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General
NUGS petitions Parliament over Law School entrance exams failures
NUGS’s petition is among a number of calls to the GLC, to rescind its decision and readmit the 499 excluded students.
DL News12 October 2021
Africa
California bans non-consensual condom removal during sex
The bill was supported by the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Educational and Research Project (ESPLERP), an advocacy organisation founded and run by Doogan.
DL News11 October 2021
General
Anti-LGBTQI Bill: We’ve not been sponsored by any donor agency, says Audrey Gadzekpo
“The bill violates virtually all the key fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, namely the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble, freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to fre...
DL News9 October 2021
General
We need to have a more civilised debate on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill – Prof Gadzekpo
“Please allow us to have a civilized debate to educate people not only about the practices but also about the implications of how we want to deal with it.
DL News8 October 2021
Business
Amazon sued by warehouse workers over COVID-19 screening pay
Walmart has raised the same defense in a proposed class action in Arizona federal court claiming the retail giant’s failure to pay employees for time spent in COVID screenings violated state law.
DL News7 October 2021
General
GLC must not compel law students to sign away ability to challenge exam results – Ansa-Asare
Critics have accused the General Legal Council of deliberately restricting people from gaining access to legal education.
DL News6 October 2021
General
You can defend yourself during Police arrest but be careful-Legal Practitioner
one’s knowledge of the Law can prevent him/her from being manhandled by Police personnel
DL News4 October 2021
Africa
Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family’s secret assets exposed by leak
Another BVI company which Mr Muhoho owned had a $30m valuation in stocks and bonds as of November 2016.
DL News4 October 2021
General
Asset Declaration law derogated in operationalisation – Clara Kasser-Tee
The Lecture organised by the Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute of Public Policy Options, Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey, is to celebrate Former Finance Minister, Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, who died in 2008.
DL News1 October 2021
General
Review tax exemptions given to investors – Dr. Ali-Nakyea counsels Governments
This is why the Tax Exemptions Bill 2019 has been a worry for the delay in its passage into law,”
DL News14 September 2021
General
Study laws on adjudication – Justice Brobbey entreats chiefs
According to Justice Brobbey, chiefs by law could adjudicate matters in respect to appointment, enstoolment and destoolment of chiefs.
DL News11 September 2021
US
Texas abortion clinics will be protected, Justice Department says
Abortion has long been one of the country’s most contentious social issues. However, polls from the Pew Research Center indicate nearly six in 10 Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
DL News7 September 2021
General
5 things to know about the law which forces men to marry more than 1 wife
In a world where polygamy is shunned in some parts, it has become legal to practice polygamy in other parts (taking away religion).
DL News4 September 2021
General
Push for passage of Non-Custodial Bill – Journalists urged
“The focus is not to encourage deviant behaviour, but rather to hold institutions accountable such that once you provide social amenities then you are justified for punishing people when they offend the law.”
DL News30 August 2021
Courts
Businessman sentenced to five years imprisonment for defrauding banker
The maximum sentence for Unlawful Entry and Stealing is contained in section 296(1) of the Criminal and Other Offence (Procedure Act) Act 30 is 25 years imprisonment.
DL News25 August 2021
General
Auditor General’s report: GNPC breached public procurement law
GNPC signed and awarded five international business contracts between 2015 to 2018 without the necessary parliamentary approval.
DL News12 August 2021
General
Dealing with unexplained wealth: I will ask ‘tough’ questions- Kissi Adjebeng
the Special Prosecutor nominee has ascribed to the Anas’ principle of unravelling corruption and further hinted at the introduction of the country’s own corruption perception index to measure or compare institutions relative to the perpetua...
DL News22 July 2021
Business
We’ll resist attempts to make exceptions in law banning foreign retailers – GUTA
GUTA said while it is not against any arrangement to enhance its business relationship with Nigeria, it believes that all of such arrangements must be in conformity with the broader national laws and not be done in isolation
DL News22 July 2021
General
Gift Tax: Every Ghanaian who works or does business is required to pay- Legal practitioner
The gift from a group of young professionals captured the public’s imagination, but he said the cheque should be viewed as solely symbolic
DL News21 July 2021
US
Law firm diversity chiefs gain numbers – and influence
The job’s power and purview varies, but more than one-fifth of the 100 highest grossing U.S. law firms now have a diversity-focused professional with “chief” in their title
DL News7 July 2021