A former High Court judge who was jailed in 2013 for investing over $50,000 meant for a litigant and profiting from the proceeds has had his claims for pension dismissed by the Supreme Court. In a judgement, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by the Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, stated … Read more
Justice Sophia Akuffo is coming into office as our new Chief Justice with a very interesting background. Her appointment has generated serious confusion in the NPP and interestingly, people who are not sympathizers of the NPP are also complaining bitterly about the act of nepotism connection. The President has taken the decision and I don’t … Read more
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
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 yesterday struck out the writ filed against the former President, John Dramani Mahama, for appointing Mr. Joseph Whittal as the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and his two deputies. The writ filed by Mr. Patrick Boamah, Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central Constituency in the Greater … Read more
The Supreme Court will, on February 1, 2017, rule on a preliminary legal objection raised by a former Attorney-General (A-G), Mr Martin Amidu, to stop the hearing of an application challenging his oral examination of the businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The application, filed at the Supreme Court by a lawyer, Mr David Kwadzo Ametefe, is … Read more
I have already answered Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe’s at once morbidly passionate and scandalous appeal to Ghanaian voters not to vote for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, but instead vote to retain the man who “tolerantly” lobbied the Atuguba-presided Supreme Court panel that adjudicated the 2012 presidential-election petition launched by the now-President-Elect Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (See “Don’t … Read more
It is quite certain that should the 2016 presidential election be stalemated or found to leave much to be desired in the books of the leaders of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the last place on Earth that they would likely seek redress is the Wood Supreme Court (See “We’ll Prevent Another Presidential … Read more
An Accra High Court yesterday – for the second time – ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to reverse its decision of disqualifying Hassan Ayariga, presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC), from contesting in the December presidential poll. The court, presided over by Justice Barbara Tetteh-Charway, said there are procedures to be followed before … Read more