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Alimony: Either the man or woman can be ordered to pay-Legal Practitioner
Even though typically, it is the men who are ordered to make payments, there are also cases don’t forget that women have come of age since Beijing
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‘Baby mamas’ and ‘side chicks’ are not entitled to deceased’s property – Legal practitioner
About a man who has been married a long time to his wife, and she dies or divorces him, and he gets married to someone for three months and he dies – too bad, under the law, that person is your new spouse and would inherit the property.
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Book Review: Selected Papers and Lectures on Ghanaian Law
A BOOK REVIEW BY JUSTICE SIR DENNIS ADJEI, FGA
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To assent or not to assent, the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
The question finds its voice in the famous phrase of Hamlet: ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE, AND THAT IS THE QUESTION. This time, it is: ‘TO ASSENT OR NOT TO ASSENT’.
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2021 Bar Call: KNUST Faculty of Law alumnus wins 2021 Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize
Over its 18 years of existence, the Faculty has trained very eminent lawyers, jurists, and legal academics in addition to its enviable feats in legal education in Ghana and the Diaspora.
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Lawyers for RNAQ's ex-wife press police for update on domestic abuse complaint
The letter, signed by Godfred Yeboah Dame, Senior Partner at Dame and Partners, states that Ms Quaye lodged a complaint with police on 9 December 2025 after what her lawyers describe as a long period of abuse during the marriage.
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Parliament criticised over delay to spouses’ property law
Deputy Clerk of Parliament Camillo Pwamang said many citizens feel let down by the House after years of promises to clarify how marital property should be shared when a marriage ends or a spouse dies.
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Courts
Court halts testimony as sister of late highlife star breaks down
The presiding judge, Justice Dorinda Smith-Arthur, asked the witness, Ernestina Fosuh, to take a moment and drink some water before the session continued.
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Courts
Akosua Serwaa sues Daddy Lumba's Family head, Odo Broni; seeks a declaration that she is sole surviving wife
The suit, lodged at the Kumasi High Court on October 3 2025 and expected to be heard on October 16, seeks a series of declarations affirming Mrs Fosu as the only lawful spouse of the late artiste and the sole person entitled to perform wido...
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Africa
Kenya has its first female chief justice: Martha Koome
If parliament formally approves the nomination of Justice Martha Koome as the next Chief Justice of Kenya and president of the Supreme Court, as is widely expected, she will become the first woman to occupy the seat in Kenya’s history. Just...
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Be innovators of Family and Succession Law- Betty Mould charges GSL students
Speaking on the theme “When the Law is Silent: Judicial Innovation and Legal Practice in Ghana’s Family and Succession Law,” she argued that some of the most difficult legal questions in Ghana today arise not where the law is clear...
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Courts
List of properties being claimed by Florence Obinim in divorce petition
The properties comprise an apartment and a guest house in Accra, a house in Spain, and church premises at Tema.
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Courts
Joana Quaye’s lawyers accuse RNAQ of trying to influence pending appeal through TV interview
In a statement issued on Monday, Dame & Partners said Mr Quaye’s appearance on the Delay Show was inappropriate because it touched on issues that remain the subject of an active appeal against final orders made by the High Court in Accra on...
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Crime
Police arrest self-styled marriage counsellor over child abuse material
Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George disclosed the news in a Facebook post on 8 March 2026.
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Courts
Hearing of Daddy Lumba widowhood case extended to November 25
Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur has now rescheduled the close of proceedings to Tuesday, 25 November 2025, citing a combination of delays that disrupted the planned timetable.
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“Don’t marry or give birth 'by heart’” to check rise in crime – National Imam advises muslims
Sheikh Umar, author of Investment in Islam and Spending in Allah’s Way, advised on Friday when he led the dedication of a newly constructed GH¢3 million mosque and resource centre at Abeka, Accra.
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Supreme Court News
Multiple wives, children cannot prevent 50% property ownership by a divorced wife – Supreme Court
Justice Amadu Tanko, JSC, maintained that the test, as outlined in Article 22 of the 1992 Constitution, is that once a claimant proves that a property was jointly acquired, it must be equitably shared.
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Europe
Wife ordered to pay full indemnity costs for hiding assets in pre-nup
The Court of Appeal ruled that Jenny Helliwell’s deliberate failure to disclose her true wealth amounted to fraudulent non-disclosure, breaking the terms of their wedding-day agreement, which required each party to leave the marriage with o...
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Courts
Court declares woman owner of 5-bedroom Parkoso house as self-acquired, dismisses ex-lover’s claim
Presided over by Justice Dr. Poku Adusei (JA), the court held that the disputed land and the 5-bedroom house built on it were Sarfowaa’s self-acquired property.
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US
Florida woman arrested for allegedly posing as registered nurse, treating over 4,000 patients
Autumn Bardisa was taken into custody on August 5 at her home—still wearing medical scrubs—following a seven-month investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
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