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India: Court issues notice to state government on plea to limit weight of school bags carried by students
The plea has been filed with a concern about children's all round physical and mental health development.
Livelaw
Results for "statute of limitation"
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Africa
Barring foreign nationals from being admitted to legal profession not unconstitutional - ConCourt
In September last year, the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein declared that section unconstitutional and invalid but found the discrimination in Section 24(2)(b) of the LPA was fair.
News24
Africa
Nigeria's kidnapping crisis: Should ransom payments be banned?
Since 2011, kidnappers have collected at least $18m, with more than half of it between 2016 and 2020, says SBM Intelligence, a think-tank based in Lagos.
BBC
General
Look at Acts with a lot of scrutiny – Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo
She chaired the launch of Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s book; Essential Themes in Land Law and Customary Law at the Law Court Complex in Accra.
DL News
General
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
DL News
General
New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2015 fees – GBA PRO
New Bar Scale of Fees a revision to 2014 fees – GBA PRO
DL News
General
Ghana Bar Association adopts new Bar Scale of fees
Agbesi Dzakpasu Esq moved the motion for the acceptance of the Scale of fees and was seconded by Perpetual Yankson Esq.
DL News
General
Case Summary – Justice Abdulai v Attorney-General
The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Writ No. J1/07/2022 – Justice Abdulai v Attorney-General is the subject of discussion in this Special by the Dennislaw Research Desk
DennisLaw Research Desk
General
Constitutional review: reckless to place an amendment option under current government – Srem-Sai
What aspects of it should we change to improve it.
DL News
General
Domestic violence: Do not refuse your spouse’s meal
It is an offence to refuse to eat your wife's food, the Coordinating Director of DOVVSU has said
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Africa
Copyright protection in the digital age
Year 2020 forced changes in the way we do things in the world, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still on rampage. Several countries went into series of lockdowns and ordered its citizens to stay at home.
DL News
Opinion
Of Section 315 (3) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30); Review of the Decision Of Augustine Yeboah vrs. Attorney-General, Dictum of Parker Yarney J.
The article reviews Augustine Yeboah v Attorney-General and examines when a prison sentence begins where a convicted person absconds before serving the sentence. It argues that the period spent at large must not count towards the sentence a...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Beyond ‘Penile Penetration’: Assessing Ghana’s Antiquated Definition of ‘Rape’ Through the Lens of the Rome Statute of the ICC; An Urgent Call For A Comprehensive Sexual Offences Act to Modernize Sexual Offences in Ghana.
This article critiques Ghana’s narrow, outdated legal definition of rape, restricted to penile vaginal penetration, and advocates for reform aligned with the Rome Statute’s broader, consent-focused standard. Drawing on comparative law and i...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam
Opinion
Rethinking Legal Education in Ghana: From Rote Memorization to Open-Statute Exams For A New Era of Legal Competence and Mastery
The article examines the current state of legal education in Ghana, highlighting its challenges and proposing reforms to make it more effective, accessible, and aligned with modern legal practice.
Sedinam Awo Kwadam
Others
Testing GoldBod CEO’s “New law” on small-scale mining against the law-Prof Kwadwo Appiagyei writes
“Once it’s not a water body; it’s not a forest reserve or… place like a roadside, whether the person has licence or not; the government says we should allow the person to mine and register and regularise them” – CEO, GoldBod
Professor Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
General
Ghana’s Dr Sylvia Adusu sworn in as first African woman judge of ITLOS
The other judges are George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo of Brazil, Slim Laghmani of Tunisia, Lan-Anh Thi Nguyen of Vietnam and Bimal N. Patel of India.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Full Ruling: Why Supreme Court rejected Oppong Nkrumah’s legal vacation trial injunction
The Supreme Court rejected Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s injunction application after finding no law prohibiting criminal trials during the legal vacation and no evidence that the Chief Justice’s warrants were discriminatory or improperly issued. T...
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Others
Dissolution of marriage: proving adultery in divorce proceedings
Marriage may begin with a promise of forever, but some betrayals make reconciliation impossible. In divorce proceedings, adultery must be proved with credible evidence—not suspicion or rumours. Even then, the petitioner must show that the a...
CELESTINE ADDO, Law Student
Courts
Daniel Ofori vs. Ecobank Ghana Limited and 2 Others Revisited
“From the totality of the evidence before us and the application of the relevant law, the court holds that, the Respondent is entitled to monthly compounded interest on its principal investment sum of Gh¢6,162,240.00, calculated at a monthl...
DL News
General
Legal Education must build Competence in Customary Law - Justice Ackaah-Boafo
For years, the debate over legal education in Ghana has been framed as a battle of "Access versus Standards". Justice Ackaah-Boafo argued that this is a false dichotomy. Instead, he asserted that both access and standards are twin duties ow...
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