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Timing, procedure for proposal to appoint new Supreme Court justices bad – Martin Kpebu

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Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has described as “bad” the timing and processes for the proposal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court. Mrs Gertrude Araba Esaba Torkonoo, the Chief Justice, had in a letter dated May 30, 2024, addressed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, recommended the appointment of five justices […]

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I’ll strengthen OSP if I become president – Mahama

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Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama says he will not scrap the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Instead, he says he intends to strengthen the office if he is elected as president in the upcoming elections. Mr Mahama said this when he addressed journalists in Accra on Sunday. The OSP was

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Achimota School’s negligence caused death of student — High Court

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Seven years and six months after his death, the family of 15-year-old Kervin Kofi Moses has now realised justice, following the High Court’s declaration that Achimota School was negligent by failing to provide the residential General Arts student with proper medical care, a situation which ultimately resulted in his death. “It is my conclusion that

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High Treason: Court sentences six to death, three acquitted

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The Accra High Court trying nine persons for High Treason has sentenced six persons including three soldiers to death by hanging for plotting to overthrow the incumbent government. They are Donya Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah, Johannes Zikpi, Lance Airforce Corporal Ali Solomon, Corporal Sylvester Akankpewon and Warrant Officer Class Two (WOII) Esther Saan Dekuwine. Meanwhile,

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More Supreme Court Justices constitutional, would ensure effective justice – AG to Akufo-Addo

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The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has affirmed that the proposal to augment the number of justices of the Supreme Court from the standard 15, alongside the Chief Justice, is in line with the constitution and would promote efficient justice delivery. This statement comes in response to the President’s decision to solicit the AG’s counsel

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Ken Kuranchie sues AG over constitutionality of Special Prosecutor

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The Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie has sued the Attorney General (AG) and Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over the constitutionality of the latter. He wants the Supreme Court to declare the OSP as unconstitutional. Among other things, Mr Kuranchie in his writ to the Supreme Court sighted by

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CJ’s request for more Supreme Court Justices justified – Bobby Banson

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Private Legal Practitioner, Bobby Banson, has stated that there is nothing wrong with Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo asking the President to nominate more justices to the Supreme Court. His comments come after Justice Torkornoo justified her proposal for an expanded bench at the Supreme Court. In a letter to the President, she underscored the urgent

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Court order arrest of Senior Military Officer

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An Accra Circuit Court has issued an arrest warrant for a military officer accused of being involved in a GHC136,000 recruitment scam. Captain Abel Nartey, stationed at Army Headquarters, Burma Camp, Accra, is alleged to have collected GHC120,000 out of the GHC136,000 to facilitate the enlistment of some persons into the various security services in

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Singapore: Lawyer charged after she allegedly instigated her secretary to forge an affidavit

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SINGAPORE – A lawyer was hauled to a district court on July 5 after she allegedly instigated her secretary to forge a supporting affidavit on or around Sept 24, 2020. Lee Kim Kee, 65, who is also a director and shareholder at law firm K K Lee Law Corporation, is now accused of one count

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