Reuters Picture – Police were out in force as demonstrators protested against the reform Mexico’s Senate has approved a controversial judicial reform under which judges will be elected by popular vote. Its supporters say the changes will make judges more accountable to the Mexican people but critics argue it undermines the country’s system of checks […]
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The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has urged the Chief Justice and the Judicial Council to ensure expedited action on their proposal for salary reviews. According to JUSAG, their salary reviews and other allowances ought to be incorporated into the November 2024 budget statement to Parliament for its implementation in January 2025. The
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, his lordship Justice Julius Ansah who retired from the bench after 41 years of public service has died. He died at the age of 74, four years after leaving the Supreme Court. Justice Julius Ansah began working at the Attorney-General’s Department in Koforidua as a National Service
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Oliver Campbell, a man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for life for the murder of a shopkeeper three decades ago after confessing in police interviews, has had his convictions quashed by the court of appeal. The judgment clearing Campbell, 54, of conspiracy to rob and murder ends what has been described as one
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The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspect Ibrahim Mohammed for threatening to shoot and harm some public officials. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday 11th September 2024. The suspect was declared wanted on 9th September, 2024 after the video in which he was seen issuing the threats went viral. He is currently in Police custody
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Legal practitioner, Efua Ghartey has been elected as the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association. This took place during the GBA election at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Efua Gartey garnered 1,208 while Kwadzo Dzakpasu secured 1,060 votes. Her two previous attempts to lead the
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The Public Defenders Division, one of the three functional divisions of the Legal Aid Commission, was able to resolve only 323 out of the 1,518 criminal cases it received between January 2023 and July this year. This is due to the shortage of lawyers (public defenders) available to support the work of the division charged
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The Police at Abor in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region have apprehended three suspects in connection with the death of Bessah Gadah, a 42-year-old man at Tsiame in the Volta Region. They allegedly beat, killed, and secretly buried the deceased. Kwabla Zate, the main suspect was arrested by the police together with two
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The notion of ownerless land in Ghana has long been dispelled. Therefore in present day Ghana, every land has an owner. The laws of Ghana give recognition to stool or skin, family or clan, the state, individuals or juristic persons as entities that can own land in Ghana. The manner of dealing with any land
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In a surprising development, the Member of Parliament for the Walewale Constituency, Hon. Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has officially withdrawn from the race for the 2024 parliamentary elections. Her decision follows the inconclusive re-run of the constituency’s parliamentary primaries yesterday, which ended without a declared result due to an unfortunate incident. In a statement issued from
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