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General
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for the institution of an emergency national domestic violence response plan to provide better interventions during crises.
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Africa
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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Opinion
In this article, the author examines the exceptions to the principle that the power to alienate property is linked with the capacity to litigate. By exploring various legal cases and statutory provisions, the author demonstrates that these...
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Opinion
The author evaluates the decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of Odamtten & others v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors, with respect to the application of the rule of customary law applicable in patrilineal communities
Kwame Adusei
Opinion
The burden of the author in this article is to review the law on Summary Judgment, discuss the two opposing views of whether same can be granted in land matters or not, attempt to fill the vacuum and draw a conclusion that a party may not b...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Default judgement is an interlocutory application. It is not a final judgement in its strict sense. Any anything default is not final in a legal sense. Res judicata on the other hand is mostly applied when decisions of the courts are final....
Derick Adu-Gyamfi
Opinion
The article examines Ghana’s Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015), comparing its corporate rescue and insolvency mechanisms with those of the United Kingdom. It highlights Ghana’s progress towards a rescue-oriented fr...
Jennifer Abena Dadzie
Opinion
This paper considers the scope of section 98, the challenges the section poses and suggests an interpretation that the authors think gives effect to the likely intent of the lawmaker
Ewuradwoa Assaba Paintsil and Kwabena Adu-Kusi
General
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, November 5, the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) announced that enforcement activities would begin on November 14.
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Business
Under the proposed arrangement, District Mining Committees will be empowered to handle mining licence applications within their respective jurisdictions as part of reforms under the new mining legislation.
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General
Relax. Even if everybody becomes a lawyer, somebody must still be available to obey the law.
Ace Anan Ankomah
General
The scholarships cover the 2025/2026 academic year and form part of the Lebanese Community’s support for legal education in Ghana.
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Africa
It was adopted on Friday by 164 votes to one, with six abstentions.
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General
The letter, signed by the Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, followed a review of the constitutional and statutory mandates of the two institutions.
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Courts
The case involves Dr Abdul-Hamid; former UPPF Coordinator, Jacob Kwamina Amuah; NPA staff member Wendy Newman; Bright Bediako-Mensah; Kwaku Aboagye Acquaah; and three companies, Propnest Limited, Kel Logistics Limited and Kings Energy Limit...
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Crime
Police say three people were killed and 17 others injured in the violence, which broke out on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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General
She argued that true economic justice will remain incomplete if women are empowered to earn, but are still excluded from owning, controlling and transferring productive assets.
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Courts
Akonta Mining Company Ltd was separately convicted on Counts 3 and 6. The company was fined 15,000 penalty units on each count, bringing its total financial penalty to 30,000 penalty units.
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Others
Yang Youlin, 69, was convicted by a court in Changzhou for bribery, embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering.
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Courts
In a petition dated June 25, 2026, the legal team argued that the Circuit Court does not have jurisdiction to hear the matter because the principal offence is a first-degree felony.
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