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"I am well aware that I stand on extremely tall shoulders" - Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo sworn-in

Having been recommended as Chief Justice on April 26th, Justice Torkornoo was unanimously vetted by ...

How to use key management information to help your law firm grow

Key Management Information encompasses a wide range of data, from simple metrics like the number of ...

GIMPA Law tops Africa at ICC Moot Court Competition

This feat was achieved by the team comprising Dzigbordi Agbenyo, Abigail Anyormi, Obed Owusu, and La...

Resolution of cross-border boundary dispute: Ghana ratifies ‘Niamey Convention’

Ghana is among the nine out of fifty-five (55) AU Member states that have ratified the Convention on...

Sierra Leone, Algeria elected to UN Security Council

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio termed the election “a generational accomplishment”....

He was a “judge’s judge, lawyer’s judge, litigant’s judge”- AG praises Dotse JSC

In 2002, he was appointed to the Bench as a High Court Judge where he served for seven years. And in...

Parliament approves Justice Gertrude Torkornoo's nomination as Chief Justice

She succeeds Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, who retired on May 24, 2023, and will become the 15th ...

Police Service to pay GHC 100, 000 for failure to comply with RTI request

The Applicant, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had requested from the Ghana Police Service ...

ECOWAS Court conference urges tough measures against unconstitutional change of government

The keynote address at the opening of the conference on Monday, 22nd May 2023, was delivered by Prof...

JUSAG suspends strike for two weeks

JUSGA last Wednesday declared an indefinite strike over government's failure to approve recommendati...

Judicial Service urges JUSAG to call-off strike as it holds talks with government on Wednesday

JUSGA on Wednesday declared an indefinite strike over government's failure to approve recommendation...

I will incorporate technology, raise capacity of the entire Judiciary-Justice Torkornoo

Appearing before Parliament’s Appointment Committee, Justice Tornonoo noted that Ghana’s Judiciary h...

Three suggested ways to deal with delayed land cases-Justice Gertrude Torkornoo

Ghana’s courts are faced with a myriad of winding land cases whose resolutions usually take years an...

Suame municipality gets court complex at Bremang

Outgoing Chief Justice Anin Yeboah stated that justice delivery must reflect the needs of everyone, ...

In-House Bar swears in national executives

Following the amendment of the Ghana Bar Association’s Constitution last year, three sub-national gr...

Petro SA deal: 29 CSOs want Freddy Blay, GNPC CEO removed

The CSOs have accused the two men of working against the nation's interest by seeking to sell 50% of...

JUSAG declares indefinite strike

According to JUSAG, the Judicial Council submitted a proposal in 2021 for approval on salary increme...

41 new Circuit Court judges, Magistrates sworn-in

The judges were sworn-in at a short ceremony at the Supreme Court in Accra, today, May 23....

Indictable offences: Allow magistrates to grant bail-GSL Director

According to him, institutions like the police seem to capitalize on the above to violate the right ...

US Senate confirms Ghanaian-American Nancy Abudu to Federal Court of Appeal

Ms. Abudu was nominated more than a year ago by President Biden and will make history as the first A...

AG hints at new Notaries Public Bill as 92 are sworn-in

“A new Notaries Public Bill has been submitted by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of...

African Bar Association holds annual conference from August 6-10

The theme for this year’s conference is “Building the Legal Profession in Africa under the African C...

Attorney-General launches Public Defenders Division of Legal Aid Commission

As one of the three divisions created by the new Legal Aid Commission Act, 2018 (Act 977), the Publi...

GLC withdraws LLB accreditation for campuses of Presbyterian Uni, Wisconsin Kumasi, another

A notice signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo (JA), and published in the Da...

Oti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates four courts

Justice Anin-Yeboah noted that the commissioning of the courthouses is part of the Judiciary's objec...