General
Law Lecturer makes case for inclusion of Gender and Law in all training modules at faculties
She spoke as part of a panel, discussing the role men can play as allies in achieving gender equality in Ghana.
DL News
Results for "2022 call to the Bar"
2680 results.
Crime
GBA offers GHC 20,000 for information on killers of Lawyer Badombie
The private legal practitioner was shot dead by armed men while journeying with his family from Accra to Jirapa on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in the Savannah Region.
DL News
General
Majority of MMDAs do not have in-house lawyers – Lawyer Adjei Dwomoh
The discussions of the programme focused on research by Dennislaw Ghana where it was revealed that 154 MMDAs, (59 per cent of them) operate without by-laws.
DL News
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 News
Courts
11 jailed over illegal mining in Atewa Forest
11 jailed over illegal mining in Atewa Forest
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General
30 years of Referendum 1992 : What the Lord Justices have said on constitutions
The current Constitution was approved exactly 30 years ago on April 28, 1992, through a National Referendum after about 92% approval. It was then officially adopted on January 7, 1993.
Richard Osei Boateng
General
AG's department to fully digitise - Godfred Dame
"The office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice is in the process of going fully digital with the operationalization of an integrated information management system and digitization project almost near completion"
DL News
General
Justice systems increasing inequality in Africa-UPSA Global Law College affirms
The Global Law College, which was the first of its kind by the school, drew citizen participants from nations across the continent to discuss the problems of law, justice, and society in Africa.
DL News
Europe
Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case and hits out at 'baseless' claims
The Shape of You songwriters took legal action in 2018 after the track's royalties were frozen when Chokri and O'Donoghue asked the Performing Rights Society (PRS) to add them to the hit's credits as co-writers.
BBC
Tech
New ABA Protocols Tackle Growing Error Risks in Remote M&A Negotiations
New ABA best practices look to help attorneys who negotiate M&A contracts remotely avoid increasingly common misunderstandings and mishaps.
Law.com
General
There is immediate need to fully digitise – AG to Council for Law Reporting
The AG noted that the failure to digitise may imply an extinction of the Ghana Law Reports, and other publications of the Council.
DL News
Africa
Unmarried police can’t fall pregnant – Nigeria court
Justice Inyang Ekwo said he found no compelling reason “to disrupt the discipline of the force”.
BBC
Courts
Four drivers jailed 30 years each for robbery
The four, Daniel Akpan, Ismeal Akyene, Bassey Okon Edet, Asuquo Mbuotidem Edem were arrested for allegedly robbing a businessman, Kennedy Nkansah, at his residence at Pobiman near Amasaman.
ANGELONLINE
Business
Tourism Authority closes down three defaulting facilities
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has closed down three facilities for failing to meet tourism standards and for defaulting in the payment of the one per cent tourism levy.
US
Top US judges signal support for abortion limits
Anti-abortion activists are urging the court to “protect unborn children”, but experts warn of an increase in maternal mortality if abortion is restricted.
BBC
General
Why the UG School of Law Endowment Fund Matters
The University of Ghana School of Law has drawn a number of incentives for donors including unlimited access to library resources and rare legal materials.
Asia
Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
A member of an organisation that represents journalists in Afghanistan, Hujjatullah Mujaddedi, said the announcement of new restrictions was unexpected.
DL News
General
They are jokers-Sam Okudzeto describes Dafeamekpor, Sosu for seeking CJ’s removal from the GLC
So I don’t see how the qualified lawyer is going to appear before the court and you say that those for who we are going to appear before do not have any power of control over their training, or education. It’s a joke.
DL News
General
NPRA raises alarm bells – Only 6% informal sector workers on pension scheme
We do not want it to be like insurance companies who are quick in collecting premiums but begin to drag their feet when the time is due for contributors to claim their benefits,”
DL News
Courts
Unemployed gets four years for stealing
The Court, presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah, convicted him on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly
GNA