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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court defers judgment on presidential spouses salary suit to May 3
They are seeking among others, a declaration that the recommendation for the payment of the salaries to the presidential spouses is null and void.
DL News29 March 2023
General
2023 GIMPA Law Conference comes of March 14 to 16
The Conference will be held under the auspices of the African Centre on Law and Ethics(ACLE) at the GIMPA Faculty of Law
DL News13 March 2023
Supreme Court News
Presidential spouse salary case: Supreme Court adjourns to January 25 2023 for judgment
They are therefore seeking among others a declaration that the recommendation for the payment of the salaries to the presidential spouses is null and void.
DL News1 December 2022
General
Heed calls for Amendment of the Constitution – Former Law Dean to Gov’t
She notes that per the advent of Information and Communication Technology(ICT) and the current geopolitical dynamics affecting countries, it has become necessary for the government to consider the numerous calls for amendment.
DL News29 August 2022
Supreme Court News
E-levy Case: AG says plaintiffs’ action is devoid of genuine cause of action
The AG indicates that at all times in the passage of the E-levy Act, the Constitutional provision relating to a quorum for decision making in Parliament was followed and satisfied.
DL News2 June 2022
General
Constitutional review not panacea to our numerous problems-Legal Practitioner
There have been calls by various interested groups, and individuals for a review of the over 30-year-old Constitution of Ghana. As a result, a Constitutional Review Commission was set up in January 2010.
DL News6 April 2022
Africa
Tanzania leader agrees to drafting of new constitution after polls
A statement from the authorities said a new constitution will be among other long-term issues that will be addressed then after the 2025 general elections.
BBC22 March 2022
Supreme Court News
Maxwell Opoku Agyemang not qualified for recommendation, nomination as Justice of Court of Appeal: A-Plus, Brogya Genfi to SC
The plaintiffs aver in their suits that Mr. Maxwell Opoku Agyemang, who is a senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, per findings made against him, renders him unqualified to be appointed as a Justice of the Court of Appeal
DLN9 March 2022
General
Constitutional review should be devoid of political influences – Barker-Vormawor
We know from history that when you use a presidential system, you always have a winner-takes-all kind of government so how do we deal with that?”
DL News9 October 2021
General
1992 Constitution should be reviewed, not scrapped – GBA President
Anthony Forson believes the constitution was meant to hold the country together, and it has done just that.
DL News9 September 2021
Courts
Chief Justice’s integrity unquestionable – JUSAC President declares
The Chief Justice, the JUSAG President admitted, was not immune from questions of alleged misconduct
DL News2 August 2021
Courts
The BoG is under no obligation to seek parliamentary approval for its directives-Supreme Court affirms
The Bank of Ghana issued a directive described as the Banking Business Corporate Governance Directive in March 2018 under the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act.
DL News28 July 2021
Courts
Assin North resident invokes jurisdiction of Supreme Court for clarity on dual citizenship
It is the case of the plaintiff in the suit referred to supra, that the Assin North MP had not renounced his Canadian citizenship at the time he filed his nomination to be elected as member of Parliament for Assin North.
DL News28 July 2021
General
Immediate past Chief Justice among newly inducted fellows of GAAS
I believe we have enough expertise to help the discourses of the Academy and beyond that, to contribute to policy-making and cultural change within our societies,”
DL News24 November 2021
Supreme Court News
Suit on attempted suicide struck out as ‘moot’
A seven-member panel of the court dismissed the case due to a recent legislative change by Parliament that decriminalized attempted suicide, thus making the legal challenge moot.
DL News27 May 2024
General
Akufo-Addo to Land Commission board: Fix land administration challenges
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged the newly constituted 25-member Lands Commission board to do everything possible to change the negative course of land administration in Ghana.
DL News2 September 2021
General
Ghana’s Anti-Corruption battle: SP outlines key reform areas
Speaking at the 5th Annual Constitution Day Public Lecture in Accra, Mr. Agyebeng advocated for the formal integration of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) into the Constitution to ensure its independence and operational effectiven...
DL News3 March 2025
General
Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
DL News11 September 2023
US
White House commission on Supreme Court reforms sees risks in expanding court
Biden signed an executive order in April creating the 36-member bipartisan commission in response to calls from the left for seats to be added in order to counteract the 6-3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court.
DL News15 October 2021
Supreme Court News
Why the Tribunals Act is being challenged at the Supreme Court
The plaintiffs argue that the legislation interferes with the constitutional independence of the Judiciary and improperly regulates the administration and operation of the tribunal system.
DL NEWS4 November 2026