Business
13 containers of rosewood seized at Tema Port
In July, 2019, the EIA published a groundbreaking report titled, ‘BAN-BOOZLED: How Corruption and Collusion Fuel Illegal Rosewood Trade in Ghana’.
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General
“James Town Bullion Van driver responding to treatment,” – Surgeon
The driver of the bullion van which was attacked by robbers last Monday, June 14, 2021, is responding to treatment, according to a surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
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Opinion
Revisiting the Right to Counsel in Light of the Introduction of Plea Bargaining in Ghana
This paper seeks to discuss the general right to counsel, its current application in Ghana, and how the right is central to the effective administration of plea bargaining.
E. K. Bidzakin
Opinion
Refined Justice for All
The article examines the Justice for All Programme at Kumasi Central Prison in 2025 as a practical justice-sector intervention that brings courts into prison settings to review remand cases, grant or vary bail, and reduce prolonged pre-tria...
Emmanuel Brobbey
Opinion
Locus Standi of a Stranger to a Judgment; Analysis on the Decisions in Jacques v Harrison, Gbagbo v Owusu & Lamptey v Hammond
In this paper the author delves among others, into various cases and examines how a person can acquire locus standi to fall into the rule in Lamptey v Hammond.
Derick Adu-Gyamfi, Esq.
Opinion
Conviction and Sentence in Absentia; Effective Date Of Sentence, Settling The Uncertainty; The Case Of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, Former Masloc CEO
The article examines whether a sentence imposed in absentia begins from the date it is pronounced or from when the convicted person is brought into custody. Using the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case, the author argues that a purposive reading...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act 2020 (Act 1015) of Ghana: A Comparative Analysis with the Insolvency Legal Framework of the United Kingdom (Part I)
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
Courts
Court of Appeal refuses bid to halt Adu-Boahene trial
The three had asked the appellate court to stay proceedings at the High Court while challenging an earlier ruling on disclosure of documents.
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General
Court issues bench warrant for Jomoro MP’s arrest
The MP subsequently filed a motion for stay of execution pending appeal at the Court of Appeal but was unanimously dismissed on July 26, 2021.
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Courts
Jomoro MP case: Court set June 6, 7 for trial to commence
The court arrived at this date after a successful case management Conference on April 11. 2022.
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Courts
Court registrars, clerks directed to promptly notify parties of cancelled sittings
The directive, which takes immediate effect, requires court officials to communicate such changes through digital platforms, including WhatsApp, SMS and email, to ensure that affected parties receive timely notification.
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General
Law students demonstrate against refusal of admissions to law school
The group accused the General Legal Council of poorly handling legal education in the country, following the increasing fail rates of students who sit for the entrance exam every year
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Election Petition
Techiman South petition: Hearing continues April 29
Drama unfolded at the Wenchi High Court last Monday when officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) came to the court armed with a generator and a photocopier machine to ensure that there were no power disruptions to the court’s pr...
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Supreme Court News
Kpandai election dispute heads to Supreme Court as Nyindam challenges High Court annulment
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator is challenging a November 24, 2025 judgment from the Tamale High Court, Commercial Division, which declared the constituency’s parliamentary results invalid and ordered a fresh election within 30 day...
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Opinion
The Maze of Complexity: Unravelling the Knots of Judicial Discretion in Re Republic vrs. Speaker of Parliament and Attorney General, Ex Parte: Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor Suit No. GJ/0560/2024.
The article critiques the High Court's refusal to grant a mandamus order compelling the President of Ghana to act on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, despite its passage in Parliament. The court's decision is argued to be pre...
Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo ESQ.
Opinion
Navigating An Application For Letters Of Administration: A Practical Guide for the Lawyer and the Judge from First Instructions to the Final Administration of the Estate
The article provides a practical guide to applications for Letters of Administration in Ghana, covering the lawyer’s duties in investigating the deceased’s family, assets, liabilities and entitlement to administer the estate. It also explai...
HH Malcolm Bedzrah
Courts
Chairman Wontumi’s bail ppplication: High Court sets November 4 for ruling
The decision to adjourn followed arguments from his lawyers and the prosecution over whether sufficient grounds had been established to justify his temporary release from prison.
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Courts
Court slaps Wontumi with GHC15m bail in Akonta mining scandal
Presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, the court on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, approved a GHC15 million bail package with three sureties.
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US
US Supreme Court backs Trump’s use of wartime law for migrant deportations
The decision overturns a lower court’s order from March 15, which had blocked the deportation of several Venezuelan nationals. That court had called for further legal review into the Trump administration’s use of the act—originally passed i...
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Africa
Nigeria’s Chief Justice bans use of “Barrister” title by lawyers, others
It was contained in a memorandum dated July 13, 2026, and signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Kabir Akanbi.
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