Courts
Driver gets two-day jail term for careless driving
In addition, the convict has been fined GH₵2,400 or in default will serve a two-month jail term. Andoh pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.
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Footballer jailed 10 years for defilement at Assin-Aworoso
Madam Antowaa complained to the police in Assin-Aworoso, leading to the arrest of the convict.
DL News
Crime
Footballer, 31, sentenced 10 years with hard labor for defilement
The convict, Kofi Ewusi was sentenced with hard labor, on his own guilty plea to defilement.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Crime
Suspended NDC Central Region Executive granted bail over alleged incest
On Monday, October 11, the NDC suspended Dawood on grounds of misconduct and anti-party behaviour following rape allegations.
DL News
Opinion
Repeat applications in Criminal Procedure
Repeat applications are recognized and permitted in criminal procedure and are more common with bail applications. What is a repeat application and when can one file same? Learn more in this article.
Selasi Kuwornu
General
Oti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates four courts
Justice Anin-Yeboah noted that the commissioning of the courthouses is part of the Judiciary's objective to make justice accessible to the people in the area.
DL News
Courts
Circuit courts lack jurisdiction to entertain labour-related issues- Court of Appeal
Circuit courts, according to the ruling, are inferior courts, exercise limited jurisdiction and have no supervisory jurisdiction to oversee the activities of the Labour Commission.
Richard Osei Boateng
Africa
South Africa: A judge found that a man did not intend to rape his girlfriend, Supreme Court to hear appeal of case
It is an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Eastern Cape, against a local high court ruling which set aside the conviction, in a regional court, which had found Loyisa Coko guilty of raping his girlfriend.
Ground Up
Courts
Court of Appeal dismisses ENI, Vitol case against 30% revenue preservation
The court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal describing it as unmeritorious and awarded a cost of GH₵10,000 against ENI and Vitol.
DL News
Africa
South Africa: Activist challenges law that bars naming accused in rape cases
Caroline Peters wants a section of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional and invalid
AllAfrica
General
ECOWAS Court President Justice Amoako Asante, Vice re-elected for two-years
Their election follows the assumption of duty of two new judges sworn in two weeks ago, to replace out-going Justices Keikura Bangura and Januaria Tavares Silva Moreira Costa, both of Sierra and Cape Verde respectively.
DL News
Courts
Your Judicial Review application is unmeritorious-High Court to ENI Ghana
On April 12, 2021, ENI filed an originating Notice of Motion for Judicial Review pursuant to order 55 of the High Court(Civil Procedure) seeking the following reliefs and remedies;
DENNISLAW 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
Africa
South Africa’s parliament impeaches top judge John Hlophe
An investigation found that John Hlophe, the leading judge in Western Cape province, tried to influence justices at the country's top court in a case relating to former President Jacob Zuma.
BBC
Africa
Lesotho MP faces sedition charges for accusing king of signing country to South Africa
Dr. Lipholo has been accused of inciting public unrest and undermining the royal family’s dignity after publicly alleging that Lesotho’s monarchy and government had surrendered national control to neighbouring South Africa, effectively maki...
DL News
General
KNUST Law Acting Dean promoted to Associate Professor
With more than three decades of active legal practice, Dr. Chris Adomako-Kwakye, Esq. stands out as a seasoned professional whose impact spans both practice and academia.
DL News
Europe
EasyJet suspends pilot for going naked, drunk at hotel
According to The Sun, the unnamed pilot had been drinking heavily at the Melia Dunas Beach Resort and Spa shortly after arriving on the island on 4 August. Guests claim that around 2:30 a.m. local time, he removed his clothes and roamed thr...
DL News
Business
Tullow Oil wins $320m tax arbitration against GRA
The ICC Tribunal determined that the Branch Profit Remittance Tax (BPRT) does not apply to Tullow Ghana's operations under its Petroleum Agreements for the Deepwater Tano and West Cape Three Points blocks, which encompass the prominent Jubi...
DL News
Africa
SA minister under investigation after sexual assault claim
The investigation follows an exposé by the South African newspaper The Sunday Times
BBC
Opinion
The Decline of Allodial Title in Ghana
The article retraces the circumstances that have contributed to the decline of allodial interests/titles in Ghana's land law, including provisions in law that have contributed to this realization
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu