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Crime
Attempted suicide no longer crime as parliament amends Criminal Offences Act
Prior to this amendment, attempted suicide was punishable under Section 57 of Act 29 as a misdemeanor
DL News29 March 2023
General
Private legal practitioner Victor Brobbey sworn in as Deputy Chair of NCCE
Until his new appointment, he served as Deputy Chairman on the NCCE Board from 2019.
DL News21 March 2023
General
Military brutality at Ashaiman unconstitutional, officers must be tried – OccupyGhana
The group joins the likes of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and other individuals who have spoken against the raid by soldiers last week at Ashaiman
DL News16 March 2023
Courts
Kasoa murder trial: Court adjourns over absence of juror
Charged with conspiracy and murder, the two boys (a now 16-year-old minor and a 19-year-old young teenager) are being tried for killing 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah in April 2021.
DL News9 March 2023
General
Chief Justice commissions two courts in Asante-Akim South
While the new court at Juaso replaces the existing Circuit Court, that of Bompata, a newly established District Court seeks to bring justice closer to the people in that enclave.
GNA24 February 2023
Tech
Colombian judge uses ChatGPT in drafting court ruling
The judge's use of generative AI technology has garnered attention around the world from lawyers and others, and has prompted much debate. The judge, Juan Manuel Padilla, says the tool is a way to more quickly reduce the backlog of cases in...
LAW.COM9 February 2023
Africa
Arsenal fans arrested in Uganda after celebrating Manchester United victory
Police said they didn't have a permit to hold the procession which is a public order offence.
BBC24 January 2023
Courts
Association International School sued by 2 former students
In a human rights action, the applicants suing per their mother, note that after making an initial payment of GHC 100,000, they later decided to settle the remaining amount but only to be told by the school that the balance had ballooned du...
DL News16 January 2023
General
Old ways of administering, supervising Legal education must change- Chief Justice
“The old ways of administering and supervising legal education must change while keeping pace with best practices to ensure that products churned out are relevant and responsive to the country’s development needs”
DL News16 December 2022
Africa
South Africa: 'Bizarre' case reveals that Magistrates lack training
In a special review, the High Court has set aside the conviction and sentencing of a man by a Magistrate in a maintenance court. The man had been found guilty although charges were never put to him and he never pleaded.
News2413 December 2022
Europe
Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
German reports say the group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power.
BBC7 December 2022
US
US Supreme Court hears case of web designer who doesn't want to work on same-sex weddings
Challenging the law is Lorie Smith, a custom web designer who is opposed to same-sex marriage. "I want to design for weddings that are consistent with my faith," she says.
NPR6 December 2022
Supreme Court News
SC gives AG, CJ seven days to file Statements of Case in suit against EC Chair, deputies
This follows an application filed by the Attorney General, praying to the court in that regard.
DL News24 November 2022
General
H-Kwasi Prempeh writes: 'The lawyerization and judicialization of the business of Parliament is bad for our democracy'
Coming to this business of the motion of censure, we have just witnessed the lawyerization or judicialization of what is fundamentally a political, not a legal, sanction.
H.Kwasi Prempeh22 November 2022
General
Aspects of anti-LGBTQ+ Bill may violate some fundamental human rights – Attorney-General
The anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, known rightly as the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, seeks to criminalize LGBTQI+ activities and advocacy.
DL News17 November 2022
General
KNUST alumnus makes great stride in 2022 GSL Entrance exams
In all, only 522 out of the total of 2654 Candidates who sat for the exams passed representing a percentage pass rate of 20% compared to the previous year’s 28%
DL News16 November 2022
Africa
Central African Republic president sacks top judge for ‘impediment’
Faustin Archange Touadera’s decree came after the 70-year-old judge last month threw out a bid by the ruling party to amend the constitution so that he could run for a third term.
BBC26 October 2022
Supreme Court News
AG responds to Ampomah’s ‘Allow me to marry more women’ suit
The AG additionally submits that the plaintiff’s assertion that monogamous nature Christian Marriages are discriminatory is untenable as it has not been established that Christian marriages are polygamous in nature.
DL News24 October 2022
Africa
South Africa: Traditional court condemns 19-year-old to grisly death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder.
AllAfrica16 September 2022
General
GBA calls for a review of the 1992 Constitution
"There is room for improvement and we believe the time is now for a review of it to be done, to properly serve our aspirations, reflect the times and hopes at this critical stage of our democratic journey.”
DL News15 September 2022