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FILING A SUPPLEMENTARY AFFIDAVIT: AN AUTOMATIC RIGHT OR JUDICIAL DISCRETION?

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John Ajet-Nasam. Preface On September 2, 2026, during the hearing of the review application filed at the Supreme Court by Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah against the decision of His Lordship Pwamang JSC (sitting as a single judge) in the application for interlocutory injunction, counsel for the Applicant, Mr. Frank Davies, applied for an adjournment to […]

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Robert Nii Arday Clegg writes: What is Corporate Governance?

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I was called to the Bar in Ghana in 2006 having met all the requirements for admission including passing Company Law. Corporate Governance as a course of study was not on offer as part of my legal education. Seven years later, I gained admission to Harvard Law School (HLS) to pursue a Master of Laws

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WHY THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION ON NOLLE PROSEQUI IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT SHOULD BE REJECTED BY GHANAIANS

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WHY THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION ON NOLLE PROSEQUI IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT SHOULD BE REJECTED BY GHANAIANS By  Goodnuff Appiah Larbi, (PhD)[1] Introduction Articles 88(3) and (4) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana confer on the Attorney-General the authority to initiate, conduct, and discontinue criminal proceedings. The Attorney-General’s power to enter a nolle prosequi[2]

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Bakhita Koblavie Wins the Dr Daniel McKorley Prize At GIMPA

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Bakhita Mawuli Koblavie, a Ghanaian lawyer, has graduated top of her class from the GIMPA Faculty of Law, with an LLM in International Trade and Business Law, earning a GPA of 3.89 out of 4.0 and received the Dr Daniel McKorley Prize for the best student on the LLM in International Trade and Business Law

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Teacher jailed 12 years for defiling pupil under his care 

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The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old teacher to 12 years’ imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old pupil. Hondana Mensah was found guilty of defilement, contrary to Section 101(2) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by Section 18 of Act 554. The court, presided over by Mr Kwasi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted

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ABABIO v. GYANFI AND OTHERS [1962] 1 GLR 428

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Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 4TH JUNE, 1962 Before: KORSAH, C.J., VAN LARE AND SARKODEE-ADOO, JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C. Sarkodee- Addo J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment of Adumua-Bossman, J., (as he then was) sitting in the Land Court, Cape Coast, whereby he dismissed the

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Hotel CCTV exposes prison officers aiding Chinese prisoner escape

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Two prison officers have appeared in an Accra Circuit Court on charges of assisting Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner at Nsawam Medium Prison, in escaping. Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have been charged with conspiracy and aiding escape. The accused correctional officers allegedly told their superiors that after visiting the hospital, they

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Court remands unemployed man for alleged murder

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The Ashaiman District Court has remanded into Police custody, Abraham Ayah, a 21-year-old unemployed man, for allegedly murdering Ms. Jennifer Tetteh, contrary to Section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (ACT 29). The court presided over by Mr Derick Parden Eshun, remanded Ayah, whose plea was not taken, to reappear on March 13, 2024.

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Suit against anti-LGBTQ+ bill not a declaration of my personal stance – Richard Sky

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Richard Dela Sky, a private legal practitioner, has clarified the motivations for his legal challenge against the recent enactment of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill by parliament. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Sky’s legal team submitted an application to the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as

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