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Courts
I am not a flight risk- Oliver Barker tells Court
Though I am a postgraduate law student at the University of Cambridge, England, I have no fixed place of abode any place outside of Ghana.
DL News11 March 2022
Supreme Court News
Maxwell Opoku Agyemang not qualified for recommendation, nomination as Justice of Court of Appeal: A-Plus, Brogya Genfi to SC
The plaintiffs aver in their suits that Mr. Maxwell Opoku Agyemang, who is a senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, per findings made against him, renders him unqualified to be appointed as a Justice of the Court of Appeal
DLN9 March 2022
Courts
Bullion van robberies: Court remands policemen, other accused
All five have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and abetment.
DL News9 March 2022
Courts
Court opposes bail again for KNUST lecturer remanded over wife’s disappearance
The judge denied the bail application on grounds that all witness statements haven’t been filed.
DL News8 March 2022
Courts
Ghana to host its 1st External Session of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Ghana’s President, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo who is Chair of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS is billed to open this external Court session, which is set to officially begin on Monday, March 21, 2022, at 10 am in the...
DL News5 March 2022
General
Government harassing, persecuting our members-NDC petitions Commonwealth
The Party indicates that various acts of human rights violations, criminal persecutions, and harassment are being perpetrated against its members by the ruling Government.
DL News1 March 2022
General
Establish legal clinics in Ghanaian law schools – Prof. Frimpong Oppong
Additionally, he asked that regulatory barriers against the establishment and operation of such clinics should be removed.
DL News23 February 2022
General
African Bar Association to hold annual conference from August 7-11, 2022
The theme for this year’s conference is “Instituting an enduring Legacy of Transparent and Accountable Governance in Africa: Basic Issues and Road Map.”
DL News23 February 2022
General
Commission study on access to justice – Prof. Oppong to GBA, GLC, Attorney-General
Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, a law professor at the Califonia Western School of Law and a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, said the study should examine the use of digital technology to enhance access to justice.
DL News22 February 2022
US
Ethiopia and Sudan families sue US over visa delays
The 12 families in the lawsuit – referred to as Tesfaye vs Blinken – say the US government is unlawfully withholding their visa-hearing process by refusing to reassign the cases to other embassies away from the ones in Khartoum and Addis Ab...
BBC18 February 2022
Courts
Writ of Habeas Corpus: Court denies Oliver Barker
According to the presiding Judge, Justice Daniel Mensah, in as much as the accused had been presented before a District Court and denied bail, the writ should fail.
DL News18 February 2022
Courts
Receiver of Uni Bank can testify – Court of Appeal affirms High Court ruling
Mr. Amanor Dodoo is the state’s first witness in the trial in which Dr. Duffour and nine others have been charged on counts of fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, dishonestly receiving, and falsification of accounts.
DL News17 February 2022
General
GBA finds Madina MP’s “political judges” comment unprofessional
In a statement, the GBA stated that those comments were also irresponsible and distasteful because the tenure of judges according to the 1992 Constitution is not tied to a political regime.
DL News14 February 2022
General
Samson’s Take: Checking and publishing fact – that’s basic journalism
I must sound like a broken record on this subject. But we must keep talking, educating and debating until we get rid of the few reckless guys giving the media profession bad press.
Samson Lardy Anyenini14 February 2022
Supreme Court News
SC sets Feb 15 to hear review application by Assin-North MP
“In view of this application, this court is unable to hear the matter,” the five member panel presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, ruled.
DL News11 February 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court adjourns Assin-North MP’s appeal to Feb. 10
When the court sat yesterday, February 8, the MP’s lawyer, Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata told the court that even though he received the affidavit on February 3, he is expected to respond in seven days according to rule 64 (2) of the Supreme Court rul...
DL News9 February 2022
Africa
Thomas Sankara: Prosecutors seek 30 years for Compaore in murder trial
The court was asked on Tuesday to find him guilty in absentia of an “attack on state security”, “concealment of a corpse” and “complicity in a murder”.
Aljazeera9 February 2022
Courts
Madina MP case: Prosecution ordered to file disclosures
The prosecutor, ASP Sylvester Asare, told the Court that they were unable to file their disclosures due to applications the MP had filed at the High Court, to set aside a Bench Warrant that had been issued for his arrest, and another for St...
DL News7 February 2022
Courts
Law Firms can sue, maintain actions to claim legal fees in their names-Court of Appeal
According to the court, upon incorporation, a body becomes a legal entity with rights to sue and to be sued under the COMPANIES ACT 2019(Act 992) thus a Law Firm like Atuguba & Associates which has duly incorporated and issued with a Certif...
DL News4 February 2022
Courts
Petition to remove EC chair: EC Bosses file writ at SC
According to the writ filed at the apex court, the plaintiffs argue inter alia that the petitioner’s publication of the content of the said petition to the President of the Republic in the media (traditional and Social) is against article 1...
DL News28 January 2022