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UK judges quit Hong Kong’s top court over national security law
The UK Supreme Court said its two judges currently sitting on the Hong Kong court in two of 12 overseas non-permanent positions had resigned with immediate effect.
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Agencies under Justice Ministry presented with vehicles
The beneficiary state agencies are the Legal Aid Commission, Council for Law Reporting, Registrar General’s Department, Economic and Organized Crime Office, Law Reform Commission, Copyright Office and the Ghana Law School.
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Marriage by proxy legitimate under Ghana’s Customary Law – legal practitioner
A private legal practitioner, Susanna Asaabea Nyampong, says marriage by proxy is legitimate under Ghana's Customary Law but has its limitations.
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Legal Professions Bill: Deans of Faculties to make recommendations
Prof. Atuguba assured students, parents, and guardians, that the newly formed Conference of Law Deans will work to assuage most of the challenges faced in legal education in Ghana.
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Causing financial loss: Be circumspect of seemingly harmless actions or omissions-Justice Brobbey
Speaking on the topic “Ingredients of the law of causing financial loss to the state,” at a two-day training workshop organized by the Centre for Practical and Multidisciplinary Legal Education and Training (CPMLET), UPSA, Justice Brobbey n...
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“When it happened in London, the Charities Commission took over the running of the church and made sure that every pound that had been paid in breach of the Law was refunded,”
“When it happened in London, the Charities Commission took over the running of the church and made sure that every pound that had been paid in breach of the Law was refunded,”
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Samson’s Take: Let’s support the police
IGP George Akuffo Dampare is doing all the right things to instil discipline and sanity for our individual and collective good. However, the police deserve our support and encouragement if we want a country like those many of us frequently...
SAMSON LARDY ANYENINI
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Admit the 499 qualified candidates-Wonder Kutor
On May 14, the chairman of the Independent Examination Committee issued the notice in the Daily Graphic page 28. The notice in the discussion today, was not part of the publication. The said publication was to set the criteria for admission...
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Hon Xavier Sosu petitions Speaker to probe mass failure in 2021 law school entrance exams
A statement released by the National Association of Law Students indicated that the Ghana School of Law had projected to only admit 550 students in page 186 of the 2021 budget statement.
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Failing Law Entrance exams does not make you a bad student-Ghana School Law SRC President
“Let us discuss this properly, Students graduated in July and they sat for exams in August. Was the preparation enough? This is not to defend the General Legal Council but I want us to have a holistic discussion on this matter as a nation g...
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Limited admission into GSL: Inadequate infrastructure not an excuse-Wonder Kutor
The new members of the Executive Council are the President, Mr. Kutor, the Vice-President of the Makola Campus, Ms. Fauziya Tijani; the Vice-President of the Greenhill Campus, Mr. Isaac Yoofi Impraim, and the Vice-President of the Kumasi Ca...
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Courts
Chief Justice $5 million bribery allegation: meritorious or counterintuitive?
In the face of these, is the $5 million allegation levelled against the Chief Justice of Ghana plausible?
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Africa
Instigation, insurrection, informality: Eroding the rule of law-Ebrahim Fakir writes
This is a situation Ramaphosa, and South Africa, can ill afford.
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“Ho 21 LGBT activists haven’t committed any crime,” – CDD-Ghana tells courts
"The occasional use of archaic colonial legal relics like Section 202 of Act 29 by the police to undermine constitutional rights, particularly the right to assemble, exposes the stagnation we continue to experience in efforts to promote and...
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Be lawyers with ‘Bold Spirits’-Rector charges students
The Rector has charged the law graduates to rise above being timorous souls
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‘The repeal of the Criminal Libel Law has had a very positive impact on the development of the Ghanaian media’ –President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic of Ghana; H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that he is proud of the modest role he played in the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law on 2nd August 2001 as an Attorney General.
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The absence of dissenting opinion among SC judges is troubling – Kofi Abotsi
Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) says he is extremely troubled by the recent practice of Justices of the Supreme Court where they don’t write individual opinions.
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Opinion
CV Drafting, an important missing piece in a Ghanaian Lawyer or law student tool box
A well-crafted CV is essential for Ghanaian lawyers and law students, yet many struggle with drafting due to the lack of formal training. This article outlines key components, formatting tips, and best practices to help legal professionals...
Dennis Adjei Dwomoh
Opinion
We don’t have too many lawyers. We have too many lawyers doing too little for too few.
Ghana does not have too many lawyers; rather, legal services are concentrated in urban areas, leaving many communities and businesses underserved. Lawyers must expand access to justice through legal education, proactive advisory services, b...
Abenaa Agyekum Esq
Opinion
Extinguishing Ownership by Monopsony: The Unconstitutional Displacement of Ghana’s Cocoa Farmers’ Property Rights
The article argues that Ghana’s compulsory cocoa sales regime under COCOBOD unlawfully restricts cocoa farmers’ constitutional property rights by forcing them to sell to a state-controlled monopsony at prices they cannot negotiate. It concl...
Nicholas Opoku