The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one of whom is likely to be mentioned this week to replace Mrs Justice Wood, who has been in public service … Read more
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one of whom is likely to be mentioned this week to replace Mrs Justice Wood, who has been in public service … 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
Why Justice Jones Dotse should be the next Chief Justice After ten years as head of the judiciary in Ghana, Chief justice Georgina Theodora Wood will on June 8, 2017 retire from the position. Even before the jury returns with the verdict on her legacy the focus has shifted to who replaces the first female … 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
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
Why are India’s top judges doubting each others’ sanity? Justice CS Karnan is on a massive collision course with India’s top court The Indian judiciary is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. For the past several months now, Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan of the Calcutta High Court has been on a massive collision course … Read more
Pakistan’s Supreme Court is set to determine the prime minister’s fate Thursday with a ruling on corruption allegations that could see him ousted from power after the Panama Papers linked his family to offshore businesses. The decision, highly anticipated by Pakistanis, threatens to plunge Nawaz Sharif’s governing party into turmoil ahead of general elections which … Read more
Delay in the determination of the suit challenging the way and manner students are admitted into the Ghana school of law is far from over. Today at the Supreme Court, lawyer for the applicant (Professor Kwaku Asare) moved a new motion to amend their original writ that instituted the case in 2015. Lawyer for the … Read more
It will be recalled that Richard Dela Skyy, a Citi FM journalist, filed a suit challenging President Mahama’s appointment of Mrs Charlotte Osei as replacement for the retired Electoral Commissioner Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan. The eyewitness news presenter said the appointment was in breach against vital procedures (hence not procedural). Like the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) … 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
The Supreme Court has set April 11 to commence hearing of the suit filed against the General Legal Council (GLC) challenging the methods and criteria used in the selection and admission of LLB holders who desire to acquire license to practice law in the country. The seven-member panel of judges presided over by Justice Jones … Read more
Embattled judges, Justice Paul Uuter Dery and Justice Habib Logoh, have challenged the Chief Justice, Theodora Georgina Wood, for selecting a private legal practitioner to represent her in court instead of the Attorney General. The two, who are fighting the actions of the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court over their role in the judicial corruption … Read more
There appears to be no end in sight for the protracted legal battle between some judges found to have traded money, gifts for justice and the Chief Justice who dismissed them. Three of the High court judges standing trial in the infamous bribery scandal in the judiciary have filed a suit challenging the choice of … Read more
LONG-drawn legal tussle between SIC Insurance and Ivory Finance over a loan, the former guaranteed for Italconstruct, which went bad, has reached the corridors of the Supreme Court, after SIC filed a notice of appeal. After losing the original case in the High Court and losing the appeal in the Court of Appeal, SIC has … Read more
Indian authorities have challenged a court’s decision to acquit Bollywood superstar Salman Khan over the use of unlicensed firearms to kill protected wildlife almost two decades ago. In January a court in the northwestern state of Rajasthan cleared the 51-year-old actor of two charges related to the illegal use of firearms citing a lack of … Read more
Former Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice, Martin Amidu, has withdrawn his application seeking to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt paid to him by the state. According to Mr. Amidu, he had initiated the action at the time he thought the then (NDC) government and the former … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday [February 7] threw out an appeal filed by a 42-year-old man currently serving a 30 year jail term saying “the planning and execution of the offence of robbery by the appellant was serious.” According to the court, it also did not find any merit in the mitigating factors filed by … Read more
The Supreme Court has dismissed the preliminary objection raised by Martin Amidu, former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, in the case in which he is seeking to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome over the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt paid to him by the state. The seven-member panel of judges presided over by Justice … Read more