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General
We need about 200 lawyers – Legal Aid Commission
The Commission says the call for more lawyers is necessary because of new districts that require the services of lawyers.
DL News27 January 2022
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
Business
Special Prosecutor begins investigations into financial sector crisis
In a statement, the OSP says the investigations ‘target alleged corruption and corruption-related offences perpetrated by officials of the Bank of Ghana, banks, specialised deposit-taking institutions and financial holding companies.”
DL News25 January 2022
General
Samson’s Take: International Anti-Corruption Day – integrity
We could each start with road traffic offences, and play active citizen-watch for a vigorous use of the 2020 amended law (section 252 of the Criminal Offences Act) that punishes bribery with 12 – 25 years in jail.
SAMSON LARDY ANYENINI13 December 2021
General
What are you telling social media companies about you?
In our own opinion, everyone knows social media companies collect personal data from users anyway.
DENNISLAW LEXTECH TEAM12 December 2021
General
AMA goes after property rate defaulters
The first-ever female chief executive for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, issued this directive when she led a team of revenue collectors on a special revenue mobilization drive in Accra.
DL News12 November 2021
Africa
African Union must remove access to African Court impediments
African Governments must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the tenets of human rights by repealing article 34(6) to make way for entry.
DL News4 November 2021
General
Manner of attempted arrest of Sosu offends Constitution – Speaker of Parliament
The Speaker assured Ghanaians that he he swore an oath at his election as Speaker to discharge his duties and to uphold, protect and defend conscientiously the Constitution of Ghana and would continue to do just that.
DL News4 November 2021
General
Reform Legal Education in Ghana-2 Minority MPs submit Bill
“It is not too late to admit them because they have passed,”
DL News1 November 2021
Crime
Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid handling
A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against Mr Bolsonaro including crimes against humanity, after 600,000 deaths from coronavirus
BBC27 October 2021
General
Samson’s Take: Let’s support the police
IGP George Akuffo Dampare is doing all the right things to instil discipline and sanity for our individual and collective good. However, the police deserve our support and encouragement if we want a country like those many of us frequently...
SAMSON LARDY ANYENINI25 October 2021
Courts
Bail conditions imposed by some judges are outrageous-Justice Kulendi
Speaking at the introduction of media ambassadors for a Ghana Case Tracking System(GCTS) on October 21, 2021 in Accra, Justice Kulendi further revealed that he had made a suggestion to the Judicial Service to cause the arrest of such judges...
DENNISLAW NEWS23 October 2021
General
Illegal practices at sea: Fishermen flee from patrol team – 30 generators seized
On the success of the fishing closed season initiative, the Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Mr. Michael Arthur Dadzie, said it would yield results in the long term.
DL News13 October 2021
US
Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans mandatory vaccination in state
Facebook and Google, which employ a large number of people in the state, have also told employees that they would need proof of vaccination to return to the office.
DL News11 October 2021
Africa
Kenya and Somalia await key sea border ruling
Kenya filed an objection to the court case, arguing that the memorandum of understanding was binding.
DL News11 October 2021
Europe
Justice Secretary: Misogyny may become a stand-alone crime in Scotland
f you are serious about improving women’s safety, the starting point has to be having a justice system we can have confidence in and also a justice system that does not systematically let men who are guilty of rape walk free,”
DL News4 October 2021
General
Improving legal practice efficiency: Moving from diaries to e-calendars
Lawyers, like most professionals have to work with others on a daily basis.
DL News24 September 2021
Asia
Philippines refuses to cooperate with ICC ‘war on drugs’ probe
Presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo on Thursday said ICC investigators would not be permitted to enter the country. Victims’ lawyers, however, say interviews can be conducted virtually.
DL News17 September 2021
Courts
S/A President invites public nominations for next Chief Justice
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng started his professional career as a temporary interpreter and was later appointed as High Court prosecutor from March 1986 to February 1990 in Mafikeng.
DL News17 September 2021
Courts
Richard Dela Sky writes: Can a media house be held liable for defamatory comments by others under their social media posts?
where a media house putting up a post disables the comment section on its page, some viewers would want to be clever by sharing the posts on their pages with defamatory captions
DL News9 September 2021