Courts
Criminals roam free in Wales and England as Overcrowding in prisons affects sentences.
Judges and magistrates are giving people suspended sentences instead of immediate jail terms because of prison overcrowding
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More UK judges want to quit before retirement, official survey shows
The 2022 UK Judicial Attitude Survey, published earlier this month, found that 43% of salaried judges are considering quitting early, up from 31% in 2014.
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK: Magistrates' sentencing powers scaled back
Powers had been doubled less than a year ago to tackle backlog in courts and cut prison overcrowding
The Guardian
General
Commercial Law in Ghana: Sourcebook to be launched Feb 3
The book according to the authors, seeks to highlight Ghanaian case law and explain how it could be used in commercial law practice.
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Courts
Would you let a robot lawyer defend you?
Prof Susskind says in the 1980s he was genuinely horrified by the idea of a computer judge, but that he isn’t now.
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Courts
Adu-Boahene, wife given six days to produce lawyer in NSB trial
The court warned that if counsel fail to appear at the next sitting, the accused persons may have to conduct the cross-examination themselves or the prosecution’s witness may be discharged for the case to proceed.
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Courts
Legal vacation does not bar sitting judges from hearing cases
Speaking at the 2nd Quadrennial Delegates Congress of the Senior Staff Association of the Judicial Service of Ghana in Sunyani, the Chief Justice said lawyers remain bound by their professional duties to their clients and the court.
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Courts
“Dubai” CEO murder case: Suspects denied bail
Mr. Luanga Bagonluri, Counsel for the second and third accused persons in the case, Belinda Milla and Kweku Kumbata respectively, sought bail for the two accused persons on the condition that they remained innocent until proven guilty.
GNA
Courts
Quayson criminal case: Court sets June 21 to hear ‘motion against daily hearings’
The court, presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh had on the previous sitting, ruled that the case be heard on a day-to-day basis starting from June 20
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Courts
Court refuses ‘cops killer’ bail
Eric Kojo Duah, aka Sakora, the man accused of killing two police officers at Buduburam in the Central Region on August 28, 2019, has been refused bail by the Accra High Court.
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Courts
Lawyers, accused persons shocked at video of Major Mahama’s brutal murder
“Jesus!” That was the reaction of a female lawyer at the Bar when the videos that detail the alleged murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was played in open court yesterday.
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Courts
Attorney General files fresh charges against Aisha Huang
Aisha Huang and three others, who are currently being kept in Police custody, were facing the charges of mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid license.
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Courts
Wontumi Exim Bank case adjourned after prosecution amends charge sheet
Principal State Attorney Joshua Sackey told the court on Tuesday, September 22, that the amended charge sheet had been filed and served on counsel for the accused persons.
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Courts
Wontumi mining trial: Court gives Atta Akyea more time for address, moves judgment to July 20
The court has directed Samuel Atta Akyea, who recently took over as lead counsel for Chairman Wontumi, to file his written address by July 13, 2026.
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Courts
Court rejects Aflao Central Hospital plea for transfer negligence case
The court, presided over by Justice Yaw Owoahene-Acheampong, upheld the argument by counsel for the plaintiffs, Christian Lebrecht Malm-Hesse, that the Ho High Court has jurisdiction over the case.
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Courts
Lighthouse Chapel defamation case against Manasseh, 3 others adjourned
The court was to continue with cross examination of Manasseh Azure, an investigative journalist, on July 22, 2024, but the matter was adjourned because Manasseh was sick.
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Courts
Murdered MP case: Defence Counsel to file ex-parte application to subpoena persons to assist trial
Yaw Dankwah, lead counsel for Daniel Asiedu, the accused person, said it would therefore withdraw a motion on notice for a subpoena.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Interprete Order 43 Rule 9 of C.I.47 purposively- CJ tells counsel
The Chief Justice said this on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, when she presided on a Judicial Review case titled; THE REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, TEMA EX PARTE: MANKRALO TETTEH OTIBU IV & ORS
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Africa
Nigeria: Tribunal orders Multichoice to pay N900 billion tax backlog
Prof. A.B. Ahmed, issued an order for Multichoice to make the N900 billion tax backlog payment, following an application to it by the counsel to FIRS.
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Courts
Witness on why Bulldog’s comment could incite public against President Akufo-Addo
The possible reaction triggered by comments made by Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson a.k.a. Bulldog on the United Showbiz programme, aired on Accra based United Television (UTV) on Saturdays became the focus of the trial at the Accra Circuit Co...
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