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 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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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
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,
