General
Build shelters for domestic abuse victims – Government urged
The Director of the Legal Assistance Network-Ghana has urged the government to build shelters for domestic violence victims to help minimise the abuse culture.
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Asia
Malaysia High Court rules Christians can use ‘Allah’ for religious educational purposes
In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the Malaysian High Court granted a Malaysian Christian the right to use the word “Allah” in her religious practice, effectively ending the Home Ministry’s 1986 ban on the use of the word in Christian publi...
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Election Petition
Election petition: Jean Mensa won’t testify – Supreme Court
The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has ruled that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa is free not to testify in the ongoing election petition.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: NPP behaving as if there’s nothing at stake – Ayine
A spokesperson of John Dramani Mahama’s legal team, Dr. Dominic Ayine has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party accusing its spokespersons of behaving as if there is nothing at stake in the Election Petition case currently befo...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: NPP behaving as if there’s nothing at stake – Ayine
A spokesperson of John Dramani Mahama’s legal team, Dr. Dominic Ayine has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party accusing its spokespersons of behaving as if there is nothing at stake in the Election Petition case currently befo...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Supreme Court advices Frank Davies on ethical infractions
The Supreme Court has advised one of the legal team members of President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election petition to be mindful of his comments in media interviews after court sittings.
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Supreme Court News
Election Petition: Supreme Court advices Frank Davies on ethical infractions
The Supreme Court has advised one of the legal team members of President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election petition to be mindful of his comments in media interviews after court sittings.
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General
GBA wants claims of some lawyers in Ashanti Region taking their clients’ wives investigated
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is calling for a probe into claims that some lawyers in the Ashanti Region are taking their clients’ wives from them.
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US
Ghanaian twins face 20 years in US prison after admitting role in US$9m romance scam
The 22-year-old brothers, popularly known as Arrangement and Lancaster, admitted to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before a United States federal court on October 13, 2026.
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Courts
Ex-NDA Boss, two deputies and contractor escape jail despite conviction in procurement corruption case
Despite finding them guilty, the court declined to impose immediate prison sentences, citing mitigating circumstances, including their advanced ages and the intervention of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which prevented financi...
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Courts
Attorney-General challenges Court of Appeal decision halting Hanan’s criminal trial
The appeal seeks to reverse the order staying proceedings at the High Court and allow the prosecution of the two accused persons to continue.
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General
UG School of Law launches Ghana Supreme Court Review and book series
The Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, attended as the Special Guest of Honour. Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo chaired the occasion, with the Dean of the School of Law, Prof. Peter Atudiwe Atupare, serving as host.
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General
Ghana Publishing Company launches online bookshop for purchase and delivery of Ghana's laws
Announcing the development at a press conference in Accra on Monday, October 19, 2026, the Managing Director of GPCL, Nana Kwasi Boatey, Esq., explained that the new platform forms part of efforts to improve the distribution of official gov...
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Courts
Ato Essien seeks changes to appeal against 15-year jail term
The application, filed on October 5, 2026, seeks to revise some of the grounds upon which the former banking executive is challenging his conviction and sentence.
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Courts
Couple’s names on indenture presume joint ownership – Court orders in void marriage case
The Court held that although the parties' marriage was legally invalid, the inclusion of both their names in the property's indenture constituted prima facie evidence of joint ownership, which could only be displaced by sufficient evidence...
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court suspends promotion of 40 police officers pending appeal
The order stays the execution of a Court of Appeal judgment which had directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, and the Police Management Board to facilitate the promotion of the affected officers.
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General
Ghana Law Society says it is focused on lawyers’ welfare, not rivalry with GBA
According to him, the GLS intends to distinguish itself through the attention it gives to the welfare needs of lawyers
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Business
The Ghanaian team that secured the over $393 million tax arbitration victory against Tullow
Alongside the Attorney-General and his deputy, the Ghanaian team included Solicitor-General Helen Akpene Awo Ziwu and state attorneys Anna Pearl Akiwumi Siriboe, Grace Oppong Dolphy and Adwoa Obenewah Amoah. The Ghana Revenue Authority also...
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Africa
Nigeria’s 'Body of Benchers' to cap annual Call to Bar as lawyer numbers exceed 256,000
The body said some law graduates now struggle to establish a practice after admission. It expressed concern about lawyers soliciting clients around magistrates’ courts and police stations, a practice commonly described as “charge-and-bail”...
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Courts
Lawyers dissatisfied with operation of the new court shift system
According to feedback received by the GBA Court monitoring Committee, the system has increased stress among lawyers and reduced the time available for client interviews, preparation of submissions and other administrative legal work
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