Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has expressed worried concerns about the rate at which land-disputed cases have been flooding all the courts across the Country. While describing this development as “unfortunate” the CJ said, it raises concerns about both domestic and external investment in the country. According to the CJ, there are a lot of land […]
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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has announced the reopening of the Court of Appeal across the country to boost access to justice delivery. She said persons resident outside Accra cannot be given justice if appeals are heard only in the capital city. In view of this Chief Justice Torkornoo said the Court of Appeal will be
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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has defended the decision to swiftly address an injunction application filed by MP Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, aimed at freezing parliament’s confirmation of newly nominated ministers by President Akufo-Addo. She clarified that the case was deemed ready for hearing as all the necessary procedures had been completed. Speaking to reporters in Accra
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Lawyers of Parliament have formally requested the Chief Justice to fast-track track expedited hearing of two pending cases that relate to the Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill. The request which was in the form of a petition filed on Friday, March 28, by Sory@Law, Barristers and Solicitors
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The Managing Partner at Sory @ Law, Thaddeus Sory, has criticized recent directives by the Chief Justice to the Supreme Court (SC) Registrar on fixing of dates for hearing cases. While describing the directives from the Chief Justice as “illegal” and one that has “no legal basis,” he also said, the directives “are unnecessary” and
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The Judicial Service through the Judicial Secretary (JS), Justice Cyra Pamela C. A Koranteng has instructed registrars of all the courts to shy away from publishing inactive cases in newspapers. The move is part of reforms to adopt technology and make the judicial service activities accessible to the general public. A circular dated March 21,
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The Supreme Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction filed by Rockson-Nelson Dafeamakpor, the Plaintiff, who sought a restraining order to stop the Speaker of Parliament from approving some ministerial nominees. The Court, presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, said there was no basis to prevent Parliament from approving the President’s ministerial
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The Supreme Court will later today Wednesday, March 27, 2024, hear a writ filed by Member of Parliament for South Dayi Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor is asking the Apex Court to restrain the Speaker of Parliament and the Chamber from vetting and approving some ministers of State referred to the House for consideration and
The Supreme Court has adjourned to May 8, judgement on a suit filed by MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, against former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta challenging the legality of the establishment of the Ghana Financial Stability Fund. Judgement on the case was set for today March 13, 2024 but the court said it
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Effective March 25, 2024, eight selected courts will begin a piloting of a ‘Court Shift System’ which is geared towards optimizing the use of existing court resources to reduce the volume of caseloads at the Courts. The Shift System, according to the Judicial Service, is necessary due to over 600 backlogs of pending cases in
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