General
Let’s review removal of MMDCEs – Dr Fiadomor
More than 1,300 people have applied for the MMDCE vacancies nationwide.
DL News
Results for "Essential Themes in Land and Customary Law"
10478 results.
Courts
Empire Cement Limited ordered by Court to cease operations till further notice
The McCarthy Hill Residents Association earlier this year raised red flags when they heard that construction taking place in the Southern part of the area was the construction of a Cement factory.
DL News
General
Samson’s Take: 5 years jail for sharing fake news
If you are lucky to be prosecuted under section 208 of our criminal code, you may get up to three years in prison for your reckless act.
DL News
Crime
Ashanti Region: 522 suspected criminals rounded up after police swoops
The Ashanti Region has in the past months recorded violent crimes, some of which have resulted in the loss of lives,
DL News
Courts
3 months grace period before tenants vacate rented place is not in our laws – Rent Control PRO
Many tenants say they are entitled to such an arrangement while they find a new place.
DL News
General
RTI Act: 285 public institutions complied in the first year of implementation-Oppong Nkrumah
Mr.Oppong Nkrumah stated that his ministry was tasked with the responsibility of ensuring public institutions were prepared to deliver on their mandates under the Act.
DL News
Business
Government, Stakeholders increase National Daily Minimum Wage for 2021 by six percent
The revised national minimum wage will be effective from Friday, June 4th, 2021
DL News
Election Petition
Election Petition: Supreme Court advices Frank Davies on ethical infractions
The Supreme Court has advised one of the legal team members of President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election petition to be mindful of his comments in media interviews after court sittings.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Election Petition: Supreme Court advices Frank Davies on ethical infractions
The Supreme Court has advised one of the legal team members of President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election petition to be mindful of his comments in media interviews after court sittings.
DL News
Election Petition
Mahama asks court for live telecast of election petition
Lawyers of NDC’s Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama are requesting a live broadcast of the hearing of the petition contesting the results of the 2020 general elections in the Supreme Court.
DL News
Courts
Court grants injunction to stop EC from gazetting Amewu as Hohoe MP
The Ho High Court presided over by Justice George Buadi has granted an interim injunction restraining the Electoral Commission from gazetting the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe.
DL News
Opinion
Resisting Juristocracy in Ghana: Why the Supreme Court's decisions on Property Rights of Spouses have no constitutional basis
It is the firm view of the present author that when Parliament went to sleep, the Supreme Court assumed legislative functions and purported to implement the provisions of Article 22(3) of the Constitution through constitutional interpretati...
Daniel Korang
Supreme Court News
Old Tafo MP seeks Supreme Court injunction against CJ suspension
The MP contends that the President’s action bypassed due legal procedures, especially given that there was an ongoing court application at the time of the suspension.
DL News
General
Wives adopting husbands’ names after marriage no longer relevant – High Court Judge
According to him, years ago, women could not own property by themselves, hence most women chose to change their names after marriage as it gave them some form of identity.
myjoyonline
Africa
Beauty queen wanted in Nigeria for alleged drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, escaped when its officers raided her her home in Lagos last week.
BBC
General
1092 new lawyers called to the Ghana Bar
This number represents the highest in the history of the Call in Ghana, overtaking last year's figure of 844.
DL News
Africa
Kenyan MP suspended for offering sweets in parliament
The MPs passed several amendments to the law on political parties ahead of this year’s general elections.
BBC
Africa
Benin lawmakers vote to legalise abortion
Women can now end their pregnancy within the first three months in cases where it could “aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress, incompatible with the woman or the unborn child’s interest
BBC
Opinion
An examination of the case of Origin 8 and C.I. 132: A still born Piece of Law or an Austere Interpretation by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on 18th January 2022 rendered its reasons in the case of of Republic v High Court, (Criminal Division 9), Accra Ex Parte Ecobank Ghana Ltd; Origin 8 & Anor (Respondents & Interested Parties). This is a case which bothered...
Justice Eric Kyei Baffour
Opinion
The Grant Of Bail: The Novel Decision In Martin Kpebu (No.2) V Attorney-General
The author assesses the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Martin Kpebu v Attorney-General , particularly on the matter of bail and related offences
Derick Adu-Gyamfi