A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm’s production standards has been found dead in the US. John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it […]
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The Chief Justice (CJ) together with the Judicial Secretary and the Legal Council (GLC) have been dragged to the Supreme Court for Contempt. The action filed by Kwame Aning Gyeabour, a private legal practitioner was concerning a Circular said to have been issued by the GLC to all Courts not to grant him an audience.
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The involvement of Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was the subject matter of Defence lawyers cross-examination of the Investigator in the ongoing murder trial of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu. Yaw Dankwah, Counsel for Daniel Asiedu aka Sexy Don Don who is standing trial for the murder of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North wondered why Police
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Zonda Sinotruck Assembly Plant Limited, Mrs Yang Yang, and her Company have been convicted and fined GHc36K for Contempt by the High Court in Tema. The CEO of the Chinese transport and logistics, dealers in heavy-duty trucks, and her company were convicted on her plea after they pleaded guilty
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The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Michael Gaza, a 23-year-old trader, who allegedly proposed to a lady and ended up robbing her of her mobile phone valued to GHC2000. Gaza forced his victim to send him mobile money of GHC1,800 after pulling a knife at her. However, luck eluded him when he
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An Accra High Court has fixed May 9, this year, to start trial of Safina Mohammed Adizatu accused of killing her Canadian boyfriend, Frank Kofi Osei at Ashaley Botwe in July 2022. The court at the last sitting empaneled a seven-member jury. Safina, aka Safina Diamond, a student, has pleaded not guilty to the charge
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Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 2ND NOVEMBER, 1959. Before: VAN LARE AG. C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. AND OLLENNU J. Land—Long undisturbed possession—Protection against all save better titles—Conflict and confusion in plaintiff’s evidence of tradition. JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE AG. CJ. On the 27th October, 1959 we allowed this appeal from a judgment of
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The University of Ghana School of Law (UGSoL), in partnership with the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law (Vienna University of Economics and Business) is working to deepen the appreciation and application of tax treaties among Ghanaian legal and non-legal professionals. A 26-member delegation from UGSoL is currently on a two-week study visit to
Former Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Samia Yaba Nkrumah, has called on President Akufo-Addo not to sign the Bill on Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill. This legislation, which was passed in Parliament on February 28, 2024, seeks to criminalize LGBTQ activities and prohibit their promotion, advocacy, and funding.
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The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has warned that some public institutions risk facing sanctions for failing to file annual reports detailing their activities under the RTI Act, 2019 (Act 989), for the preceding year. The commission maintained that although a mandatory requirement, many public institutions and private firms that received public resources or provided
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