General
We cannot legalise okada – Transport Minister-designate
Transport Minister-designate, Kwasi Ofori Asiamah, has reiterated that the government will not be legalising the commercial use of motorcycles popularly known as okada.
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Results for "Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act (Act 865)"
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Election Petition
Do not bring God into the court - EC counsel tells Tsikata
Counsel for the Electoral Commission, Justin Amenuvor has asked counsel for the petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, Tsatsu Tsikata not to quote the Bible in support of his application of review to be granted.
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Crime
Businessman convicted for swindling six persons over Canadian visas
Frank Ablorh, a businessman has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢24,000.00 for collecting $2,000 each from six persons under the pretext of securing them Canadian visas.
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General
HTU lecturers empowered to sack students who dress provocatively for lectures
The Ho Technical University has empowered its lecturers to deny access to indecently and provocatively dressed students.
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Election Petition
It’s ‘theoretically possible’ for Mahama to withdraw petition – Martin Kpebu
Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner has said that it is legally permissible for John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the 2020 election petitioner, to withdraw his case before the Supreme Court.
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Election Petition
Election petition: Jean Mensa won’t testify – Supreme Court
The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has ruled that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa is free not to testify in the ongoing election petition.
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Crime
Police gun down armed robber, arrest two others in Accra
The Accra Regional Police Command personnel on Monday, February 8, 2021, gunned-down a suspected armed robber during a gun battle with a suspected gang of robbers.
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Election Petition
Tsatsu’s Conduct Is ‘Worrying’; He Must Reciprocate The Respect He Receives From The Judges – Maurice Ampaw
Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw says the lead counsel for the petitioner, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata will end up ‘failing’ the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama in his fight to challenge the 2020 presidential election in court.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: NPP behaving as if there’s nothing at stake – Ayine
A spokesperson of John Dramani Mahama’s legal team, Dr. Dominic Ayine has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party accusing its spokespersons of behaving as if there is nothing at stake in the Election Petition case currently befo...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: NPP behaving as if there’s nothing at stake – Ayine
A spokesperson of John Dramani Mahama’s legal team, Dr. Dominic Ayine has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party accusing its spokespersons of behaving as if there is nothing at stake in the Election Petition case currently befo...
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Election Petition
Your question to Asiedu Nketia was irrelevant – Tsatsu to Justice Appau
Tsatsu Tsikata, lead counsel for the petitioner in the ongoing election petiton filed by former president John Mahama has described as “irrelevant” questions Justice Yaw Appau asked Johnson Asiedu Nketia regarding his calculation of the 202...
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Election Petition
Akufo-Addo’s lawyer carries his bag after public backlash
Spokesperson for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 presidential election petition before the Supreme Court, Frank Davies, courted public criticism when a picture of him followed by a soldier carrying his bag at the apex cour...
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Election Petition
What Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, the 2nd Witness of the Petitioner, will be saying in court
In his witness statement, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte states that he was in the strongroom during the collation of the election results and noticed some irregularities which he brought to the attention of John Mahama and Mrs Jean Mensa who ass...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Note the difference between the 2012 and 2020 Court
Here are some noticeable differences between the 2012 presidential election petition panel and the 2020 presidential election petition panel.
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Opinion
The Lawyer’s Trial: Why “Lawyer Shaming” Reveals More About Them Than About You
The article argues that “lawyer shaming” is less a valid criticism of the legal profession and more a reflection of insecurity, admiration, and misunderstanding on the part of critics. It defends the dignity of legal practice by highlightin...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam
Opinion
When what matters not matters! – A review of the law on privacy and admissibility of evidence secretly and unlawfully obtained, In civil proceedings, vis a via Article 18(2) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
The Author discusses in this paper the law on admissibility of evidence illegally obtained in civil proceedings, the privacy and confidential rights of citizens under the law both common law and statute or constitution, review some judicial...
Frederick Gurah Sampson, Esq.
Opinion
WILLS: DEATH CERTIFICATE; OR SAVIOUR AFTER DEATH?
The author discusses the process of making a valid Will and the reasons for making a Will in accordance with law
Jacob Z. Soung
Opinion
Developing Jurisprudence or Creating Chaos?: An Examination of the Decisions of Ghana's Supreme Court on Property Rights of Spouses
This Article explores the contradictions and conflicts in the theory of the Supreme Court, whilst emphasising that the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court is in fatal disarray and anarchy. The so-called jurisprudence of equality does not onl...
Daniel Korang
Opinion
Private practice versus In-house: The dilemma of the new lawyer
The author explores the subject of private practice and in-house practice and the dilemma confronting lawyers over which area to choose.
Francisca Serwaa Boateng
Opinion
Can Concubinage relationship be equated to a valid customary marriage; the decision in Mintah v Ampenyin in retrospect
The author analyses some cases where concubinage has been equated to a valid customary marriage and those that never qualified to be a valid customary marriage. He estimates further that concubinage should lead to a valid customary marriage...
Derick Adu-Gyamfi