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UG Snr Law Lecturer pushes for mainstreaming of 'Restorative Justice' in Ghana’s Criminal Justice System
“Generally, our legal system has not mainstreamed Restorative Justice."
DL News13 July 2022
Supreme Court News
An ' officious' by-stander cannot commit a party for contempt - Supreme Court rules
The group invoked the jurisdiction of the apex court citing the GRA Commissioner General and the Ghana Revenue Authority for contempt for going ahead to begin the collection of the E-levy on May 1, 2022 despite the pendency of an injunction...
DL News12 July 2022
Supreme Court News
Pendency of a matter before court does not preclude GLC DC from hearing: SC throws out Kwasi Afrifa
"The respondents are not acting in contempt of court. The application, therefore, is dismissed. There shall be no order as to cost.”
DL News6 July 2022
General
Claims that judges receive ex-gratia malicious – AMJG
The issue of ex-gratia became a center spread recently when a former Council of State member, Togbe Afede XIV returned over GHC 300, 000 which was ex-gratia paid to him for his service
DL News21 June 2022
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My absence was inadvertent: Due to ill health – Ken Agyapong tells Privileges Committee
When he appeared before the Committee, the Assin Central MP noted that his absence was “inadvertent, due to ill-health.”
DL News15 June 2022
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Revise, streamline Standing Orders to reflect emerging technology – Speaker
“After three decades of parliamentary practice, there is clearly an urgent need to finalize and approve reviews of the Standing Orders that have been carried out across several parliaments."
DL News15 June 2022
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5 persons petition CHRAJ to investigate, take action against public officers who have failed to declare their assets
They note that pursuant to a right to the information request made to the Audit Service on March 4, 2022, by the Fourth Estate, an Accra-based media organization, the Audit Service, on May 17, 2022, supplied information on public office hol...
DL News14 June 2022
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African Countries must build strong democracies to reduce ICC intervention – Attorney General
Addressing a conference on the ICC and national Justice in the fight against impunity in Senegal, Mr. Dame reiterated the fact that the above can only be the best form of support that African Countries can render to the International Crimin...
DL News13 June 2022
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As June 12 approaches: 21.8% of children in Ghana estimated to be child labourers
According to the report, If we do not muster the will and resources to act now on an unprecedented scale, the timeline for ending child labour thus 2025, will stretch many years into the future.
DL News10 June 2022
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GBA condemns flogging of two persons in viral video, directs Committee to offer legal assistance
The GBA indicates that it has directed its Women and Minors Rights Committee to take up the matter by closely monitoring and offering the required legal assistance to the victims.
DL News2 June 2022
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Separation of Powers, Court’s mandate: UG law lecturer makes proposals to Supreme Court
The lecture sought to spark and stimulate public discourse on the concept of Separation of Powers relative to the Supreme Court’s decision in Justice Abdulai v Attorney General.
1 June 2022
General
Look at Acts with a lot of scrutiny – Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo
She chaired the launch of Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s book; Essential Themes in Land Law and Customary Law at the Law Court Complex in Accra.
DL News25 May 2022
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Decriminalizing petty offences: Fasten process of enacting our community service law - Dr. Isidore Tuffour
So for me, the call that I’ll make at this point, is the need to fasten the process of enacting our community service law."
DL News16 May 2022
Crime
63% of inmates of Kumasi Central Prison are petty offenders - Authorities
Officer in charge of Reception and Criminal records at the Kumasi Central Prison, Francis Awako, who shared the statistics at a stakeholders roundtable indicated that the data was worrying since it rehashed the issue of prison congestion.
DL News13 May 2022
General
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
DL News6 May 2022
Crime
Sureties cannot be prosecuted for non fulfilment of bail bonds, penalties: Fair to victims? – Lawyer expatiates
Sureties cannot be prosecuted for non fulfillment of bail bonds, penalties: Fair to victims? – Lawyer expatiates
DL News2 May 2022
US
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
BBC29 April 2022
General
KNUST Faculty of Law to host Nana Dr. S.K.B. Asante
KNUST Faculty of Law to host Nana S.K.B. Asante
DL News25 April 2022
Supreme Court News
Plaintiff forum shopping, manipulating judicial process- Assin North MP to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is expected to decide on an injunction application against the MP on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, as to whether he can continue to hold himself as a Member of Parliament, performing his duties or not.
DL News12 April 2022
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Ghana Armed Forces declares support for death penalty abolishment
Member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency, Hon. Francis Xavier Sosu in June 2021 introduced a private member’s bill for the removal of the death penalty from the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
DL News12 April 2022