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Public Complaint Directorates revamped in all courts- Chief Justice

She noted that her office accepts and acts on not less than 10 petitions daily and thus called on th...

New Abirem: Chief Justice inaugurates Circuit Court

Funded with the District Assembly Common Fund, the court facility forms part of the 100 courts proje...

NCA Scandal: Former Deputy Nat’l Security Coordinator granted presidential pardon

Following the National Communications Authority(NCA) scandal, Alhaji Osman was sentenced to a five-y...

Legal vacation: 12 High Courts in Accra designated to sit during period

The directive comes as the judiciary would be embarking on the annual long vacation for the legal ye...

Parliament passes Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing death penalty

“The Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2022 is duly read the third time and duly passed," Speaker of ...

Cambodia's Prime Minister to resign after four decades and appoint son as Prime Minister

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has announced he will...

Gynaecologist jailed in New York after sexually abusing more than 200 patients

A gynaecologist who sexually abused more than 200 patients has been jailed for 20 years. Robert Hadd...

South African province introduces midnight alcohol curfew to tackle gender-based violence

Liquor purchases after midnight will soon be prohibited in Limpopo as a curfew will be implemented a...

2023 vacation virtual court sittings: Designated courts, Microsoft teams training schedule

The training, which will mainly be done virtually, is to enhance their optimum usage of the applicat...

Streamlining legal billing: Best practices for law firms

To keep your legal business running smoothly, ensuring an efficient billing process is important. He...

UK passes bill to return illegal migrants to their home country, third country

The UK government's Department for Immigration & Passports, Drugs Policy, Crime, Fire, Counter-terro...

#Fixthecountry group withdraws petition for removal of EC Chair and deputies

The group submitted the 24-page petition on January 10, 2022, invoking the constitutional processes ...

Parliament passes NACOC Amendment Act for medicinal, industrial cannabis cultivation

The minister is thus per the amendment empowered ‘to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis...

CJ calls for cross-sectoral legal framework to drive blue economy

Chief Justice Torkornoo was speaking at the 14th Maritime Law Seminar for Judges of the Superior Cou...

Qualified lawyers being invited for position of District Magistrate

According to a Release signed by Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo, the Judicial Secretary, an applicant m...

Ghanaian children wrongly taken in raids backed by US charity IJM

The multimillion-dollar charity, International Justice Mission, aims to rescue trafficked children a...

Struck Section 43 of Act 1019: Government introduces new Bill for amendment

The said section was struck out in July Last year by the Supreme Court as having been passed by Parl...

Understanding Labour Law in Ghana at a glance: Here's what this source material seeks to do

The book generally covers the current statutory and regulatory framework of labour and employment re...

Recent commentary on some criminal cases exceed the bounds of acceptable speech – AG

In an official statement, Mr. Dame said such comments also tend to interfere with the work of State ...

OSP concludes investigations against Bissue, Adu Boahen, two others

These were contained in its Half-Yearly Report released today July 4, 2023....

41st Martyrs Day: GBA condemns ‘irresponsible’ attack on former CJ

The MP is said to have described the reign of the former CJ as epitomizing the miscarriage of justic...

What to take into consideration before hiring a lawyer?

To help you in this process, there are tips to help you make an informed decision before hiring a la...

The importance of hiring lawyers to review contracts: protecting your interests

The language and intricacy of contracts, though, can be intimidating, and if you don’t fully compreh...

GBA to champion National Policy Initiative for ‘ A skill for a prisoner’

According to the Association, this is one of the surest ways to deal with and reduce the rate of rec...

Gertrude Emefa Donkor is SRC President-elect of the Ghana School of Law

Gertrude takes over from Mr. Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong and would lead the student populace for ...