Woman to pay over GHC 20,000 for wrongfully holding police officer responsible for pregnancy The court presided over by Justice Atitey Armah-Tetteh, arrived at this conclusion after finding the woman guilty of deceit owing to her wrongful accusation that had caused the man damage. The High Court at Hohoe has ordered Janet Mikado to pay […]
An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has condemned the ‘inhuman treatment’ meted out to a University of Ghana student for allegedly being gay. In a widely circulated video, the student in question was forcibly undressed, subjected to physical assault, and compelled to walk around the campus. Eduwatch in a statement issued on January 16,
Lawyers have been tasked to use their expertise to advocate for a robust legal framework to hold healthcare providers accountable and ensure equitable access to health care. Mr Yaw Acheampong Boafo, President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), said it was the unique responsibility of lawyers to champion healthcare justice. “Through strategic actions, we can
A federal judicial ethics probe into former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones’ failure to disclose his romantic relationship with a lawyer whose firm regularly appeared before him has come to an end following the Houston judge’s resignation. The chief judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Priscilla Richman, in an order on Wednesday
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The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced Joseph Gyadu, aka Cudjoe to eight years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl at New Amanfrom, Accra. The 25-year-old labourer, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Dora Eshun Inkumsah convicted Gyadu on his plea. Chief inspector Opoku Aniagyei, who held the brief of Detective Chief
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A 47-year-old driver who had sex with his 13-year-old stepdaughter at Tetegu in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Gender-Based Court at the Police Headquarters. Joseph Yankson is said to have taken advantage of the absence of the victim’s mother and defiled the 13-year-old twice. He repeated the act after promising
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A Jehovah’s Witness has taken the country of Spain to the European Court of Human Rights for administering her a blood transfusion during surgery against her will. Rosa Edelmira Pindo Mulla, an Ecuadorian woman living in Spain, claims to be a victim of “medical paternalism”, due to her nationality and religion. In 2017, following a
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Carruthers Tetteh: Visually-impaired lawyer appointed UCC lecturer Mr. Tetteh in 2022, was among the 844 lawyers who were called to the Bar in November of that year. Visually-impaired lawyer, Carruthers Tetteh has been appointed a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law – making it the faculty’s first historic appointment of
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A justice at the Court of Appeal, Justice Samuel Obeng Diawuo is imploring lawyers not to get caught up in the craze of social and traditional media advertising. Rules governing the professional conduct and etiquette of lawyers in Ghana forbid the direct and indirect advertising of services. In some instances, the General Legal Council has
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A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 25- year-old unemployed, Adjei Sowah, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing electrical cables worth GH₵10,600. Sowah denied causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing but at the end of the trial he was found guilty of the offence. Police Chief Inspector Joseph Lartey, who led
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