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General
Law practice based on 4 unchangeable pillars – CJ to Law students
Justice Torkonoo indicated that discretion is exercised according to law but not plucked from the air.
DL News27 January 2022
Crime
Laboratory worker remanded for administering abortion drugs to minor
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a female laboratory worker into police custody for allegedly administering abortion drugs to a 17-year-old girl.
27 January 2022
Courts
Saglemi Housing trial: Prosecutors given 3 weeks to serve disclosures
During Court proceedings on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the prosecution team led by Senior State Attorney, Hilda Craig prayed the Court for a period of 3 weeks in order to conclude on the filing of disclosures.
DL News26 January 2022
Courts
Afoko’s trial: Toxicologist says he discovered traces of acid on tracksuit
Prosecutors have made a case that the tracksuit was what Gregory Afoko, one of the accused persons, was wearing on May 20, 2015, when he and his supposed accomplice, Asabke Alangdi, allegedly attacked Adams Mahama with acid, leading to his...
GraphicOnline26 January 2022
General
Teach inter-disciplinary perspectives of Law for Social change-Prof Kufuor to Law Faculties
According to him, most developing countries will attain Development and solve pressing issues when they begin to see Law as a fulcrum that reaches out to other academic areas.
DL News26 January 2022
US
US black man mistaken for older white suspect – lawsuit
Shane Lee Brown, 25, was arrested in January 2020 in a traffic stop after he failed to show his licence. Las Vegas police found a warrant in his name. But that warrant was actually for Shane Neal Brown, a middle-aged white man with a beard,...
BBC25 January 2022
General
Pay attention to terms of termination, leave – Lawyer to employees
“You have to pay attention to everything but particularly terms on termination, leave. Those are terms that can be triggered at any time, either to your advantage or disadvantage. If you don’t pay attention to the wordings of those conditio...
MYJOYONLINE24 January 2022
General
Leave schedule: Publish 30 days before employees assume – Legal practitioner
Managing Partner of the Law Alert Group, Charles Bawaduah, has asked employers to notify their employees 30 days before their leave period, in accordance with Article 27 of the Labour Act.
MYJOYONLINE24 January 2022
Crime
Jammeh To Justice coalition disappointed with reparations allocated to victims
The Jammeh To Justice Ghana Coalition, says it is disappointed in the amount of money allotted by the Gambian government to families of victims who were killed under ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh
DL News17 January 2022
Courts
Ato Forson’s trial: case adjourned to January 18 due to unavailability of one accused person
The trial involving former Deputy Finance Minister, and MP for Ajumako Enyan Esiam, Cassiel Ato Forson and two others has been adjourned to tomorrow, January 18, because one of the accused persons, Sylvester Anemana failed to show up in cou...
DL News17 January 2022
General
Court declines bail for about 13 arrested for Bawku disturbances
They were arrested on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, after a renewed chieftaincy clash led to the loss of lives and property.
DENNISLAW NEWS6 January 2022
Asia
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai convicted for taking part in Tiananmen vigil
They were among thousands who defied a ban and took part in a vigil last June commemorating the 1989 crackdown at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
BBC9 December 2021
General
Kenyan father sues son for upkeep money
Gideon Kisira Cherowo, 73, says he sold his land and most of his assets to pay for his son’s education up to university level.
BBC3 December 2021
General
Court withdraws bench warrant for arrest of Madina MP
Mr. Sosu was to answer to criminal charges levelled against him by the Ghana Police Service.
DENNISLAW NEWS2 December 2021
General
Court rejects Akuapem Poloo’s 90-day jail appeal
Rosemond Brown, was given the 90-day jail term in which she pleaded guilty following her social media post of a nude photo with her seven-year-old son in June 2020.
DENNISLAW NEWS1 December 2021
General
Parliament approves 2022 Budget despite Minority Caucus boycott
The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu also counted himself as an MP, hence, giving the Majority Caucus 138 members to pass the votes.
DL News30 November 2021
General
Legal Education: Post-colonial structures cannot serve our needs today-President Akufo-Addo
The four-day conference organized by the University of Ghana Faculty of Law on the theme; The Future of Legal Education also saw the Launch of the University of Ghana School of Law Endowment Fund.
DL News29 November 2021
Courts
Court issues warrant for the arrest of Madina MP
The Ghana Police Service had secured a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in court on November 8, 2021.
DL News29 November 2021
Crime
AG’s office to take over prosecution of lecturer remanded for wife’s disappearance
Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey was on November 12, remanded into police custody after being provisionally charged with kidnapping.
DL News26 November 2021
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 News25 November 2021