Bakhita Mawuli Koblavie, Esq. “Nunya, adidoe, asi metunɛ o;” literally translated, “Knowledge is like a baobab tree; no single pair of arms can embrace it. (Ewe proverb) Meaning ‘no single person is a repository of all wisdom’ Introduction The Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170) decentralises professional legal training by permitting accredited university law faculties […]
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 Act 798 repealed
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The Asantehene and Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has intervened in the KNUST Vice-Chancellor reappointment issues, prompting the plaintiffs to drop their legal actions. During a meeting held on Friday at the behest of Otumfuo, Isaac Mensah, a KNUST Stores Department staff member, and Clement Ohene
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The Ashaiman District Court has granted bail in the sum of GH₵ 6,000.00 with one surety to Bernard Awaga, a 32-year-old mason, for assaulting a driver at a betting centre at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. The court, presided over by Mr Derick Pardden Eshun, granted him bail after entering guilty for him, following
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The National Peace Council (NPC) has urged Political Parties to resort to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to resolve their differences instead of opting for acrimonious litigation. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day Consultation and Training Program on ADR for political parties in Accra, Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Peace Council, Reverend Samuel
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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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