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Ghana needs a specialized court to deal with fake products, says Prof Dodoo
The Ghana Standard Authority is optimistic such a specialized court could help in reducing the menace of fake products on the market
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Opinion
From Deforestation To Gas Flaring, Environmental Harm May Now Be Prosecuted As An International Crime By The ICC. Here’s What Ghana Needs To Know, And What We Can Do
The ICC’s new policy recognizes severe environmental destruction as a potential international crime, empowering countries like Ghana to prosecute such offenses. Ghana’s plan to establish specialized environmental courts showcases leadership...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam
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
This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sanctions entrenched in Ghanaian communities....
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
Business
The role of the judiciary in revenue mobilization
The establishment of a tax court The Chief Justice of Ghana in a letter dated 16th April, 2021 and addressed to the President of the Ghana Bar Association gave notice of the Judiciary’s intention to establish a Tax Court to deal with prosec...
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Business
Unfair charges, fees should be abolished-BoG to banks, SDIs
According to the Bank of Ghana, these practices are unfair and impact negatively on the financial inclusion agenda of the country.
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Courts
Seek first arbitration – Court of Appeal to TI Microfinance on licence revocation
On October 23, 2019, the Founder of TI Microfinance Limited, Emmanuel Babuboa, filed a certiorari application at the High Court urging the court to quash the decision of the BoG to revoke the operating licence of the company
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Menzgold case: NAM 1 pleads not guilty, granted GhC500m bail
Nana Appiah Mensah who operated a Ponzi scheme under his gold dealership company, MenzGold Ghana Limited was arrested in 2019 and later granted bail, resulting in a three-year pending criminal case at the Circuit Court, which until recently...
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Over 76% of Ghana’s Lawyers Are Based in Greater Accra, New Data Reveals
New data from the Ghana Bar Association shows that nearly 80% of Ghana’s licensed lawyers are based in Greater Accra, with major regions in the north and east holding less than 1% each.
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IGP sets up investigative team to probe 2020, 2024 election-related deaths
As per the report, Dr. Dampare has set up a specialized investigative unit at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters.
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Commercial, General Jurisdiction courts merged, now called Specialized courts
A circular signed by the Judicial Secretary states that ‘in view of the foregoing, commercial cases will attract the same fees and charges applicable to cases filed at the General Jurisdiction courts.”
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Business
Issuance, submission of dud cheques increased last year-BoG
According to the BoG’s Annual Credit Reporting Activity Report, a total of 53,522 dud cheques were submitted by banks and specialized deposit-taking institutions (SDIs), up from 43,457 in 2022.
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Courts
Ghana's Judiciary Reforms: Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Become Family Courts in May
Ghana's judicial system has announced the rebranding of its Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Family Courts effective May 6, 2024, aiming to encompass a broader range of family law matters including adoption and child maintenance.
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UG School of Law introduces 19 new LLM and MA programmes
The LLM programmes will provide specialized legal training to persons with previous backgrounds in law, while the MA programmes will provide functional legal training to persons without a previous background in law.
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International Labour Organization elects first African and former PM of Togo as new Director-General
Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, a Togolese national, takes over from United Kingdom's Guy Ryder, who has held the position since 2012.
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BOG directs DMBs and SDIs to use bullion vans for cash in transit activities
"contained in a statement issued by the Bank of Ghana and addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Association of Bankers"
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Opinion
GOGO’s TAKE On Republic v OSP, Ex Parte Peter Hyde (Part 2 of 3)
The article argues that the court’s ruling is fundamentally flawed because it assumes, without first proving, that the Office of the Special Prosecutor must receive prosecutorial authority through an Executive Instrument. It contends that A...
Stephen Kwaku Asare
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court Defines Limits of "Public Service," Denies Enhanced Pension to Former State Attorney
The Supreme Court, in a judgment authored by Justice Mensah, rejected the "Commercial Venture" Test argument. The Court held that the legal status of an entity is determined by its "pith and substance" and the statutes governing it, rather...
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The receiver of UniBank can continue to act until the hearing of appeal-Court of Appeal
UniBank went into official administration on March 20, 2018, and eventually collapsed on August 1, 2018.
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Unibank case: Supreme Court gives receiver ' green light' to testify
Founder of defunct Unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor is standing trial on 71 counts of fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, dishonestly receiving, and falsification of accounts.
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Business
Court of Appeal reverses revocation of UniCredit’s operating license
The Central Bank’s revocation of UniCredit’s license was contained in an August 16, 2019 Statement which noted that the revocation had become necessary because the Financial Institutions including UniCredit, had become insolvent.
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