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General
UK-based ‘Death Penalty Project’ to assist Ghana to remove Death Penalty
Ghana’s ability to do so will put it in the over one hundred and twenty(120 countries globally that have rejected the death penalty.
DL News20 July 2022
General
KNUST Public Lecture: Majority leader Kyei-Mensah Bonsu to speak on constitutional review
The lecture discusses the issue of constitutional review from the perspective of a legislator.
DL News11 July 2022
Courts
Ex-convict sentenced 14 years to prison for stealing
Paterson, also an apprentice mason, pleaded not guilty and was consequently convicted on all four charges by the Court.
GNA11 July 2022
Business
Africa’s 'blue economy' agenda not impossible – International lawyer
The International Lawyer expressed her confidence in the 2016 Lomé Charter on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa which she believes will play a major role in driving the agenda.
DL News8 July 2022
General
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso
The sanctions were lifted after military leaders presented a proposal for a 24-month transition to democratic rule and a new constitution that would lead to elections in March 2024.
DL News4 July 2022
General
Most Police Stations not utilizing Case Tracking System – Esther Ahulu
The CTS was launched in 2018 with support from the US government. It is expected to promote inter-agency collaboration and information-sharing in effectively investigating and prosecuting criminal cases.
DL News4 July 2022
US
Vic Mensa pleads guilty in shrooms case, gets 12 months probation
Vic was arrested back in January at Dulles International airport for going through customs with a stash of shrooms.
TMZ28 June 2022
US
US ban on imports from China's Xinjiang region takes effect
In a statement late last week, US lawmakers said the law sends "a clear message that we will no longer remain complicit in the Chinese Communist Party's use of slave labour and egregious crimes against humanity"
BBC21 June 2022
General
On World Refugee Day: Whoever, Wherever, Whenever they may be
According to the UNHCR, over 100 million people are now forcibly displaced around the world in light of the war in Ukraine, which is the fastest displacement crisis in recent times.
DL News20 June 2022
General
Women representation at Bar, Bench hasn’t translated precisely to women equality – Justice Jones Dotse
He spoke as part of a panel discussing the role men can play as allies in achieving gender equality in Ghana.
DL News17 June 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing June 14-16, 2022
These particularly relate to civil motions, review motions, and civil appeals, all invoking the Original Jurisdiction, Review Jurisdiction, and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Court.
DL News13 June 2022
US
YouTube accused of failing to tackle fake Elon Musk livestream scams
On Tuesday, Elon Musk said YouTube was not tackling "scam ads". YouTube says it removes channels that are reported.
BBC10 June 2022
Crime
Wa public flogging: Police arrest 25 for rioting
“The irate mob pelted the charge office and adjoining offices with stones and other implements. The youth also set vehicle tires ablaze on some major streets in the Municipality.
DL News2 June 2022
General
Act 1036: Stool, families creating Customary Land Secretariat difficult, says Justice Osei Tutu
The discussion equally focused on Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book; The Essential Themes in Land and Customary Law. Launched last week at the Law Court Complex, the book dissects Act 1036.
DL News30 May 2022
General
Speaker’s maiden seminal lecture to be held on May 31
This maiden lecture will seek to spark and stimulate public discourse on the concept of Separation of powers relative to the Supreme Court’s decision in Justice Abdulai V Attorney General.
DL News30 May 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing May 31- June 1, 2022
These particularly relate to a writ, review motions, civil appeals, and a reference motion, all invoking the Original Jurisdiction, Review Jurisdiction, Appellate Jurisdiction, and the Reference Jurisdiction of the Court.
DL News29 May 2022
Crime
Sad: Lawyer Richard Badombia shot dead by armed men on Bole-Bamboi Highway
The deceased together with 3 others, Michael Badombia, Gloria Badombia, Hilarious Badombia, and a “Bull-Dog” were traveling from Accra to Jirapa in a Hyundai Accent saloon car with registration number GN 9890-17 which the deceased was the d...
DL News28 May 2022
General
First memorial lecture held in honour of Kojo Bentsi-Enchill
At today’s inaugural lecture, Speaker Prof. Justice Samuel Date-Bah described Kojo Bentsi-Enchill as a good friend, one who was passionate about the law, and a quintessential intellectual.
DL News26 May 2022
General
Retired Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan honored
“ Your sense of piety and respect for the Islamic values of honesty and integrity and contentment constantly reminds you of the obligation to be dichotomized from all forms of corruption.”
DL News19 May 2022
Europe
UK: Home Secretary's Rwanda plan for asylum seekers faces first legal challenge
UK: Home Secretary's Rwanda plan for asylum seekers faces first legal challenge
The Guardian9 May 2022