Mrs Justice Georgina Wood, has bowed out of office as Chief Justice after 47 years in public office, with a call on Ghanaians to eschew acts of mob justice. Mrs Justice Wood, whose term in office ended on June 7, 2017, celebrated her 70th birthday last Wednesday with thanksgiving at the Ringway Assemblies of God … Read more
Parliamentarians from both sides of the House has praised the retired Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood for her immense contribution to the country’s justice delivery system. According to them, Mrs. Wood’s enviable success in Ghana’s judicial reform over the past 10 years cannot be over emphasized. Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader in … Read more
Human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu has in suit described the decision to suspend him for three years for advertising as discriminatory. The suit which was filed Wednesday, June 7, 2017, is also challenging his 4 year suspension for overcharging a client and touting. Lawyer Sosu’s suspension, according to the General Legal Council (GLC), was … Read more
Human Rights lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has appealed against the three-year ban handed him by the General Legal Council, arguing the Council (GLC) lacked jurisdiction to have convicted him of criminal offence. The renowned lawyer who is seeking to set aside the entire decision of the GLC at the Court of Appeal described the sentence imposed … Read more
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Accra to challenge the 3-year ban imposed on him by the General Legal Council. He is among other things seeking a declaration that the General Legal Council erred in imposing the ban on him for overcharging a client and … Read more
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Accra to challenge the 3-year ban imposed on him by the General Legal Council. He is among other things seeking a declaration that the General Legal Council erred in imposing the ban on him for overcharging a client and … Read more
Major international finance institutions in Hong Kong made a landmark intervention Wednesday in the case of a gay couple struggling to get their rights recognised by the city’s courts. The 12 businesses — including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse — say they want to submit evidence to a hearing at the Court of … Read more
Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has finally appeared before the Supreme Court following an order by the Apex Court. She is said to have apologized to the court in Chambers for her non-appearance, a source has said. On May 3, the Minister was ordered to appear at the Supreme Court … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Tuesday won its legal tussle against Freko FD Enterprise at the Court of Appeal in Kumasi. The court, by a three unanimous decision set aside a judgement by the Kumasi High Court that said KMA should pay Gh¢42 million judgement debt to Freko, a Kumasi-based construction firm. This followed … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the transformation in the prison reforms and for the improvement of the justice delivery mechanisms,” she added. Mrs Wood was speaking after the exercise on the … Read more
Today, let’s get some education about this frequently used legal terminology. It’s been used a lot this week though it didn’t show up in court in the Delta Force 8 case. The Supreme Court has always (and in May 2010) agreed with a leading text writer on the Ghanaian law of evidence, the late Justice … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the transformation in the prison reforms and for the improvement of the justice delivery mechanisms,” she added. Mrs Wood was speaking after the exercise on the … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the transformation in the prison reforms and for the improvement of the justice delivery mechanisms,” she added. Mrs Wood was speaking after the exercise on the … Read more
Court of Appeal judges in London have stuck two fingers up to Nestle’s attempts to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered KitKat bar. The ruling is the latest twist in a decade-long UK chocolate wars saga between Nestle and Cadbury. The Dairy Milk maker failed in its own attempt to trademark the shade of … Read more
An Accra High Court has fixed to empanel the jury for the trial of the two alleged killers of the J. B. Danquah Adu, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, in the Eastern Region. Initially, Tuesday, May 16, was fixed for the purpose but the prosecution prayed the court for adjournment, … Read more
Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to attend, it emerged last night. Details of the little-known practice have been spelled out in the case of a Ghanaian man, who has fought a four-year legal battle to live in Britain following a ‘proxy … Read more
Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to attend, it emerged last night. Details of the little-known practice have been spelled out in the case of a Ghanaian man, who has fought a four-year legal battle to live in Britain following a ‘proxy … Read more
Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to attend, it emerged last night. Details of the little-known practice have been spelled out in the case of a Ghanaian man, who has fought a four-year legal battle to live in Britain following a ‘proxy … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended his compliments to Ghana’s Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, who has been elected the Chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. President Akufo-Addo in a tweet said, “Congratulations to Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, on being elected chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. Well deserved!!” Justice Yeboah was confirmed as the … Read more
The woes of self-styled Gomoa Fetteh chief in the Central Region have further been deepened by the Cape Coast Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal has directed that the name of Nana Abor Yamaoh II be expunged from the register of the National House of Chiefs. The three-member panel chaired by Clemence J. Honyenuga … Read more