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PARENTAGE, NOT PATERNITY: WHY GHANA’S PROPOSED BILL ON COMPULSORY PATERNITY TESTING RISKS BECOMING STATE-SANCTIONED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MOTHERS.

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HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.)* MAY 4, 2026   Introduction A legislative proposal currently advancing through Ghana’s policy space seeks to mandate compulsory paternity testing for all children born in healthcare facilities, alongside the criminalization of what its proponents call “paternity fraud.” Its stated objectives: securing biological certainty, protecting paternal interests, and deterring […]

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TIME’S UP FOR JUSTICE? WHY GHANA’S HUMAN RIGHTS “EXPIRY DATE” MUST GO.

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HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.) 25th April, 2026. A Grave Anomaly Imagine the citizen who is arrested without charge, detained beyond the pale of law, cut off from counsel, family, and court, and released at last without explanation. Years pass. The wounds remain, psychological, social, economic. He turns, at last, to the Constitution,

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THE BEARER OF BURDENS: AN EASTER REFLECTION FOR LAWYERS

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HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.)* 5TH APRIL 2026   “The opportunity to stand between power and vulnerability, between order and disorder, between right and wrong.”  – Honourable Chief Justice Paul Baffoe Bonnie. My learned friends, I bring you warm greetings this Easter season, for this is a time of sacrifice. Indeed, this season,

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THE LAWYER’S TRIAL: WHY “LAWYER SHAMING” REVEALS MORE ABOUT THEM THAN ABOUT YOU

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THE LAWYER’S TRIAL: WHY “LAWYER SHAMING” REVEALS MORE ABOUT THEM THAN ABOUT YOU HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.)* 27th March, 2026.   From my study to you, a reflection born of years of observation, experience, and a deep love for this noble profession. Every year, as the ceremonial robes are donned and the

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WEAPONISING AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM: HOW STRATEGIC ABSTENTION IS EXPLOITED TO INVALIDATE JUDGMENTS IN GHANA’S COURTS; A CASE FOR HIGHER EVIDENTIARY THRESHOLD IN APPLICATIONS TO SET ASIDE OR QUASH JUDGEMENTS BASED ON NATURAL JUSTICE VIOLATIONS.

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  HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.)* 2nd January, 2026. ABSTRACT A sophisticated and troubling procedural phenomenon is metastasizing within Ghana’s civil justice system: the strategic exploitation of the audi alteram partem rule to invalidate lawfully obtained judgments. This paper identifies a pervasive pattern wherein litigants, typically defendants who have been duly served, whether by personal

WEAPONISING AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM: HOW STRATEGIC ABSTENTION IS EXPLOITED TO INVALIDATE JUDGMENTS IN GHANA’S COURTS; A CASE FOR HIGHER EVIDENTIARY THRESHOLD IN APPLICATIONS TO SET ASIDE OR QUASH JUDGEMENTS BASED ON NATURAL JUSTICE VIOLATIONS. Read More »

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE UNDERMINED: HOW GHANA’S 2018 CRIMINAL DISCLOSURE REGIME VIOLATES THE RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND INNOCENCE; A CASE FOR A TWO-PHASED CASE MANAGEMENT REGIME IN CRIMINAL TRIALS

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PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE UNDERMINED: HOW GHANA’S 2018 CRIMINAL DISCLOSURE REGIME VIOLATES THE RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND INNOCENCE; A CASE FOR A TWO-PHASED CASE MANAGEMENT REGIME IN CRIMINAL TRIALS. Her Ladyship Justice Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.)* 29th December, 2025. ABSTRACT This paper critically examines Ghana’s 2018 Practice Directions on Disclosures and Case Management in Criminal Proceedings,

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE UNDERMINED: HOW GHANA’S 2018 CRIMINAL DISCLOSURE REGIME VIOLATES THE RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND INNOCENCE; A CASE FOR A TWO-PHASED CASE MANAGEMENT REGIME IN CRIMINAL TRIALS Read More »

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