Courts
Treason trial: Idea of the coup has been your brain-child – Defense counsel to witness
“What You told the court is not born by the video watched, nowhere did Mac Palm object to anything in like manner, the Court heard
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Crime
Retired midwife, 3 others busted over child stealing, sale of babies
An Accra Circuit Court, on Tuesday, remanded the four into the custody of the NIB.
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Crime
Retired midwife, three others busted over child stealing, sale of babies
An Accra Circuit Court, on Tuesday, remanded the four into the custody of the NIB.
GNA
General
Population Council boss: Castrate persons who defile children
I think one of those who defile children should be castrated. I am telling you that the devil who they claim causes that will leave all of them at once,” Dr Appiah told the Ghana News Agency (GNA).
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New Zealand police respond to 4-year-old’s emergency call
The force shared a clip of the exchange, which was “too cute not to share” to Facebook, where the call begins in the usual fashion, with the dispatcher asking what the nature of the emergency was
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Africa
Benin lawmakers vote to legalise abortion
Women can now end their pregnancy within the first three months in cases where it could “aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress, incompatible with the woman or the unborn child’s interest
BBC
General
Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill has elements that violate rights of individuals – UG Law School lecturer
Clause 22 prohibits extrajudicial treatment. Clauses in the bill actually give the people involved in LGBTQ+ activities the right to medical attention, etc.”
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General
Samson’s Take: Corruption and side-chicks law
Passage of the witness protection law was the icing on the cake yet people who know are not using these legal tools to help fight corruption
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Courts
Father files $1m lawsuit after teacher cuts child’s hair
Jimmy Hoffmeyer’s lawsuit says the constitutional rights of his mixed-race daughter have been violated.
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General
Defilement age should be extended to 17 years – Lawyer
“We cannot punish a person for an act which did not constitute an offence under the laws of Ghana, that is what the constitution says.
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Crime
Mother and child found dead in a nearby bush at Loho
The police have commenced investigations.
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Africa
UN condemns child abductions and killing in Kenya
Mr Onyancha grabbed national headlines 10 years ago when he confessed to killing 17 women across the country and drinking their blood
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General
Surviving spouse, children entitled to their house and household chattels, and not relatives – Lawyer
"If for any reason, they’re unable to agree to choose one out of two or several houses, then upon application being made to the court, the court will decide which house they must choose”
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General
Victims urge authorities to curb trafficking of Nigerian girls to Ghana
Some Nigerian teenagers who were trafficked to Ghana to allegedly engage in prostitution have urged the country’s authorities to act fast in order to stem the inflow of more girls from neighbouring countries.
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Crime
19-year-old mother kills day-old baby, dumps body in bush
The Akyem Ofoase District Police have begun investigations to unravel the reason why a 19-year-old mother slashed the throat of her newborn baby.
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Opinion
Navigating An Application For Letters Of Administration: A Practical Guide for the Lawyer and the Judge from First Instructions to the Final Administration of the Estate
The article provides a practical guide to applications for Letters of Administration in Ghana, covering the lawyer’s duties in investigating the deceased’s family, assets, liabilities and entitlement to administer the estate. It also explai...
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Crime
Paralegals, ADR practitioners urged to help expand access to justice
Addressing 138 graduates of the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies (IPLS) at a ceremony in Accra, he said Ghana’s ambition to build a more inclusive justice system hinges on a robust pipeline of well-trained ADR experts
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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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Courts
Businessman jailed 22 months for defrauding landlord of GH¢255k
The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court heard that the complainant, Peter Kitile Yeboah, a businessman based in the Ivory Coast but resident at Pakyi No.2 near Kumasi, had once rented out his property to Frimpong.
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Courts
Wassa Amenfi: Two jailed 15 years each for attempted highway robbery
Mohammed Abdul Salam, 28, and Karim Yakubu, 42, both from northern Ghana, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, preparation to commit a crime, and unlawful possession of arms and ammunition.
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