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Africa
Child Labour: Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire urged to mend cocoa slavery slur
It would not solve issues of farmers but rather de-risking them for supply chain players.”
DL News5 August 2021
General
Parliament rejects motion to mainstream Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana
Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Majority Chief Whip and MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri, had on Friday, July 16, 2021 moved the motion and it was seconded by Rockson-Nelson Etse Dafeamekpor, the MP for South Dayi.
DL News28 July 2021
General
Organized Labour calls for new Commission to restructure public sector salary
The Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank in a survey on the effects of the pandemic showed that 35.7 percent of private businesses had to close down during the partial l...
DL News27 July 2021
Courts
GPGC judgment debt: Attorney General requests formal CID investigation
“I request you to make an in-depth investigation into the full circumstances of the transaction and related matters and take such action as is consistent with law,” the AG’s request concludes
DL News23 July 2021
Crime
Fisheries Ministry poised to eliminate illegal fishing methods
Similar donations would be done in other fishing communities, including Chemuenaa, Lanteyman, Tema and Kpone, all in the Greater Accra Region
DL News22 July 2021
Africa
Instigation, insurrection, informality: Eroding the rule of law-Ebrahim Fakir writes
This is a situation Ramaphosa, and South Africa, can ill afford.
DL News16 July 2021
US
Cannabis lawyers say Georgia Supreme court ruling creates ‘chilling effect’
With cannabis still illegal at the federal level, the court held that legal work related to the state’s burgeoning low-THC oil industry amounts to “counseling and assisting clients in the commission of criminal acts.”
DL News5 July 2021
Others
Top Mexican Court decriminalizes recreational cannabis
In an 8-3 decision, the court ruled that adults would be able to apply for permits to cultivate and consume their own cannabis
DL News29 June 2021
General
GPGC judgment debt: Poor risk assessment on deal termination has cost us
"There should have been proper scrutiny of the situation to assess costs involved in the termination of the deal"
DL News28 June 2021
General
Registrar-General: Some 50,000 companies to be deleted from database
“In that state, only a court can direct that the names of those companies be restored to the register”
DL News24 June 2021
Crime
Police arrest gun-wielding young men from viral video
The three men who were seen wielding guns in a viral video uploaded shortly after the June 14 bullion van attack have been picked up by police in the Ashanti Region.
DL News18 June 2021
US
US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firms
Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali and forced to work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast
DL News18 June 2021
Africa
Ivory Coast’s ex-President Gbagbo returns home after ICC acquittal
Mr Gbagbo has been living in the Belgian capital Brussels since his release from detention three years ago.
DL News18 June 2021
Business
Stop buying or selling foreign currency or face prosecution-BoG warns unlicensed entities
“The sole legal tender in Ghana is the Ghana cedi and the Ghana pesewa. It is prohibited to price, advertised, and demand payment for goods and services in foreign currency.”
DL News15 June 2021
US
US Senate approves bill to contest China tech, military advancements
US Senate lawmakers have approved a massive spending plan to boost technology research and production.
DL News9 June 2021
US
FTC Lawyer Sues Over Writing Credits on Liam Neeson Movie
Nick May says he optioned a screenplay to the Ozark co-creator and now finds himself out of the writing credits.
DL News22 March 2021
Africa
Egyptian president: We must reach legal agreement on Ethiopian dam
President El-Sisi affirmed Egypt’s position on the imperative to reach a binding legal agreement regarding filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
DL News13 March 2021
Business
Uber drivers are workers not self-employed, Supreme Court rules
Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK's Supreme Court has ruled. The decision could mean thousands of Uber drivers are entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay.
DL News19 February 2021
Opinion
The Termination Tightrope: Navigating the Balance between Employer Rights and Employee Protections
This article examines the tension between employer rights and employee protections in Ghana's labor law, particularly regarding termination. It critiques the Supreme Court's reliance on outdated common law principles that allow employers to...
Martin Waana-Ang & Joshua Mbowura4 October 2024
Opinion
“Agent For Plaintiff”: A Fatal Misnomer; Why Ghanaian Lawyers Are Unwittingly Forfeiting Their Protections Through the Misdescription of Counsel in Ghanaian Civil Procedure: An Analysis of the Doctrine of Solicitor-Solicitor Agency vs. Lawyer-Client Reality
The article argues that endorsing a writ with “Agent for Plaintiff” wrongly treats the lawyer-client relationship as an agency relationship, whereas Order 2 rule 5(1)(b) of C.I. 47 concerns one lawyer acting as agent for another lawyer. It...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam and Kwadwo Owusu-Ansah24 September 2026