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THE NEUTRAL ARBITER PARADOX IN GHANAIAN ELECTIONS: A CASE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS TO CURTAIL THE VOTING RIGHTS OF ELECTION OFFICIALS AND SUPERIOR COURT JUSTICES?

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By Her Honour Judge Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.), Circuit Court 7 Accra, Ghana. LLM. Candidate, International Criminal Law and Justice, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana. 25th January, 2025.   ABSTRACT Article 42 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana guarantees universal adult suffrage, ensuring that all citizens aged […]

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7 steps to take in buying a litigation-free land in Ghana

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A legal practitioner and a real estate expert, Victor Owusu Asante has advised the public to do the necessary due diligence when acquiring lands in Ghana to free themselves from the numerous litigation bedeviling the sector. He, however, advised prospective buyers to consult real estate lawyers to conduct the necessary searches for them while cautioning

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Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship. Can he do it?

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Donald Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US In one of his first acts as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending “birthright citizenship” – meaning the automatic American citizenship that is granted to anyone born in the country. It’s

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  OPERATION RECOVER ALL LOOT (ORAL): IS IT RECOGNISED UNDER GHANAIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM?

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 OPERATION RECOVER ALL LOOT (ORAL): IS IT RECOGNISED UNDER GHANAIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM?   By Goodnuff Appiah Larbi[1] Legal Researcher Email: aappiahlarbi@gmail.com   & Emmanuella A. O. Kwatia[2] Email: ellakwatia233@gmail.com     Abstract Corruption has been a pervasive and debilitating scourge on the Ghanaian economy. Successive governments have witnessed officials ascend to power, misappropriate public

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Privatisation or private participation in ECG?: Considerations

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Privatisation or private participation in ECG?: Considerations By: Ferdinand  D. ADADZI There are many challenges facing us as a country, which the expectation is that the new government will urgently address. One that seems to be quite immediate is the power supply challenges, which are now topical due to the news that scheduled maintenance of

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Compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment: A review of Ghana’s criminal law in the case of Daniel Ayareba v Attorney General

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BY: Oswald K. Azumah*   ABSTRACT  A person charged with a criminal offence is presumed innocent until proven guilty and no person shall be made to suffer punishment unless they have committed a crime. These are salient principles of criminal law. Based on these, criminal law developed to grant compensation to persons wrongfully convicted and

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Assessment of Damages – By Justice Yaw Appau Justice of the Court of Appeal (As he was then)

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Paper Presented at Induction Course for Newly Appointed Circuit Judges at the Judicial Training Institute Assessment of Damages is a very wide area of the law. It is very ‘technical’ and covers an important area of civil litigation where there is an alleged civil wrong or an infraction of the law. It permeates almost all civil

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Exam Troubles: Your Rights in Cases of Cancellation and Collusion

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recently released a press statement on December 30, 2024, announcing the publication of provisional results for candidates who sat the WASSCE in Ghana. Among the statistics shared on page 3 of the document, the details on examination irregularities were particularly alarming: 1. Subject results of 4,108 candidates were cancelled

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GHANA’S JURY SYSTEM ON TRIAL – A THESIS BY SIR JUSTICE DOMINIC ADJEI

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  THESIS MASTER OF JUDICIAL STUDIES DUKE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW JUSTICE DENNIS D. ADJEI March 23, 2014 2 Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei* ABSTRACT Civil cases in Ghana are tried by the bench. Criminal cases are also handled by bench trials, except for certain indictable offenses, which may be tried by a judge or jury.

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Ghana’s ADR Progression – The Missing Place of Chiefs

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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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