Election Petition
Election Petition: Jean Mensa may not be cross-examined
The Electoral Commission has indicated its disinterest to allow its chairperson to mount the witness box to testify in the ongoing 2020 Presidential Election Petition.
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Courts
Court denies Aisha Huang, 4 others bail : Adjourns case to Oct 24, Nov 1 respectively
Aisha Huang and three others are 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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General
Ayine’s opinion does not violate any rule or Professional conduct rules for lawyers-NDC to CJ
In a petition dated May 25, 2021, Dr.Ayine was referred to the General Legal Council, by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, acting as a Complainant, for the comments made at the roundtable discussion, which he found “disparaging… and unaccept...
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Ghana’s new Tribunals Act puts ‘galamsey’, related cases on the fast track
The law establishes strict timelines for the filing of charges, service of summonses, submission of defences and determination of preliminary objections. An accused person who intends to oppose a charge must generally file an answer within...
Richard Osei Boateng
Supreme Court News
Repeal of offence-creating enactment won’t automatically end accused’s prosecution- SC affirms
The apex court, speaking in the opinion of Asiedu JSC, noted that in such a situation, the Interpretation Act, 2008 (Act 792) specifically at Section 34(1)(d) and (e) will step in as the saving provision
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Courts
Menzgold case: NAM 1 pleads not guilty, granted GhC500m bail
Nana Appiah Mensah who operated a Ponzi scheme under his gold dealership company, MenzGold Ghana Limited was arrested in 2019 and later granted bail, resulting in a three-year pending criminal case at the Circuit Court, which until recently...
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Business
ORC to fully enforce administrative penalties over non-compliance with Companies Act, 2019 from June 2023
The ORC says it would “for the very first time be fully implementing section 126(7) of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992).
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Courts
Colonel Damoah seeks judicial review over OSP’s La Bianca report
The applicants' Colonel Damoah and Mr. Joseph Adu Kyei maintain that the Special Prosecutor acted ultra vires relative to the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act 2017 (Act 959), when it instituted an investigative panel and subsequently pu...
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General
President pledges sustenance of fund for Legal Aid, Law Reform Commissions
The creation of the funds is stipulated in section 10 of the Law Reform Commission Act of 2011, Act 822, and section 31 of the Legal Aid Commission Act of 2018, Act 977.
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President assents to Plea Bargaining Act, 2022 (Act 1079)
Per the Act1079 a person charged with a criminal offence may at the time before judgment, negotiate with the Attorney General for a plea agreement to reduce an offence charged to a lesser offence or to withdraw a charge against an accused p...
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Courts
Venture Capital scandal: Court ‘rejects’ Duku’s move to pay GH¢15m
The move by Daniel Duku, a former Chief Executive of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) who is standing trial for causing financial loss to the state, to pay GH¢15 million as restitution to the state is in limbo.
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Courts
The Receiver of Unibank can tender email correspondence-Judge to Duffuor,8 others
According to lawyers for A1, A2, A4 and A8, the email correspondence is private correspondence guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution.
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General
The distinguished, true and real legal luminary that is his Lordship Professor Samuel Kofi Date-Bah
He prolifically authored articles covering constitutional provisions, landmark cases, and even comprehensive textbooks. By my calculation, between 1970 and 1978, he contributed more than 45 articles to UGLJ and RGL combined.
Ace Anan Ankomah
Courts
Defence seeks to recall former Akonta mining manager in Wontumi illegal mining case
The development follows the prosecution's decision to close its case after Chief Inspector Eugene Akpo Glover, the investigator and final prosecution witness, completed his testimony and was discharged.
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Courts
Court discharges accused persons in GPHA Marketing Manager's murder case
The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Hilda Sarkodie, told the court on July 21 that after a detailed review of the case, the Attorney General's Department had advised against continuing the trial due to lack of credible evidence
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AT WHAT STAGE CAN THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENT OF THE PETITION FOR HIS/HER REMOVAL?
On 27th March 2025, the Law Platform reported that the Learned Chief Justice had written to the President of the Republic, H.E John Dramani Mahama, the Chairman of the Council of State, Hon. Doe Adjaho and the Former Chief Justice, who is a...
Mark Addey
Supreme Court News
SC upholds death sentence of man who abused, killed wife with acid
"The appellant has failed to mount a successful attack on the admissibility or content of Exhibit D. No objection was taken at the time the evidence was admitted and no effort has been made to show that such admission caused a miscarriage o...
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Courts
Trial of former Deputy Finance Minister adjourned to July 21
The Health Minister, who started his evidence in chief on June 28, 2022, led by the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has said that he noticed that ambulances were supposedly procured by the Ministry of Health, but had not been delivere...
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Election Petition
Review jurisdiction should not be used as emotional reaction to unfavourable judgment – Supreme Court dismisses Mahama’s latest application
A nine-member panel of Supreme Court Judges has unanimously affirmed a seven-member panel ruling that stopped John Mahama from reopening his election petition case.
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Others
British songwriters who accuse The Weeknd of song-theft take dispute to the Ninth Circuit appeals court
British songwriters Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch have asked the good old Ninth Circuit – everyone’s favourite circuit, surely – to revive their song-theft lawsuit against that notable – although only alleged – song thief The Weeknd. Cal...
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