Courts
Driver granted GH¢50,000 bail over alleged land fraud
Frederick Nii Boye Mettle is alleged to have taken GH¢25,000 from Madam Sarah Opare under the false pretense of securing a plot of land for her. He, however, denied the charges.
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Results for "Land act 2020"
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Business
Ghana’s real estate industry, national development-Tsikata billed for CIR Lecture
The lectures are scheduled for June 18th, 20th, 25th, and 27th, 2024, and will take place at the Africa Trade House auditorium in Ridge, Accra.
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Supreme Court News
Madina, Adenta, Oyarifa, Ayi Mensa and over 70,000 acre lands don't belong to Numo Nmashie Family - Supreme Court
The court, therefore, directed the Lands Commission to expunge all registration and certificates issued to the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie, and the Tetteh Olewolon Family, in respect of the 72,000 acres.
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Courts
Check out the dedicated email addresses for Ghanaian courts
A publication sighted by DL News shows the various courts across the country with specially assigned emails to aid correspondence and communication with the various registries.
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General
Retired Justice, Kwasi Anto Ofori Atta appointed Sole Inquirer over Bulgarian Embassy building situation
Justice Ofori Atta, also a former chairman of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission is to make among other things, appropriate recommendations relating to the land being used at the Bulgarian embassy.
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Pass Surveying Council Bill to improve standards: Surveyors appeal to govt
At a news briefing and launch of the institution’s 17th annual Surveyors’ Week celebration and the opening of its 53rd Annual General Meeting in Accra last Monday, the President of the institution, Dr John Amaglo, said regulation would help...
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Akwerh family Welcomes New Court Ruling Over Hwakpo Land
George A. Akwerh said the journey from 2014 has not been easy and that he gives Glory to God and the entire family for standing behind him in the pursuit for justice.
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Our people are being humiliated, ‘insulted’, marginalized, deprived of their lands- Ga-Dangme petition Akufo-Addo
Ga-Dangme Lands Administration (GDLA) is an autonomous and a self–governing organization.
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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
Courts
Imam who allegedly threatened to kill wife granted GH¢100K bail
Mohammed Abubakar Imam Lanson alias Andre was granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties to be justified.
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General
Find ways to deal with landowners threatening to sell state lands – Minister to U/W Region Lands Commission
They were sworn into office by the supervising Wa High Court judge, Justice Yussif Assibey.
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Tech
Failure to patch and introduce MFA led to £98k ICO fine for Tuckers Solicitors
Tuckers patched five months after an NCSC alert flagged exploitation of a critical vulnerability, understood to be in Citrix. While it was not conclusive that the vulnerability was how the attacker was able to access Tuckers’ network, its d...
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Selective criminalisation of breach of fiduciary duties in new Lands Act discriminatory, unconstitutional – OccupyGhana
The group makes the case that while Act 1036 falls short of specifically criminalising the same breach by managers of Public Lands, Article 36(8) of the Constitution imposes the same duties on all ‘managers of public, stool, skin, and famil...
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Supreme Court News
Section 57 and mens rea : What is constitutional about it? – Supreme Court Justice quizzes counsel
“Have you run any research? Has it been published? You want us to form a decision based on that?”
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General
Jomoro residents, MP, protest land border closure
the Jomoro Constituency MP has indicated that the ensuing hardship from the closure of the Elubo border has had more devastating impacts than the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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
General
Lands Commission to comply with Lands Act 2020(Acts 1036)
The Lands commission has served notice of its readiness to comply with the Lands Act 2020(Acts 1036) that has been passed and was assented to by the President in December 2020.
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General
Five books to read before the new legal year
For ideas on what to select, here are five picks to read the rest of September. These are all books that were published in the 2021/2022 legal year.
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Courts
High Court’s full ruling on NAM 1's submission of No Case
The court, presided over by Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa JA held that it was convinced that a prima facie case had been made against the accused persons.
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General
FULL TEXT: Attorney-General's speech at the 40th International Symposium on Economic Crime
One piece of legislation that is directly intended to prevent economically motivated crimes and the abuse of office is the PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT of 2003 (Act 663).
Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney General