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Opinion
Right to Sue on Behalf of the Family: Settled Principles & Unsettling Surprises
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Supreme Court News
Madina, Adenta, Oyarifa, Ayi Mensa and over 70,000 acre lands don't belong to Numo Nmashie Family - Supreme Court
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Courts
Denying ‘leftees’ role as family heads unconstitutional, discriminatory-Judge rejects Ga custom
According to the court, presided over by Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo, now at the Court of Appeal, such a practice is stereotypical and thus not a reasonable limitation in a free and democratic society
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Opinion
Customary Succession and the Inheritance Rights of Women: The Case of Odamtten & Others v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors.
The author evaluates the decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of Odamtten & others v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors, with respect to the application of the rule of customary law applicable in patrilineal communities
Kwame Adusei
Opinion
Power to Alienate & Capacity to Litigate: When the Rule Swallowed the Exceptions
In this article, the author examines the exceptions to the principle that the power to alienate property is linked with the capacity to litigate. By exploring various legal cases and statutory provisions, the author demonstrates that these...
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu
Opinion
Law and Society: Are We Playing Ostrich with the Current Realities of the Family System and Confusion Associated with Funerals in Ghanaian Communities?
This article critiques the dissonance between Ghana's evolving nuclear family dynamics and outdated customary laws governing funerals and inheritance. It advocates for legislative reform to grant nuclear families legal authority over burial...
Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe
Supreme Court News
Late Bantamahene’s Mbrom property belongs to maternal family, not wife and children – Supreme Court
In a judgment delivered on July 29, 2026, the five-member panel of the Supreme Court allowed an appeal brought by Albert Owusu Baah, representing the maternal family, against Mrs. Agnes Owusu Asare, Alex Owusu Asare and two others.
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Europe
UK: Gaslighting used in High Court judgement for first time in ‘milestone’ hearing
Speaking to The Independent, Charlotte Proudman, a leading human rights barrister who led on the case, said the judge’s use of the term gaslighting gives it “legitimacy and credibility” as she warned abusers have long been warping victims’...
Independent UK
Courts
Family Head says he was informed of customary marriage between Daddy Lumba, Odo Broni
Appearing under cross-examination, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu, head of the Ekuona family at Parkoso, said he did not witness any ceremony himself but learnt of the supposed marriage.
DL News
General
Who owns your dead body? Stakeholders push for legislation to give spouses a stake
The conference, organized by MarryRight Ghana, closed with a clear message, with stakeholders calling for legislation to give the nuclear family, especially spouses, a legal stake in burial decisions.
Richard Osei Boateng
Crime
Family suspects foul play in death of 18-year-old while in police custody
Elder brother of the deceased, Ganiw Abass shared that he visited Jagiri earlier in the morning around 8 o'clock and assured him that the family was working on his bail.
myjoyonline
Courts
4 remanded over alleged plot to kill Asona Royal family head
The pleas of Kennedy Adjie, Gyasie Oduwa also known as Joseph Koomson, Eric Frimpong and Lawrence Amoo aka Sokodie, who are all from the Kwanyako Asona Family, were not taken.
DL News
Courts
High Court injuncts Daddy Lumba Celebration of Life
The ruling was delivered on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, by Her Ladyship Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit in Suit No. GJ/0943/2025, in a case brought by Abusua-Panin Kofi Owusu against Akosua Serwaah Fosuh, Robert Gyamfi alias Wofa Yaw Po...
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Courts
Customary marriage dissolution :Presenting drinks, same being accepted by family not enough – Court
"Applying the personal law of the parties, which is the Akan customary law, I find that the customary marriage between the parties was not dissolved in accordance with the customs of Akropong where the Petitioner hails from as there was a b...
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Courts
Daddy Lumba's royal family lawyers reject Akosua Serwah's claims over Icon's funeral, estate
In a letter dated October 1, 2025, and signed by Fati Ali-Yallah of Baba Jamal & Associates, the family’s lawyers clarified that Mrs. Fosuh has no authority to dictate how the family should organize or manage the funeral rites of the late m...
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Europe
The baby at the centre of an India-Germany diplomatic row
The toddler has been at the centre of a diplomatic row between India and Germany after she was taken away from her Indian family on accusations of child abuse in September 2021
BBC
Courts
Court orders 37 Military Hospital to release report on death of 48-year-old man to family
The Court presided over by Justice Charles Ekow Baiden, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court Judge, ordered that the report should be released within 10 days
GNA
General
Family of Kaaka respond to Ejura Committee findings that his death was linked to family feud
The Committee was established by President Akufo-Addo to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disturbances in Ejura following the killing of Kaaka. Following which the report, known as the Justice Koomson Committee of Inquiry Repor...
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