAL ’ Lawyers and the Infringed Rights of the Accused?
The article examines the controversy over substantive criminal trials continuing during Ghana’s legal vacation, particularly where defence lawyers have indicated that they are unavailable. It argues that although the Chief Justice has autho...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Others
Three generations, one profession, one family-Story of Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Esq.
Some legacies are inherited. Others must be earned. Mine was both.
Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Esq.
Courts
Wa High Court jails tricycle rider 14 years for defiling three-year-old girl
The Wa High Court, presided over by Justice Osei-Wusu, handed down the sentence on October 30, 2026, following a full trial.
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