Courts
Legal vacation: Courts in Greater Accra to conduct only virtual hearings
This directive comes as the courts would be embarking on the annual long vacation for the legal year, beginning August to September 2022.
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General
Justice For All Programme: POS Foundation receives international award
The Justice for All Programme (JFAP) is a State-led intervention, established in 2007 to alleviate prison overcrowding by setting up Mobile In-prison Special Courts to adjudicate remand/Pre-trial prisoner cases throughout the country.
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Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
Dissecting Ghana’s New Land Act, (Act 1036) in Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s new book
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Courts
New Covid strain compels Judiciary to postpone 2021 Legal Year Service
During the legal vacation, the lower courts and some High courts continue to operate, so that the wheels of justice will not grind to a halt
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Courts
ADR: 5,455 cases mediated last year
We can only achieve the excellence we seek if judicial outcomes are not the product of long, drawn out processes that lead to pyrrhic victories for the parties in a dispute,” Justice Larbi said.
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General
Chief Justice Bemoans Demolition Orders Of Courts
The Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana; His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah has bemoaned the demolition orders usually issued by magistrates, trial judges and justices of trial courts in Ghana.
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Election Petition
Delete all ‘hateful, spiteful, vengeful, incendiary’ comments against SC justices – Judicial Service to media
The Judicial Service of Ghana, through its lawyers Sory@Law, has written to media houses that have published “hateful, spiteful, vengeful and incendiary” comments about the Justices of the Supreme Court hearing the election petition of form...
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Africa
Uganda Law Society scraps ‘Your Lordship’ title, courtroom bowing before judges
The directive was issued by the President of the Uganda Law Society, Isaac K. Ssemakadde, through Executive Order RNB No. 12 of 2026.
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Opinion
The doctrine of stare decisis parades in a fanciful new robe in the Supreme Court: Ex Parte Opuni (No. 2)
The author asks, among other things, if a High Court must follow a decision of a higher court at all costs under the doctrine of stare decisis. See more in this article.
Francisca Serwaa Boateng
Courts
Chief Justice defends vacation courts, says urgent cases must continue
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie made the point on Wednesday when he visited the Minerals Income Investment Fund in Accra as part of his institutional engagements.
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Others
The principle of quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit
This article argues that the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit has increasingly been relied upon by litigants as a shield to establish claims of possession through physical acts upon land, thereby exposing potential purchasers who f...
ENK Danquah-Acheampong, LLM, BL, LL.B. Lawyer | Legal Researcher | Author
General
Chief Justice declares March 16 to 20 ADR Week
This year’s observance will run under the theme: “Adoption of Innovation and Technology to enhance access to Justice Delivery through Alternative Dispute Resolution.”
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Courts
Expert judges to sit at specialised high court division-Judicial Secretary
Speaking on The Law on Joy News, Mr Ahmed explained that the initiative is not simply an administrative change, but a shift in how justice will be delivered in complex cases.
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Supreme Court News
Chief Justice warns long jail terms can fuel overcrowding, weaken reformation
He made the comments during a courtesy call on the management of the Ghana Prisons Service in Accra, where discussions focused on sentencing, remand pressures and the broader strain on custodial facilities
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Courts
Specialized courts in the offing to fast-track prosecution of drug peddlers-Minister
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, announced at an event in which the Narcotics Control Commission received new operational vehicles to support work across the country.
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Courts
Chief Justice proposes specialised courts for galamsey, PAC-linked offences
He made the pitch during a courtesy call on Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin at Parliament House on Monday, where both men framed closer Judiciary–Legislature collaboration as a strategic priority for stronger governance.
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Others
Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is a canker on the legal profession a the judicial service in Ghana: Martin Amidu writes
The question that immediately came to my mind was whether Judge Samuel Bright Acquah was a fit and proper person to have been enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers in Ghana in the first place.
Martin Amidu
Courts
Establish media courts to handle cases of attacks on journalists-Justice Abdulai
His proposal comes in the wake of public outrage over recent incidents of brutality, including the July 30, 2025, assault on a journalist and a civilian during a demolition exercise at the McDan warehouse in Spintex.
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Courts
High Court dismisses suit challenging Deputy IGP appointment
The court presided over by Justice Richard Apietu, found that the applicant had not correctly invoked the court's jurisdiction when filing the case under Article 141 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 16 of the Courts Act (Act 459).
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Crime
Law Clerk arrested over forged judicial documents
Henry Odartey Lamptey, 39, is said to have forged the signatures of the deputy Judicial Secretary and other judges in Adenta and Cape Coast High Courts among others dissolving marriages.
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