The Judicial Service has mediated 77,264 cases through its court-connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme since it began in 2005. Out of the figure, 36,191 cases, representing 47 per cent, were successfully settled. In line with this development, trial judges and other paralegals have been urged to advocate ADR as an option for litigants whose […]
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Mrs Georgina Theodora Woode, a former Chief Justice, has encouraged the youth to have an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to create jobs for themselves and improve their livelihoods. She said the youth would be doing themselves and the nation a disservice if they idled around in the name of searching for non-existent jobs and urged
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A judge has called for the amendment of Section 101 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1969, Act 29 to provide for compensation for defiled victims. The gender-based violence Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, Gloria Mensah-Bonsu, said such an amendment would encourage more parents to report cases of defilement to the police rather than
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Michael Nyinaku, former Chief Executive (CEO) of the defunct Beige Bank, accused of stealing, fraudulent breach of trust and money laundering, is billed to call 61 witnesses. His counsel, Mr Thaddeus Sory, made the announcement at the Economic and Financial Court Two Division of the High Court trying his client. He told the Court presided over
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A 59-year-old car dealer accused of swindling a businessman of GHC620,000 in a gold transaction has been remanded into Police custody by the Achimota Circuit Court. Gbegoueu Evrard, a French national, is said to have collected the money under the pretext of selling to the complainant, Hayford Boadi, gold but failed. Evrard is facing a
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The Bank of Ghana has suspended the foreign exchange trading licences of Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited (GTB) and FBNBank Ghana Limited (FBN). The one-month suspension by the Central Bank takes effect from March 18, 2024, and is in accordance with Section 11 (2) of the Foreign Exchange Act 2006, (Act 723). A statement from
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The Ministry of Finance has disclosed that Ghana is likely to lose 3.8 billion dollars in World Bank financing over the next five to six years if President Akufo-Addo signs the Anti-LGBTQ Bill into law. According to the Finance Ministry, for 2024 Ghana will lose 600 million dollars in Budget support and 250 million dollars
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The Judicial Service has added 23 new names to Ghana’s current list of Magistrates. The new Magistrates were sworn in at a short ceremony in Accra. In accordance with article 148 of the 1992 Constitution, they were appointed by the Chief Justice, acting on the advice of the Judicial Council. According to official sources, the
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A family has accused the Bimbilla Hospital of negligence following the loss of their loved one’s baby during childbirth. They allege that despite the woman experiencing severe bleeding when she was taken to the hospital, there was no medical personnel to assist her for almost 12 hours. As a result, the woman gave birth to
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The Tema Circuit Court B has granted Michael Opoku Ofori, a 32-year-old businessman, Gh₵100,000.00 bail with two sureties, one of which is to be justified, for allegedly defrauding an online rice trader. The Court, presided over by Mrs Klorkor Okai-Mills, granted him bail after he had pleaded not guilty to the two counts of defrauding
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