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Opinion
Harmonizing Customary Practices and Statutory Law: The Need to Amend Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to Recognize and Enforce Customary Offences and Sanctions Across Ghanaian Communities
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
General
Full Text: Report on key legal matters by AG at Government’s Accountability Series
Dr. Ayine tackled some of the nation’s most closely watched legal developments including the controversial discontinuation of the criminal case against former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, new revelations in the National Service Sch...
DL News
Supreme Court News
Full Ruling: Why Supreme Court rejected Oppong Nkrumah’s legal vacation trial injunction
The Supreme Court rejected Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s injunction application after finding no law prohibiting criminal trials during the legal vacation and no evidence that the Chief Justice’s warrants were discriminatory or improperly issued. T...
DL News
General
The departure which must itself be departed from-Comment on the Supreme Court Decision of GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD & ANOR v ATTA VI.
This writer submits that the Ogyeadom case could never, as perceived by the Court, have settled the question whether or not the Court is jurisdictionally competent to entertain and grant an application for stay of execution pending the dete...
Thaddeus Sory Esq.
General
UG Snr Law Lecturer pushes for mainstreaming of 'Restorative Justice' in Ghana’s Criminal Justice System
“Generally, our legal system has not mainstreamed Restorative Justice."
DL News
Europe
UK: Barristers to strike over legal aid rates
Barristers are in dispute with the Ministry of Justice over legal aid rates in criminal cases, which they say are so low that many junior lawyers can earn less than the minimum wage when their expenses are taken into account.
The Times
Courts
Celebrity cases worth a recap : The rise and fall of Geeman, Jagger Pee
Geeman and Jagger pee appealed against their conviction per AGYEMAN@ GEEMAN & NYAME @ JAGGERPEE V THE REPUBLIC NO 7/98 (UNREPORTED) delivered on 19th November 1998.
DL News
General
Plea bargaining best recognizes victims’ involvement in the Criminal justice system- Asonaba Dapaah
According to her, the concept of the Plea bargain will for the first time recognize and champion the role of victims, complainants, or their representatives in the criminal justice system.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Strike out portions of Sections 13, 172, and 177 of the Companies Act – Lawyer sues AG at Supreme Court
An order deleting, expunging, or striking out the said subsection sections from the said Act on grounds that they are unconstitutional.
DL News
General
Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu: The law on nuisance in noise making
Excessive noise can lead to stress, hearing impairment, sleep disturbances, and other health issues.
Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu
Others
Digital undressing and the law: The use of AI to exploit women and children online
This writer examines “digital undressing” as an AI-driven form of sexual exploitation that creates non-consensual intimate images, undermining privacy, dignity, and bodily autonomy, especially for women and children.
Ernest Baah Ofori
Africa
Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: An explainer
Blasphemy is an offence under Nigeria’s criminal law in states that put it on their statute books.
The Conversation Africa
Opinion
Revisiting the Right to Counsel in Light of the Introduction of Plea Bargaining in Ghana
This paper seeks to discuss the general right to counsel, its current application in Ghana, and how the right is central to the effective administration of plea bargaining.
E. K. Bidzakin
General
Policeman launches two books on Criminal Investigation, Rights of a suspect
Authored by Detective Sergeant Modestus Amevor of the Ghana Police Service, these books aim to provide valuable insights and guidance for both law enforcement and the general public.
DL News
Others
Guided by God, Governed by Law: The Prophet's Dual Responsibility
The analysis identifies key provisions within Ghana’s legal framework, namely the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) and the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), which criminalize the knowing or reckless publication of false com...
SAMUEL BOATENG NSOWAH
General
GIMPA Law School renews partnership with ICC
The renewal ceremony coincided with the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC. Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Budu, Dean of GIMPA Law School and head of the African Centre for International Criminal Justice (ACIC...
DL News
General
Law to reduce backlog of criminal cases in offing
The country’s criminal justice system is set for a massive overhaul, with a law on plea bargaining in the offing.
DL News