Courts
11 West Africans take Ghana to court over alleged unlawful detention
According to the suit, the Attorney General, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service have been named as respondents.
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Makola trader sues Telecel over alleged breach of privacy
Filed on May 23, 2025, through her lawyer Bernard Owiredu Donkor of Thompson Law Consult, Madam Abbey contends that Telecel used her likeness in marketing its 'Telecel Red Save' product without her knowledge or permission.
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Courts
Allow your ex-husband to rename child - Sekondi court orders woman
"I order that petitioner is at liberty to name the child of the marriage by performing a naming ceremony and/or ensuring that the name given to the child is captured in her (child’s) records," the court held.
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Justice Sir Dennis Adjei elected 2022-23 Fellow of the Inns of Court
His selection like others, was based on votes by the Selection Committee of the Inns of Court made up of the Director, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Carl Stychin, and four others from the Inner Temple, Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s...
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Others
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside of marriage
Under the new laws - which will also apply to foreigners visiting Bali and other Indonesian holiday destinations - unmarried couples can be jailed for up to a year for having sex.
BBC
Africa
South Africa: Police Minister ordered to pay $24,000 after unlawful arrest and detention
A Limpopo-based conservationist, who was arrested by 16 police officers on trumped-up charges and locked up in filthy cells for three days, has been awarded $24,000 (R400,000) in damages for unlawful arrest and detention.
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Capital Bank Case: GHC 100 m to All Time Capital was approved by the Board – Former MD
Rev. Odonkor is standing trial alongside the bank’s founder Ato Essien and businessman, Dr. Tetteh Nettey for various offenses - stealing, abetment to steal, conspiracy to steal, and money laundering.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court denies Ato Essien special leave to appeal Court of Appeal ruling
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
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Supreme Court News
Bail request for Oliver Barker: We may not oppose-Deputy Attorney General
Responding to a question from a member of the Supreme Court panel on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, she indicated per Kpebu Vs AG that every case is now bailable subject to the discretion of the judge.
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Europe
Drug users group files decriminalization lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court
The lawsuit argues criminalization has also created a high degree of stigma, leading many people to use drugs alone and in secret, heightening the risk of overdose.
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Courts
Lawyer drags DVLA, NIC to court over Toyota Voxy licensing, registration
The plaintiff, Osei Kwabena Esq., is asking the court to declare the practice unlawful, arguing that the vehicles are being allowed onto Ghanaian roads without the necessary regulatory safeguards.
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Supreme Court News
Are laws barring electoral offence convicts from voting constitutional?-Supreme Court to decide April 22
This stems from a case file by a lawyer and human rights activist, Fred Akwetey, who is asking the Supreme Court to strike down provisions of Ghana’s electoral law that bar people convicted of electoral offences from registering to vote or...
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Courts
Why Wontumi's Submission of no case was rejected in illegal mining case-Full Reasoning
Chairman Wontumi and Akonta Mining Company Limited have been charged with six counts for allegedly allowing Henry Okum and Michael Gyedu Ayisi to carry out mining activities on the company’s concession without first securing the required ap...
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Europe
Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test
A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country's image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned.
BBC
Others
Insistence of spousal consent for organ donation would impinge on wife's right to control her own body - India Court
The Court was dealing with a plea filed by a married woman seeking to donate her kidney to her ailing father.
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Detainees in Ghana lack legal representation to challenge cases -US Report
Detainees lack legal representation to challenge cases in Ghana - US Report indicates
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Justice Sir Dennis Adjei to deliver Lecture on “Parameters of Right to Information”
The lecture, which will be chaired by Emerita Prof. Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf, FGA is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 5:30 PM prompt at the Academy’s Auditorium.
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General
Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill has elements that violate rights of individuals – UG Law School lecturer
Clause 22 prohibits extrajudicial treatment. Clauses in the bill actually give the people involved in LGBTQ+ activities the right to medical attention, etc.”
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US
US judge temporarily blocks Texas’ near-total abortion ban in blow to contentious law
On Monday, the US supreme court begins a new term, which in December will include arguments in Mississippi’s bid to overturn 1973’s landmark Roe v Wade decision guaranteeing the right to an abortion.
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General
Patients do not have the right to dictate to doctors what mode of treatment they want – Medical and Dental Council
“The most important thing is for the doctor to have a conversation with the patient,
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