General
Be a person of integrity - Deputy Attorney General tells law students
The induction ceremony held at KNUST was the first of such organized by the University's law faculty
DL News
Results for "2022 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award"
3340 results.
General
Will Ghana follow Canada to scrap reference to Judges as “My Lord” and “My Lady”?
Gender identity issues may not be presently true for Ghanaian application, but it remains to be seen how much further confusion will be caused with continuous use of the “antiquated” titles, “My Lord” and “My Lady”.
DL News
General
Reform Legal Education in Ghana-2 Minority MPs submit Bill
“It is not too late to admit them because they have passed,”
DL News
Tech
Women Dominate Big Law Firms and Legal Department in Ghana
Significant efforts are still needed to ensure that there is balance in the male-female ratios of lawyers across the country.
DL News
Courts
R. Kelly trial: Singer ‘knew I was underage’, accuser tells court
This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot.”
DL News
General
Watch comments you pass about children, they could be criminal – Legal practitioner advises
“It is up to us to make people aware that these things are criminal, the same way that somebody who goes to defile a child can be arrested, can be prosecuted, and possibly jailed for such acts, you can also go through the same process,” she...
DL News
General
Making sexual comments about women at workplaces is abuse – Lawyer
Ms Freda Aniwaah Boateng, the Group Head, Legal & Corporate Services, Alianz Ghana, says men passing sexual or romantic comments about women at the workplace is a form of sexual violence.
DL News
General
Who succeeds Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie?
This DL News feature examines six Supreme Court justices whose professional backgrounds offer different perspectives on that choice: Gabriel Pwamang, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, Senyo Dzamefe a...
DL News
Europe
Lawyer struck off for billing 23 hours in just one day
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found that Natasha Janet Dionne Fairs, who joined the firm in 2007 and rose to senior associate in 2022, repeatedly overstated her hours across several years.
DL News
General
ARTICLE: AN OVERVIEW OF A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT IN GHANA FROM A LAWYER’S LENS: EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
This article discusses the transfer of power from a previous President to a newly elected President and its impact on the appointment of Board members for State-Owned Entities, and the role and importance of Corporate Governance in the publ...
Co-Authored by Lady-Ann Essuman and Verissa Odame-Koranteng
Courts
Husband of late Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi sentenced to death by hanging
The court found Nwachukwu guilty of culpable homicide in connection with the death of his wife on April 8, 2022. In delivering her judgment, Justice Nwosu-Iheme stated that the prosecution had successfully met the legal burden of proof requ...
DL News
General
Renowned Ghanaian lawyer reported dead after scuba diving in Dubai
She collapsed shortly upon returning to her hotel and died afterward.
DL News
Others
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan jailed for leaking state secrets
Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.
BBC
US
US judge allows age-discrimination lawsuit against Musk’s X to proceed
US District Judge Susan Illston said on Tuesday the plaintiff in the proposed class action, John Zeman, had provided enough evidence
aljazeera
General
Chief Justice petitioned over former GSL SRC president's call to the Bar
According to the petition dated May 2, 2023, the complainant, (who refers to himself as a concerned citizen), notes that Wonder Kutor has “shown himself as someone not fit to be called to the Bar
DL News
Courts
High Court remands purported son of Aisha Huang, one other to Nsawam Prison over immigration offences
The duo were arrested on September 2, 2022, at Kumasi by personnel of the Security Council Secretariat, and the Ghana Immigration Service.
DL News
Africa
Zimbabwe: New law bans MPs with criminal conviction from participating in future elections
According to the country's Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 which was gazetted on Friday, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of 12 months...
AllAfrica
Courts
Agradaa granted GHC 50,000 bail, but remains in custody over charges at different court
Charged with one count of charlatanic advertisement and six counts of defrauding by false pretence under Act 29 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Agradaa has maintained a plea of not guilty in all her court appearances.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria: AG to prosecute Law Lecturer and student over alleged malpractice at Bar final exams
Suspended law lecturer at the University of Calabar, Pascal Aboh was arrested for allegedly impersonating and re-sitting an exam for a student at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Africa
Presidential election petition: High Court blocks Kenya's Chief Justice from gagging lawyers
The High Court quashed the Supreme Court (Presidential Election Petition Amendment Rules) 2022 that outlawed public comments on merits of a presidential election petition once filed at the Supreme Court and while it is still pending determi...
The Nation