General
Invite our comments, inputs into Bills- GBA to Speaker
This was disclosed on March 30, 2023, when a three-member delegation of the National Executives of the Association paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament.
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Check out the 10 GIMPA Law conference recommendations for constitutional amendment
Panelists including Mr. Dennis Adjei Dwomoh, Managing Attorney, Law Plus, Mr. Nicholas Lenin Anane, Lawyer, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., and Diana Asonaba Dapaah, Deputy Attorney General & Deputy Minister of Justice of Ghana, were present to...
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Supreme Court News
Treason Felony case: Supreme Court denies Oliver Barker Certiorari application
A 5-member panel presided over by Anin Yeboah(CJ), noted inter alia that the trial High Court acted within its jurisdiction by allowing the prosecution to amend the charges.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria ask London court to overturn $11B arbitration award
The legal dispute centers on a contract that the Nigerian officials struck with Michael Quinn, an Irish former band manager, and his business partner Brendan Cahill, to help the country turn its vast reserves of natural gas into power.
Leadership Ng
Others
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside of marriage
Under the new laws - which will also apply to foreigners visiting Bali and other Indonesian holiday destinations - unmarried couples can be jailed for up to a year for having sex.
BBC
US
San Francisco supervisors vote to allow police to use robots to kill
The vote came after heated debate on a policy that would allow officers to use ground-based robots to kill “when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent.
CNN
Europe
Czech Republic on the way to legalizing cannabis
In the Czech Republic, hemp products like marijuana, hashish and cannabis oil have been available in pharmacies for years. Prague is now planning full legalization for 2023 and wants to coordinate the step with Berlin.
DW
Africa
Zimbabwe: Lawyers challenge Judges wearing $3,000 wigs, say trend is wasteful, outdated and scary
In its analysis of seven pieces of legislation, ZLHR argued that money used to purchase the wigs, a vestige of colonial Rhodesia, could be used to finance better deserving requirements.
AllAfrica
Business
Altar bread, Communion wafer, Tasbi, Sajjada, others exempted from customs duties, taxes: Did you know?
An exemption is a waiver or variation of a tax, levy, rate, duty, fee, or charge provided for under an enactment
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Europe
Fake heiress Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin reportedly being released from jail - but is banned from social media
Her infamous "summer of scam" that saw her defraud banks and New York City elites to the tune of around $67m (£51.5m) to fund her jet-setting lifestyle was turned into a Netflix series.
Sky News
Others
India: Court issues notice to state government on plea to limit weight of school bags carried by students
The plea has been filed with a concern about children's all round physical and mental health development.
Livelaw
Business
Customs Division(Ho): Total tax revenue of GHC 1,452, 206.56 collected between Jan and June 2021 unaccounted for
Pursuant to the above, an investigation was carried out by management, and the Accounts Officer was transferred to the Ho Tax Office.
DL News
General
Medical Negligence: Vice President bemoans rising cases in recent times
Speaking at the opening of a three-day conference by the Medical and Dental Council in Accra, the Vice President commended the Council for coming up with a policy document that seeks to address these issues.
DL News
General
Create innovative means to receive sufficient contributions into funds– AG charges Law Reforms, Legal Aid C’ssion Boards
Speaking at the launch of the Law Reform Commission Fund and the Legal Aid Fund at the High Court Complex Auditorium in Accra today, Mr. Dame described the Law Reforms Commission as the unsung hero of Law Reform in Ghana.
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Supreme Court News
An ' officious' by-stander cannot commit a party for contempt - Supreme Court rules
The group invoked the jurisdiction of the apex court citing the GRA Commissioner General and the Ghana Revenue Authority for contempt for going ahead to begin the collection of the E-levy on May 1, 2022 despite the pendency of an injunction...
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Tech
Twitter assembles legal team to sue Elon Musk over dropped takeover
The social media firm goals to file go well with early this week, in accordance to the individuals, who declined to be recognized as a result of the matter is non-public.
Bloomberg
US
Ed Sheeran and co-writers awarded £900,000 legal costs after copyright win
Sheeran and Shape of You co-writers Steven McCutcheon and John McDaid had been accused of copying a song by grime artist Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue.
BBC
General
Establishment of CIRA implies need for a new set of professionals – Prof. Justice Date-Bah
"Administrators and restructuring officers are going to take charge of running distressed companies on a temporal basis. Not all lawyers, accountants, or bankers can run a business,”
DL News
Crime
165 currently on the death row in Ghana – Amnesty Int’l Report reveals
This was revealed at a news conference to launch its Death Sentence and Execution Report.
DL News
Courts
Oliver Vormawor charged on three counts for road infractions
The Youth activist in a Facebook post earlier today, May 17, 2022, indicated that he had been arrested and was being taken to cells at the East Legon Police station.
DL News