THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINATIONS COMMITTEE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION TO TH E PROFESSIONAL LAW COURSE, 2021 DATE: TUESDAY, 24™ AUGUST 2021 TIM E ALLOW ED: TWO (2) HOURS 10:00am – 12:00am INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. Read the instructions very carefully before writing down your answers. Note carefully the instructions relating to each section. […]
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Ghana’s Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 1996 preamble IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD We the People of Ghana, IN EXERCISE of our natural and inalienable right to establish a framework of government which shall secure for ourselves and posterity the blessings of liberty, equality of opportunity and prosperity; IN A SPIRIT of
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SEIDU v. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [1992] 1 GLR 536 The defendant-bank in 1983 advanced a loan to OY & Co. to purchase a tractor. The tractor was registered at the licensing office only in the name of OY & Co. By a deed of assignment, exhibit 1, OY & Co. assigned the tractor for a
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Facts: In this case, the plaintiffs, members of a registered co-operative union, broke off from the union and formed a limited liability company. The object of the company was to distil locally manufactured gin – akpeteshie. Officers of the co-operative union prevented them from distilling the gin. They were also harassed, and their products were
Case Brief: Mensima v Attorney-General 9 [1996-97] SCGLR 676 Read More »
Facts: The plaintiffs, a registered political party, sued in the Supreme Court under article 2(1) of the Constitution, 1992 for a declaration, inter alia, that the Council of Indigenous Business Associations Law, 1993 (PNDCL 312), was inconsistent with and in contravention of some specified articles of the Constitution, 1992 including articles 35(1) and 37(2)(a) and
Case Brief: New Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (CIBA Case) [1996-97] SCGLR 729 Read More »
Facts: In 1928 the claimant, Mrs Donoghue argued that she had suffered shock and gastroenteritis (upset stomach) after drinking ginger beer from an opaque bottle out of which a decomposing snail had fallen when the dregs were poured. A friend had bought her the drink and so the claimant was unable to sue in her
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Facts: The defendants, a local authority had failed to ensure that building work complied with the plans, and as a result the building had inadequate foundations. The claimant, a tenant who had leased the property after it had changed hands many times, claimed that the damage to the property threatened health and safety and sued
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What is Capacity? Capacity is power to create or enter into a legal relation under the same circumstances in which a normal person would have the power to create or enter into such a relation; specifically, the satisfaction of a legal qualification, such as legal age or soundness of mind, that determines one’s ability to sue
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Statement of Facts: In this case, the plaintiff essentially sought a declaration that a certain agreement –The Defence Co-operation, the Status of United States Forces and Access to and Use of Agreed Facilities and Areas in the Republic of Ghana contravened the constitution because it was not duly executed (unsigned) and that additionally, the provisions
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Yaa Antwi v NTHC Civil Appeal NO. J4/12/2008 Supreme Court of Ghana The plaintiff at one time worked for the defendant as head of its Legal Department. She received a letter from the defendant which content sought to give her the first opportunity to buy a house at $70,307, payment of which would be within
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