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General
Opuni Case: SC sets October 26 for ruling on AG’s review motion
Mr.Opuni’s lawyers noted that the above statements were only made available to them when they applied for them and withheld by state prosecutors.
DL News12 October 2021
General
We will not be intimidated to pass anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Kwame Anyimadu
“That decision that the Speaker made, I do not agree with that. If you criminalize it and a person is sentenced to prison, who’s going to feed the person, so it affects the national purse.”
DL News11 October 2021
General
Mangortey: Passing anti-LGBTQI Bill will be suicidal
“A person who undermines these proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than 2,000 penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than two mont...
DL News9 October 2021
General
Anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before Parliament is defective – Majority Chief Whip
The Church of Pentecost has, in its memoranda to the committee, sent its strongest caution yet to government regarding the legislation against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer and their related activities (LGBTQ+) in Ghana.
DL News9 October 2021
General
UK eases coronavirus travel advice for Ghana and 31 other countries
The government is also expected to announce on Thursday changes to the red list. There are currently 54 destinations on the list, including Mexico, Cuba, all of mainland South America, and southern and eastern Africa.
DL News6 October 2021
Courts
Top International Engineering wins $8 million arbitration award
On October 2017, the High Court stayed proceedings and ordered the case sent to an arbitration panel of the Ghana Institution of Engineering for determination.
DL News30 September 2021
General
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
DL News27 September 2021
US
Trump sues niece, New York Times over tax story
“The walls are closing in and he is throwing anything against the wall that will stick,” she told the Daily Beast. “As is always the case with Donald, he’ll try and change the subject.”
DL News24 September 2021
General
Manasseh Azure Awuni : A Noble Profession,Ignoble Association
And when democracy dies, the rule of law dies. And what’s the essence of lawyers when there is no rule of law?
DL News15 September 2021
US
$8m judgment debt slapped on Euroget De-Invest firm
It was based on the decision by the Accra High Court that the two parties referred the matter to the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC based in London, UK.
DL News7 September 2021
General
16 Cape Coast Technical University students place an injunction on end of semester examination
The students were dismissed without any basis, and again the said punishments were based on non-existing laws.
DL News6 September 2021
General
“Fixing the Country” group to petition Special Prosecutor over investigating Mahama in Airbus scandal
The Airbus Scandal has been touted as one of the few instances in the world were a multibillion fine was awarded against a corporate body.
DL News6 September 2021
General
Agenda 111 contracts were not awarded illegally – Kojo Nkrumah
We have noticed deliberate politically -motivated claims of impropriety being cooked up against the project.
DL News6 September 2021
General
GNPC-Aker deal: I’ve not taken any bribe, says Haruna Iddrisu
Royalties, tax revenues and profits to GNPC Explorco will amount to about US$6.5 billion in nominal value over 15 years and substantial foreign exchange inflows will accrue to Ghana
DL News3 September 2021
Europe
Benjamin Mendy remanded in custody on rape charges
Stables said Mendy had already been in custody for “two days and two nights” while awaiting Friday’s hearing, and it had been a “real shock” for him.
DL News27 August 2021
Africa
Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with Morocco
Algeria will remain firm in its positions on the issue of Western Sahara
DL News27 August 2021
Crime
Sibton Switch Limited Transaction: Official of Bank of Ghana was dismissed for gross misconduct
Sibton Switch Systems Limited filed a request for arbitration on April 9, 2018, against the Bank of Ghana specifically citing a breach by the BoG relative to the termination of the master agreement for the Ghana Retail Payment Systems Infra...
DL News26 August 2021
Courts
Dome Market Association wins court case against Ga East Assembly
The Association had sued the MCE in the High Court, Accra on August 8, 2017 seeking the court to declare that the purported revocation or termination of tenancy covering Store No. 9 and 10 in Block A at the market was illegal and of no effe...
DL News25 August 2021
Courts
NLC case against UTAG struck out
UTAG signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the government on August 18, 2021
DL News19 August 2021
Courts
23 persons involved in Electrochem Company Limited riot charged
during the tussle, one Elias Anim threatened to kill DSP George Aboagye, stating that, “I will kill you.”
DL News19 August 2021