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Courts
Seizure of excavators: Government slapped with $15 million judgment debt
IMCIM was established by the government to clamp down on illegal small mining also known as galamsey which is causing havoc to the country’s water resources and lands
DL News1 July 2021
Africa
24-year-old sentenced to death for stealing phones, cash in Ekiti
The convict was charged with armed robbery and rape allegedly committed on October 30, 2015, on Oda Ponna Street, Omuo Ekiti.
DL News30 June 2021
General
Institutionalize in-prison paralegal program - CJ
The POS Foundation, an NGO, and its partners have partnered with the government through the “Justice for all program” from 2007 to 2020, to get 18.60% of prisoners discharged, and some 35.40% granted bail.
DL News25 June 2021
Africa
Côte d’Ivoire: Former PM Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting coup
Guillaume Soro has already been convicted of embezzlement and was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison
DL News23 June 2021
General
Law to reduce backlog of criminal cases in offing
The country’s criminal justice system is set for a massive overhaul, with a law on plea bargaining in the offing.
DL News22 June 2021
Courts
London Court throws out AG, others for sleeping on $170m case
In a ruling on Wednesday June 8, Mr Justice Butcher, refused to grant the government a time extension to apply to set aside the award – adding that the state’s grounds for challenging it were “intrinsically weak”.
DL News22 June 2021
General
Hon. Sosu initiates PMB for compensation of unlawfully convicted persons
The Bill, which would be known as the Compensations Act will determine the formulae for computing compensational benefits that can be given to persons who are unlawfully arrested, detained, and convicted.
DL News22 June 2021
US
US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firms
Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali and forced to work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast
DL News18 June 2021
Courts
Open your defence-Appeals Court to Opuni, Agongo
The two are on trial at the High Court for causing financial loss to the state to the tune of over GH¢217 million.
DL News17 June 2021
General
Let’s record police caution statements – Legal Practitioner to stakeholders
The Court has called four witnesses to determine whether the statements were obtained voluntarily from the accused persons or not.
DL News16 June 2021
Crime
AG advises that two Kasoa teenage killers be charged with murder
The two boys, Nicholas Kini and Eric Nyarko were accused of killing Ishmael earlier in April this year.
DL News16 June 2021
Courts
Defamation suit: Kennedy Agyapong to be cross-examined by lawyers for Anas today
Anas is asking the High Court to award aggravated damages to the tune of GH¢25 million arising from defamatory materials published by the MP
DL News14 June 2021
General
You do not have absolute immunity - Speaker to MPs
The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, RT.Hon.Alban S.K.Bagbin has advised Members of Parliament that the immunity they enjoy as contained in Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution is not absolute
DL News9 June 2021
US
Justice Department expands use of body-worn cameras by feds
The move is another step bringing the federal government closer to the widespread deployment of such video cameras in recent years by police departments across the US.
DL News8 June 2021
General
PPP slams BoG boss’ comments on Nduom suit
The PPP has described the remarks by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana as "very unfortunate, misleading and mischievous"
DL News8 June 2021
Courts
Rasta students against Achimota SHS: Second ruling out
Six of the seven reliefs sought by the applicant were granted
DL News7 June 2021
General
Woman wins judgment over deceased husband’s daughter – She was never married!
Shortly after Robert’s death, however, Alice was confronted with an ugly truth – Robert had a wife from as far back as 1962.
DL News2 June 2021
Courts
Unwell’ Opuni appeals dismissal of ‘submission of no case’
The former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Stephen Opuni, was absent in Court on Monday, May 17, 2021, due to ill-health. His lawyers, led by Samuel Codjoe, told the Court presided over Clemence Honyenuga JSC that Mr. Opuni had been referred...
DL News17 May 2021
Election Petition
Assin North MP’s case: Cape Coast High Court dismisses allegation of bias against presiding judge
A Cape Coast High Court High Court hearing the Assin North MP’s dual citizenship case has dismissed allegations of bias against the presiding judge by the lawyer for Assin North MP, Abraham Amaliba.
DL News15 May 2021
General
Maj. Mahama Trial: There is no pressure on the Police to investigate the case
The First Court Witness in the mini trial involving 14 alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama, says there is no pressure on the Police to produce results in the investigations.
DL News12 May 2021