By Kojo Kwarteng On 31st May 2010, Ghana boldly enacted one of the world’s progressive legislations, “The Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798).” The Act was to provide for the settlement of disputes by arbitration, mediation and customary arbitration, to establish an Alternative Resolution Centre and to provide for related matters. Act 798 repealed […]
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20 lessons and pieces of advice from the December 7, 2024 elections – H. Kwasi Prempeh writes Money can’t buy love. Or, you got played! Pride comes before a fall. There is a little Kwaku Ananse in every Ghanaian voter; don’t underestimate our capacity to repay trickery with trickery. Mind your language and attitude; we
By: Goodnuff Appiah Larbi (BL candidate and Legal Researcher) Introduction Democracy prevails when all citizens can participate directly in decision making through the power of voting to select the government through free and fair elections or to take a decision in a referendum. In democratic societies such as ours, elections represent a fulcrum of governance,
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Author: Her Honour Judge Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.) Circuit Court 2 Adentan, Accra Ghana. LLM Candidate, International Criminal Law and Justice, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Accra, Ghana. Date: 25th November, 2024 AFRICA’S BETRAYAL OF THE ICC: FROM FOUNDING SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO A STRATEGIC REJECTION Abstract This paper
The Speaker of Parliament is enjoined under the 1992 Constitution to obey and enforce the decisions and orders of the Supreme Court following the Court’s unanimous dismissal of his application on 30 October 2024 to set aside the processes and proceedings in the suit brought by Alexander Afenyo Markin (the Majority Leader) against him and
BY: HER HONOUR JUDGE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.), CIRCUIT COURT 2, ADENTAN, ACCRA. AND EMMANUEL BABUBOA ESQ., PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTITIONER. INSPIRED BY JOHN BAPTIST AYEDZE ESQ.,PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTITIONER, LECTURER, UPSA LAW SCHOOL, ACCRA, GHANA. DATE: 16TH OCTOBER, 2024. ABSTRACT The right to a fair trial is enshrined in
Sir David Patrick Chambers 1876-1878 P.A. Smith, Esq. 1878-1879 Sir James Marshall 1880-1882 N. Lessingham Bailey, Esq. 1882-1886 H. W. Madeod, Esq. 1886-1889 J. T. Hutchinson, Esq. 1889-1895 Sir William Brandford Griffith 1895-1911 Sir Philip Crampton Symly 1911-1928 Sir George Campbell Deane 1929- 1935 Sir Philip Bertie Petrides 1936- 1943 Sir Walter Harrangin 1943- 1947
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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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Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school. Law students around the country will be starting classes over the next few weeks. Back in 2018, I wrote a post offering advice to entering students, which I updated in 2019, 2022, and last year. I tried
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THE CIRCUIT COURT’S JURISDICTION IN GHANAIAN LAND DISPUTES: A JURISDICTION AT LARGE. BY HER HONOUR JUDGE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (Mrs.), CIRCUIT COURT 2, ADENTAN-ACCRA, 18th March, 2024. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Abstract Introduction I. The Question of Jurisdiction ● The Recurring Jurisdictional Challenge ● Focus of the Paper II. The Relevant Law ● Section 42(1)(a)
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