Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing May 4-5, 2022
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing May 4-5, 2022
DL News
Results for "Ketanji Brown Jackson"
139 results.
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court from March 29-31, 2022: Cases and Motions
The Court will consider a prerogative writ, other writs, review motions, civil motions, and civil appeals.
DL News
General
Road Traffic Indiscipline: Court issues warrant for arrest of Nhyiaeso MP, another
Hon. Dr. Stephen Amoah was arrested with six others yesterday, December 7, 2021, for flouting the Road Traffic Regulation during a special exercise by the Ghana Police Service.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
Cost of Legal Education in Ghana: Exorbitant or pitch for prestige?
Mediocrity, misguided crave for cheap wealth, substandard delivery of legal services and dishonesty have hardly been the hallmark of legal training and the legal profession.
DL News
Courts
Court to deliver judgment on Akuapem Poloo’s appeal case on December 1
Akuapem Poloo had been accused of violating the dignity and integrity of her severn-year-old son when she published a photo in which she knelt, stark naked in front of her son ahead of his birthday.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Tech
Part 1: Innovation in litigation – Doing “Locus in quo” visitation virtually
Trials are often given long adjournment dates in order for the judges ample time to visit the land in question. These adjournments typically delay land litigation cases in court.
DL News
US
U.S. charges 18 former NBA players with defrauding league’s health plan
n a statement, the NBA said it will cooperate with prosecutors, calling the accusations “particularly disheartening” given the importance of its benefit plans to support players’ health, including after they retire.
DL News
General
Every organisation should formulate harassment policy – Kezia Azumah
According to the Priest, his actions were to add ‘a human touch’ to a short appreciation ceremony organised for the students who would be going for their Macro Teaching (Off-Campus Teaching Practice) when College resumed the next academic y...
DL News
General
Desist from sharing identities of students kissed by Anglican Priest – Director of FIDA-International
If they do not consent to it, it is indecent assault,”
DL News
General
Anglican priest’s ‘holy’ kiss video: It’s time for women, girls sexually harassed in churches to come out-FIDA Ghana
“Needless to say, sexual harassment is gender-based violence and a violation of the human rights of girls and women and is prohibited in the 1992 Constitution, the Domestic Violence Act and the Labour Act.
DL News
Courts
Alleged extramarital affair: Court throws out case against Eugene Arhin’s Ex-wife
The High court, presided by His Lordship Charles Gyamfi Danquah has struck out and dismissed accordingly, a case of defamation filed by Chantelle T.S. Kudjawu against Gloria Assan Arhin.
DL News
Africa
New association promotes in-house legal opportunities
In-house legal roles offer African lawyers greater room for self-expression and career progression, said speakers at the launch of the African Corporate & Government Counsel Forum.
DL News
Election Petition
2020 Election Petition not novel
Lest we forget, the 2020 Election Petition is not novel. It appears to be a rehashed of the 2012 Election Petition. Aside the swapping of roles, the key issue and actors remain the same: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission and...
DL News
Opinion
Invoking the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Case of a Meddlesome Interloper (Busybody)
The Ghanaian courts have allowed the efflorescence of legal doctrines as necessary nutrients for the enjoyment and development of rights and obligations under the law within the Ghanaian jurisdiction. One such procedural doctrine is LOCUS S...
Kwame Richard Klu and Kwame Yaro Appiah
Opinion
Blue Law: An Insight
The interesting subject of Blue laws is the focus of this article, including its applications in Ghanaian law
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Opinion
Can the ordinary Ghanaian plead Ignorance of Law?
The author inquires into the question of whether or not an ordinary Ghanaian can plead ignorance of law if found to be in conflict with the criminal laws of Ghana, drawing from the recent case involving Ghanaian entertainment personality, R...
Benjamin Tachie Antiedu and Goodnuff Appiah Larbi
Opinion
Revalidating Customary Law: The New Era of Good Title In Ghana’s Land Act
The article examines how Ghana’s Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) expressly recognizes acquisitions under customary law as a source of “good title,” restoring legal certainty to oral customary grants that had been treated inconsistently under earl...
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Opinion
Revalidating Customary Law: The New Era of Good Title In Ghana’s Land Act
The article asserts that Ghana's Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) reinstates customary law acquisitions as valid sources of "good title" to land, correcting prior statutory exclusions. This shift legitimizes oral land grants and strengthens the le...
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Opinion
Private practice versus In-house: The dilemma of the new lawyer
The author explores the subject of private practice and in-house practice and the dilemma confronting lawyers over which area to choose.
Francisca Serwaa Boateng