Woyome’s contempt case against NPP’s Anthony Karbo and three other media outlets has been dismissed by the Appeal Court! The application made by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome against NPP’s Anthony Karbo and three other media outlets over alleged defamation bothering around the ongoing GHC51 million judgement debt case has been thrown out by the Appeal Court … Read more
Contempt proceedings instituted by embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome against The Multimedia Group, journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako and others, has been thrown out. Mr. Woyome, led by his lawyer David Annan, had brought a contempt application to court citing The Multimedia Group, parent company of Joy FM, Mr. Kweku Baako, Omni Group, parent company … Read more
The Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department is contesting the freezing of the government’s accounts, including that of the A-G’s Office, following a legal battle between the A-G’s Office and NDK Financial Services, a non-banking financial institution. Hearing of the application for garnishee comes off on November 30, 2016. Lawyers for NDK Financial Services will move the application … Read more
A GHC88.5million judgement debt plus compound interest of 6.5% for five months is starring the government in the face and it appears the government cannot escape it. It is made up of diverted funds plus interest. The amount is to be paid to NDK Financial Services as a result of breach of agreement on the … Read more
The Bank of Ghana is expected to justify next week Wednesday [November 30, 2016], in court, why one of government’s account should not be frozen following the ruling in the judgment debt case between non-bank financial institution, NDK Financial Services and government. An Accra High Court granted NDK Financial services a garnishee order following a … Read more
The Bank of Ghana is expected to justify next week Wednesday [November 30, 2016], in court, why one of government’s account should not be frozen following the ruling in the judgment debt case between non-bank financial institution, NDK Financial Services and government. An Accra High Court granted NDK Financial services a garnishee order following a … Read more
Disqualified presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popularly Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Lartey has challenged two of Ghana’s foremost journalists, Haruna Atta, Kweku Baako Jnr and presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, to break their silence on the confessions of former President Jerry John Rawlings that he took $ 2 million … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has asserted that government is deliberately dragging its feet in retrieving the GHC51 million judgment debt because it is an interested party. The Attorney General’s Department has filed a notice at the Supreme Court to discontinue a case it filed about a fortnight ago against businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in … Read more
Stephen Kwaku Asare a US-based Ghanaian law professor has stated that the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to seek a review at the Supreme Court on a ruling to reinstate presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is a complete waste of time. He observes that the EC also failed to use the … Read more
An Appeal Court judge, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu, has dismissed an application on behalf of Jubilee MV 21, the subsidiary of MODEC which constructed and installed the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, and Mr. Hideo Miyashita, an employee of MODEC, to stay proceedings in an action brought against them by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. The application was heard on … Read more
Nana Kwesi Gyan-Appenteng, the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), says press freedom without responsibility is a threat to democracy and judicial independence. Nana Gyan-Appenteng was speaking at the opening of a two-day training for court reporters held on the theme: “Responsible and Objective Court Reporting before, during and after the election: The Media … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a Ghanaian businessman, and a judgement debtor, to appear before it on Thursday, November 10, at 9.00 am. According to an affidavit filed by Mrs. Stella Badu, Chief State Attorney at the Attorney-General’s Department (Civil Division), Mr. Woyome is to be examined orally on oath by … Read more
The Court of Appeal yesterday set November 24, 2016 to deliver its judgement in the contempt of court application brought against Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper and three others by NDC businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The court, presided over by Justice S. E. Kanyoke, set the date after … Read more
Merged pictures of judges arrested so far in the DSS raid in Nigeria More allegations were made yesterday against some judges. One got a bribe in a department store. Another travelled to Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic to collect bribe, a security source alleged. It is all in a bid to explain the controversial … Read more
Attempts to auction businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s properties to defray a GH¢51.2 million debt owed the state have hit a roadblock following a number of developments. The latest issue is a suit by Woyome challenging portions of the Judgement Debt Commission’s report which indicted him. The first hiccup was recorded in March this year when … Read more
The National Judicial Council (NJC) of Nigeria yesterday, sacked three judges found to have abused their office by accepting gratifications from litigants before their courts. The Justices, the legal body under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, suspended from office with immediate effect includes the Presiding Justice of the Court … Read more
Ghanaians are currently debating how to deal with the image and role of Mahatma Ghandi A global debate has been brewing for sometime now about the place in history of certain individuals who have been immortalised in various ways- either on emblems or as statues. Statues are of monumental importance. When they are standing- they … Read more
Sittings of the Supreme Court will from Monday, October 3 to Wednesday, November 30 be at the former building. Sittings of the Court of Appeal will also be at the ground floor of the Law Court Complex. This is as a result of renovation works ongoing at the Supreme Court and the two Court of … Read more
The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Ghana, on 16th June 2016 affirmed the decision of an Accra High Court decision on the Progressive People’s Party Self-elected Presidential candidate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Gold Coast Securities Ltd, for using fraudulent and gang-style means to acquire a listed private company, Expandable Polystyrene & Products Limited … Read more
Masturbating in public is not a criminal offence, Italy’s highest court has ruled — even if it is done with the intention of being seen in public. According to The Independent, the Italian supreme court La Corte di Cassazione was asked to rule on the case of a 69-year-old man who had been caught masturbating … Read more