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Flashback: Only 97 out of 600 student applicants gained admission to Ghana School of Law in 1958
The Ghana School of Law is the only institution mandated since 1958 to train lawyers professionally in Ghana.
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Results for "Rape law reform"
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Samson’s Take: Corruption and side-chicks law
Passage of the witness protection law was the icing on the cake yet people who know are not using these legal tools to help fight corruption
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Pentecost University launches bachelor of law programme
When you separate the two, you will practise law to please people, but we are looking forward to a generation of lawyers who will practise law for the law-giver, God.
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Access to information to be extended to private institutions— RTI Commission
Under the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), people’s right to access information is limited to public institutions.
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Uganda anti-pornography law dropped after backlash
Under the law, song lyrics and music videos could also be categorised as pornographic, with artists facing arrest and jail.
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7 Practical tips for GSL entrance exam candidates
Here are a few tips you may find useful:
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Introduce programme in maritime law – Board Chairman urges Regional Maritime University
They all reaffirmed their commitment to the growth of the RMU.
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New Israeli government suffers first major legislative setback on controversial ‘citizenship’ law
The coalition had agreed to amend the law to grant 1,600 Palestinians living in Israel residency visas
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Surviving spouse, children entitled to their house and household chattels, and not relatives – Lawyer
"If for any reason, they’re unable to agree to choose one out of two or several houses, then upon application being made to the court, the court will decide which house they must choose”
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President nominates Kissi Adjebeng as Special Prosecutor
If approved, Mr. Adjebeng will take over from Martin Amidu who stepped down months before the general elections in 2020
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There appears to be selective justice in Ghana – Law student
“It is obvious that our system is plagued with selective justice. Our leaders can flout Covid-19 protocols whiles those who held a religious event were held culpable.”
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Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law
Senior superintendent Steve Li, of the police’s national security department, said 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets related to the newspaper had been frozen
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2020/21 Law Changes Explained- EPL
Here is a simplified version of this year’s key law changes to help prepare clubs, managers, players, referees and spectators for the new season.
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Africa
Sternford Moyo Breaks Record, Becomes First African To Emerge As New IBA President
The Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has been announced as the new President of the International Bar Association (IBA).
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Testing GoldBod CEO’s “New law” on small-scale mining against the law-Prof Kwadwo Appiagyei writes
“Once it’s not a water body; it’s not a forest reserve or… place like a roadside, whether the person has licence or not; the government says we should allow the person to mine and register and regularise them” – CEO, GoldBod
Professor Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
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Nigeria’s 'Body of Benchers' to cap annual Call to Bar as lawyer numbers exceed 256,000
The body said some law graduates now struggle to establish a practice after admission. It expressed concern about lawyers soliciting clients around magistrates’ courts and police stations, a practice commonly described as “charge-and-bail”...
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Thaddeus Sory writes: ARREST OR ASSAULT? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
An officer who arrests a person in any other way is not acting lawfully in the execution of his duty. He may instead be committing assault by imprisonment against that person.
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GIMPA LLM International Trade and Business Law students visit WTO
The visit formed part of the school’s effort to expose students to the institutions where global trade rules are negotiated, shaped and implemented.
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HBKU College of Law Opens Applications for Professor Role
The appointment may be made at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor, depending on the applicant’s academic qualifications, teaching record, research experience, and professional standing.
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Call for papers for academic work reflecting Tsatsu Tsikata's contribution to Ghanaian Law
For over half a century, Tsatsu Tsikata has operated at the intersection of academia, high-impact litigation, and statecraft. From mentoring generations of legal minds at the University of Ghana to shaping landmark constitutional and human...
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