With the position of Chief Justice expected to become vacant in a few weeks, the race for the replacement of the retiring Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, is on, as President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to present a nominee before Parliament soon. The President is expected to name one of the 12 Justices of the Supreme … Read more
Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, has disclosed that she will retire from the Bench on 8th June, this year. The formal disclosure of the time she finally exits has brought to an abrupt end weeks of speculation over her retirement, posing the question as to who takes over from her after nine … Read more
After 47 years of public service, the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, will retire on June 8, 2017, and two names remain in the race to replace her as Ghana’s next Chief Justice. The top contenders are: Justice Victor Jones Mawulom Dotse and Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah. The top two contenders lead from 14 Supreme Court … Read more
A Defence Counsel for the two alleged killers of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North has prayed an Accra High Court for a firm date so that jury would be empanelled and his address be taken by the court. Mr Muneeru Kasim, who held brief for Mr Augustines … Read more
Seven persons on remand at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison were yesterday set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to decongest the country’s prisons. One of those set free spent 11 years on remand for alleged robbery with the trial yet to commence at the law court. The young man, … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama to appear before it on May 30, this year. This is to enable her appraise the court on the citing of Twedea as the capital of the Atwima Kwahoma district in the Ashanti Region. The court, presided over by … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama to appear before it on May 30, this year. This is to enable her appraise the court on the citing of Twedea as the capital of the Atwima Kwahoma district in the Ashanti Region. The court, presided over by … Read more
The trial of Daniel Asiedu, the man indicted for the murder of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Mr J. B Danquah-Adu, will commence today at the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court. Also standing trial is Vincent Bosso, the second accused person, who together with Asiedu, are alleged to have … Read more
Singapore prosecutors are seeking a review of a court ruling which sparked a public outcry by reducing the jail term of a showbiz pastor who misused millions in church funds to promote his wife’s music career. The case, which involved raunchy music videos featuring celebrities like rapper Wyclef Jean alongside the wife of City Harvest … Read more
A Kenyan court has banned random breathalyser tests as a way to catch drivers who are over the limit. The decision was made following a three-year battle by bar owner Kariuki Ruitha, who complained breathalysers were ruining his business. Mr Ruitha argued they violated Kenyans’ constitutional rights to make their own lifestyle decisions – including … Read more
A Kenyan court has banned random breathalyser tests as a way to catch drivers who are over the limit. The decision was made following a three-year battle by bar owner Kariuki Ruitha, who complained breathalysers were ruining his business. Mr Ruitha argued they violated Kenyans’ constitutional rights to make their own lifestyle decisions – including … Read more
The Association of Magistrates and Judges, Ghana (AMJG) says judges in the country fear for their lives in the wake of recent attacks on the judiciary. According to Justice Victor Ofoe, president of the association, judges who normally go to sit in the court rooms alone without any security feel threatened as people could mass … Read more
Six prisoners who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences were freed last Friday by the special court that sat at the prison under the ‘Justice for All Project.’ The six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged. Eighteen other prisoners on remand were … Read more
Some constituents of Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti region are upset with President Akufo-Addo’s failure to appoint Member of Parliament for the area K. T Hammond as a minister in his government. The constituents are especially disappointed that the outspoken NPP MP was not considered for any position although he was very vocal when the … Read more
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a special court sitting Friday at the Prisons, the six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged, … Read more
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a special court sitting Friday at the Prisons, the six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged, … Read more
Justice Wiliam Atuguba, supreme court Justice of Ghana has praised the late chief Justice of Ghana, Justice G. K. Acquah for his enormous contributions to the Judiciary of the country. According to Justice Atuguba the late Chief Justice has left an indelible mark in the practice that will never be forgotten. He said the rise … Read more
Newly appointed lawyer for Gregory Afoko has made a fresh application for bail for his client after the wife of the late Adams Mahama, Zenabu Mahama, who is the first prosecution witness in the murder trial, failed to turn up in court to continue with her evidence-in-chief in the trial of Afoko for the murder … Read more
A Singaporean woman inseminated with a stranger’s sperm in a startling in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) mistake cannot be compensated in full for raising the child, the city-state’s top court ruled Wednesday. Allowing the woman compensation would go against public policy on one’s obligations as a parent, the Court of Appeal said, adding that the expenses incurred … Read more
Participants at the end of the Fifth Dialogue Series workshop of the College of Humanities, University of Ghana (UG), have urged the government to review the pension age for workers upward. They were of the view that the compulsory retirement age for civil and public service office holders should be at 65 years and not … Read more