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Attorney-General opposes bid to remove Wesley Girls board from religious right case
In its response, the state argues that the board is a real and existing legal body and can therefore properly be sued.
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Lawyer presses Attorney-General for update on EOCO galamsey probes
His request follows a 15 July 2025 directive from the Attorney-General instructing EOCO, under the EOCO Act, 2010 (Act 804), to investigate suspected illegal mining in a number of mining districts.
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Schedule of activities for Ghana Bar Conference 2025
About 1,265 lawyers are expected to join the conference, both virtually and in person.
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IGP Yohuno receives honorary Doctor of Laws Degree
At a well-attended ceremony held on Monday, July 21, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gorski Alarbi, described IGP Yohuno as a public figure whose career proves that wisdom and public service can indeed change lives and uphold the idea...
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A-G Orders EOCO probe into alleged Galamsey ties of NDC executives
In a directive dated July 15, 2025, Dr. Ayine instructed EOCO to invite Joseph Yamin, the party’s National Organiser, and Yakubu Abanga, National Vice Chairman, for questioning over their alleged involvement in unauthorised mining activitie...
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OSP volating principles of fairness, dignity in Ofori-Atta case-Ansa-Asare
According to the former Director of the Ghana School of Law, the recent actions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) are veering dangerously away from constitutional norms and the fundamental principle of presumed innocence under A...
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Court remands prime suspect in UEW lecturer murder case
Arthur was arrested at the professor’s Gyahadze residence in the Effutu Municipality on Thursday, May 22, during an ongoing police investigation into the lecturer’s mysterious disappearance.
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Professor calls for Broadcasting law to deal with attacks on journalists
She stressed the urgent need for a broadcast law to protect journalists and media practitioners from attacks, referencing the recent World Press Freedom Index, where Ghana ranked 50th out of 180 countries.
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IMANI files fresh suit against appointment of security heads; withdraws old one
As such, the plaintiffs have withdrawn the old, and the same struck off by the Supreme Court.
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Former UG VC to delete offending words about Lawyer Fugar from book
In addition to this, he is supposed to publish a quarter-page advertisement in the Daily Graphic, offering a retraction and apology to the founder of Fugar& Company Law Firm.
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888 candidates fail Nigeria Bar exam
This was as 4,412 candidates were successful out of a total of 5,300 who sat for the examination.
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Lawyer Fugar sues former UG VC for ‘defamatory’ content of book
According to the plaintiff, some words published by the defendant in certain portions of the book are defamatory of him.
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32nd Christof Heyns Moot Court Competition: KNUST to host 61 Law faculties
Last year, the KNUST Faculty of Law Team won the contest in Cairo, Egypt
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Abronye’s Presidential spouse salary case: Supreme Court adjourns to November 9 for judgment
The applicant is seeking a declaration that the decision to pay emoluments to spouses of the President and Vice-president is inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution and that, same must be declared null and void.
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‘Verbal coup threats shouldn’t warrant arrests’ – Obed Asamoah
“There is a difference between speech and action. [If I were the Attorney General] I will take action only when there is evidence of preparation to carry out a coup. If somebody is only talking, I will just take it to be over-excitement. I...
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Senior staffers, FUSSAG call off strike
UTAG has further hinted that it would go to court over the injunction secured by the NLC last week.
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$170 million judgment debt hangs on Ghana: As last-minute attempt proves futile
The Government of Ghana had 28 days to challenge the Tribunal’s decision under U.K law but the country appeared in court exactly three days to the expiration of the above number of days to ask for an extension.
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Your ‘colonial horse wigs’ don’t give you the right to tell lecturers to wear suits – Kwaku Azar to SC Judges
Legal luminary and Professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare alias Kwaku Azar has called out Supreme Court justices for requiring that witnesses appearing before it to wear suits, saying that the fact that they(the justices) are stuck to wearing wigs...
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Full Ruling: Why Supreme Court rejected Oppong Nkrumah’s legal vacation trial injunction
The Supreme Court rejected Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s injunction application after finding no law prohibiting criminal trials during the legal vacation and no evidence that the Chief Justice’s warrants were discriminatory or improperly issued. T...
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Ghana’s Superior Courts carrying nearly 30,000 pending cases — Justice Kulendi
Justice Kulendi made the disclosure during a lecture at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he appeared as a Distinguished Alumnus.
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