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Ghanaian lawyer wins 2022 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
Currently a lecturer at the UPSA Law School, Yorm becomes the first female Ghanaian and second African lawyer to have won this award.
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Europe
Schools in Great Britain warned not to ban minority pupils’ hair styles
Equality watchdog says appearance policies should include exceptions on racial and religious grounds
Evening Standard
Others
China’s ex-justice minister sentenced to death for corruption
Fu Zhenghua was accused of “taking advantage” of his position between 2005 and 2021, including accepting bribes totaling more than 117 million yuan (about $16.76 million) and “bending the law for personal gains.”
Anadolu Agency
General
OccupyGhana writes to AG, requesting status of Conduct of Public Officers Bill, 2022
The request was informed by recent allegations of conflict of interest leveled against some government officials.
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General
Constitutional Law lecturer suggests minimalist approach to constitutional reforms
She spoke as part of a panel on Tuesday, during a mini-review discussion held by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), on the Constitutional Review Commission’s (CRC) Report and the government White Paper on the CRC findings.
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NUGS' Statement on the GSL entrance exams undertaking
We find the same unfortunate exercise of the General Legal Council’s mandate to dictate legal education policy in the country.
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General
President assents to Plea Bargaining Act, 2022 (Act 1079)
Per the Act1079 a person charged with a criminal offence may at the time before judgment, negotiate with the Attorney General for a plea agreement to reduce an offence charged to a lesser offence or to withdraw a charge against an accused p...
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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 ANYENINI
Africa
Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Magufuli warned that “after getting pregnant, you are done”.
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Crime
Don’t give money to police officers on the streets – ACP Kwesi Ofori tells public
ACP Kwesi Ofori, interacting with host of Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, stated that the current administration headed by Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare is keen to ensure corrupt practices in the country are quas...
Joy Online
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Speaker Bagbin grants Sosu’s request for contempt against two policemen
He invoked the powers of Parliament under Article 117 of the 1992 Constitution and Order 28 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, and said ACP Isaac Kojo Asante, Regional Operations Commander, and ACP Eric Winful, Divisional Commander, Aden...
GNA
General
Opuni Case: SC sets October 26 for ruling on AG’s review motion
Mr.Opuni’s lawyers noted that the above statements were only made available to them when they applied for them and withheld by state prosecutors.
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US
Ohio police probed after man screaming ‘I’m paraplegic’ dragged from car
Jerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44, said they had “followed the law, their training and departmental policies”.
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US
Global tax deal seeks to end havens, criticized for ‘no teeth’
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Paris would use its European Union presidency during the first half of 2022 to translate the agreement into law across the 27-nation bloc.
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US
Supreme Court won’t review male-only registration for the military draft
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit challenging the nation’s male-only draft registration policy as unconstitutional.
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Africa
Copyright protection in the digital age
Year 2020 forced changes in the way we do things in the world, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still on rampage. Several countries went into series of lockdowns and ordered its citizens to stay at home.
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General
Meet Akosua Achiaa Sarpong: The 2026 star of the Call to the Bar
Akosua also received the Best Student in Civil Procedure award, securing two honours at the ceremony, which saw 1,568 newly qualified lawyers admitted to the Ghana Bar.
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Ghana’s Dr Sylvia Adusu sworn in as first African woman judge of ITLOS
The other judges are George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo of Brazil, Slim Laghmani of Tunisia, Lan-Anh Thi Nguyen of Vietnam and Bimal N. Patel of India.
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Supreme Court News
Full Judgment: Supreme Court's full reasoning on OSP's prosecutorial powers
In its full judgment delivered on July 29, 2026, the court held that although the Attorney-General remains the sole constitutional repository of Ghana’s prosecutorial authority, Article 88(4) of the 1992 Constitution permits other persons o...
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J.B. Afrifa Unveils Policy Vision for a Stronger Young Lawyers’ Forum
“The following reflections are based on the Policy Launch and Dialogue hosted by J.B. Afrifa at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on 20 June 2026.”
Kojo Tabiri Esq