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GBA adopts 10-point resolution at 2026 Ada Conference
The resolution, adopted at the Association’s 2026 Annual Conference in Ada, also contains commitments on lawyers’ welfare, professional ethics, illegal mining and public service.
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Courts
Court rejects Mustapha Abdul-Hamid lawyer’s request for long adjournment
Lead counsel for Dr Abdul-Hamid, Joseph Kpemka, had asked the court to adjourn the case for several days, citing ill health, exhaustion and the upcoming Ghana Bar Association conference.
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Controversies surrounding the Ewoyaa Lithium Mining Lease: Some Comments
In October 2023, Atlantic Lithium received a 15-year mining lease from Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project. This authorization enables the company to develop a lithium mine and processing facility...
Kofi Ansah & Fui Tsikata
Business
ORC to fully enforce administrative penalties over non-compliance with Companies Act, 2019 from June 2023
The ORC says it would “for the very first time be fully implementing section 126(7) of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992).
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New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2015 fees – GBA PRO
New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2014 fees – GBA PRO
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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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2026 Ghana Bar Conference set for Ada from September 13
This year’s event will be held on the theme "150 Years of Ghana’s Legal Evolution: Transforming the Profession and Driving Its Future with Industry.”
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Africa
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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Tech
Child-In-Tech Conference 2025 inspires next generation of Tech Leaders
Bringing together a diverse mix of mentors, volunteers, exhibitors, and speakers, the conference featured representatives from MTN and TapTap Send, who served as sponsors and shared their insights and experiences with the young audience.
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African Bar Association honours ECOWAS Court President, former President Kufuor for outstanding leadership
Given during the opening ceremony of the 2022 annual conference of the AFBA which opened on Monday, 8th August 2022 in Lilongwe, Malawi, the award recognizes good governance.
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Ghana Bar Association adopts new Bar Scale of fees
Agbesi Dzakpasu Esq moved the motion for the acceptance of the Scale of fees and was seconded by Perpetual Yankson Esq.
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GBA calls for Executive collaboration to safeguard rule of law
Addressing the GBA’s Annual General Conference in Wa, Upper West Region, on Monday, September 15, Madam Ghartey expressed confidence in the President’s leadership
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2022 Bar Conference scheduled for next week
This year’s event is on the theme; ‘Ghana’s Democracy under the 4th Republic: Gains, Challenges and prospects”
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As esquire season approaches: Three things to know about the 2026 Call to the Bar
The 2026 Call to the Bar is expected to bring a potentially record number of new lawyers and move both the ceremony and its dinner to new venues.
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Agbezi Kwadzo Dzakpasu picks form to contest National Bar Presidency
He garnered a massive 84.79% of the total valid votes at the 2022 regional congress.
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12,226 lawyers enrolled to the Ghana Bar since 1963
At the 1963 enrolment ceremony, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah challenged the new lawyers to see the profession as national service, not merely a route to wealth or influence.
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Africa
Press release on the abitrary use of judicial power by magisterate Ibrahim Mohammed of Zone 6 Magisterate Court Abuja
The Attention of the Nigerian Bar Association Abuja (Unity Bar) has been drawn to a bizarre event that ensured between one of our member MR EBURU EKWE BARTH and a Magisterate wherein it was alleged that Mr EBURU EKWE BARTH interjected the M...
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2022 Call to the Bar:785 candidates presented
Last year’s event took place on October 1 at which 278 new lawyers were called to the Ghana Bar.
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GBA must re-live era of numerous constitutional actions today – Justice Jones Dotse
“In times of challenges and difficulty, the GBA has made its voice heard. Offering clarity and direction, shaping the national conversation and getting the right things done”
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Yaw Boafo is Ghana Bar Association President-elect September 15, 2021 370
Mr. Boafo is the current National Secretary of the Association and had served as President, Vice President, Secretary and Social Secretary of the Ashanti Regional Bar in the past.
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