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Europe
Woman makes history as UK’s first black blind barrister
Jessikah Inaba, who is also Congolese, qualified last month after five years of legal study at the University of Law in London.
DL News7 November 2022
General
2022 Call to the Bar:785 candidates presented
Last year’s event took place on October 1 at which 278 new lawyers were called to the Ghana Bar.
DL News7 November 2022
General
CHRAJ says it is investigating 428 cases of non-compliance with Assert Declaration law
Although he did not name the particular public officials involved, he is reported to have said the investigations extends to officials who failed to declare their assets in 2020.
DL News6 October 2022
General
GSL SRC President impeached over financial impropriety
Mr. Kutor, who was recently investigated by a three-member committee instituted by the school’s management was said to have placed himself in a position of conflict of interest in relation to the procurement and sale of a vehicle to the GSL...
DL News22 September 2022
US
Iowa teen who killed alleged rapist ordered to pay $150K to his family
Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines.
AP News14 September 2022
General
Make pro-bono services a requirement for renewing lawyers’ licences – SC Justice to GBA
“Lawyers are expensive. To access a good quality lawyer, you need to pay some fees beyond the reach of ordinary people. "
DL News10 August 2022
General
KNUST Faculty of Law wins 2022 Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
In addition to winning this year’s Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, KNUST has also been selected to host the 2023 edition.
DL News30 July 2022
Crime
AMA sanctions street preachers for making noise, operating without permit
Public Health Officers of the Assembly issued the notices on Friday, 15th July 2022 when they stormed the CBD to enforce the Abatement of Noise Bye-Law.
Accra Metropolitan Assembly20 July 2022
General
AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
DL News7 July 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
General
Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong is Ghana School of Law SRC President-elect
He won against five(5) other contenders with Six hundred and thirty-six 636 votes out of the total valid votes cast, representing 33.54%.
DL News31 May 2022
Crime
Only males can rape females: Ghana’s position ingrained in Socio-Cultural values – Criminal Law Lecturer
Only males can rape females: Ghana’s position ingrained in Socio-Cultural values – Criminal Law Lecturer
DL News28 April 2022
General
Justice Sir Dennis Adjei to deliver Lecture on “Parameters of Right to Information”
The lecture, which will be chaired by Emerita Prof. Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf, FGA is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 5:30 PM prompt at the Academy’s Auditorium.
DL News22 April 2022
Crime
Tackling recidivism: Criminal Law Lecturer says post-conviction reintegration mechanisms needed
Researcher and Criminal Law lecturer at the GIMPA Faculty of Law, Dr. Isidore Tuffour says to deal with the problem, authorities need to look to post-conviction reintegration mechanisms.
DL News22 April 2022
Courts
Opuni case: There was no farmer complaint against Lithovit- Witness to court
Additionally, Mr. Dodoo indicated that he was not aware of any cases of an alleged breach of the PPA law against Sidalco, Wienco, Chemico, or Luis Dreyfus.
DL News11 April 2022
Business
Ukraine's President signs Virtual Assets Bill into law, legalizing Crypto
The law determines the legal status, classification, ownership and regulators of virtual assets, as well as setting registration requirements for crypto services providers.
CoinDesk20 March 2022
Africa
US agency sues woman for refusing to refund $65,683.50 mistakenly paid for 1998 terror attack
The money was supposed to go to a Mary Njoki Muiruri, but due to a mix-up in middle names, the money went to the wrong person. Ms Ngunyi is yet to respond to the suit.
DL News10 March 2022
US
Nduom wins as US Court denies Birim group’s motion for amendment
The plaintiff Birim Group, LLC filed this suit raising claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., and a series of common-law theories including breach of contract, fraud, and...
DL News18 February 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
Any agreement to forgo leave void– Legal practitioner to employees
"The whole thing about leave is to make sure that the worker actually takes a rest. It’s not all about money, money and money. The worker needs rest to be strong, to be active, to be healthy, to be able to continue to work. So the law says...
MYJOYONLINE24 January 2022