Supreme Court News
Ghana’s Supreme Court Affirms Pro-Arbitration Stance, Upholding Multi-Million Dollar LCIA Awards Against Springfield
Counsel for the Respondents criticized the findings of the court below that the new rules of LCIA an...
Supreme Court Defines Limits of "Public Service," Denies Enhanced Pension to Former State Attorney
The Supreme Court, in a judgment authored by Justice Mensah, rejected the "Commercial Venture" Test ...
“Seller Beware”: Supreme Court Issues Stern Warning to Auto Dealers After Refurbished Engine Fraud
The Court held that in Ghana, for policy reasons, some statutes mandatorily imply certain terms into...
Ghana Supreme Court Bolsters Mining Stability, Rebuffs Local Landowners Claims Against Newmont
The ruling is expected to bring a level of predictability to the Ghanaian mining landscape, which ha...
AG backs one-member-one-vote in political party elections
In the Statement of Case filed in Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng & 2 Others v New Patriotic Party & ...
Order state to fund political party electoral processes- NDC tells Supreme Court
The prayer forms part of the NDC’s Statement of Case filed before the Supreme Court in a constitutio...
Supreme Court rejects Dame’s withdrawal from Torkornoo case
A seven-member panel, chaired by Justice Amadu Tanko, said there was nothing before the court to sho...
Supreme Court fixes July 2 for judgment on CJ Torkornoo removal consolidated cases
A seven-member panel of the apex court, presided over by Justice Amadu Tanko, fixed the date after a...
Attorney-General backs suit seeking voting rights for all party members in primaries
In a 19-page statement of case filed on Monday, May 25, 2026, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Sre...
Restrain security agencies from setting bail conditions without court-Citizen drags AG to SC
The suit, filed against the Attorney-General, invokes the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court...
Citizen challenges false news and electronic communication laws at Supreme Court
Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers filed the suit at the Supreme Court Registry in Accra through his lawyer...
Methodist Church joined to Wesley Girls’ religious rights case
The ruling means the Methodist Church, which founded the Cape Coast-based school, will now participa...
Supreme Court refuses to halt Gifty Oware-Mensah trial
Her lawyer, Gary Nimako Marfo, had asked the Supreme Court to stay proceedings at the High Court whi...
CSOs allowed to join Supreme Court case challenging OSP powers
The organisations were admitted as friends of the court, also known as amicus curiae, on Tuesday, Ma...
Ecobank must pay monthly compound interest to Daniel Ofori-Supreme Court
In a ruling delivered on 6 May 2026, the court held that Mr Ofori, the plaintiff and judgment credit...
I am a wife, not ‘side chick’ — SC joins woman to divorce suit of ordinance wife
The decision was given in the case of Vida Yeboah v Dr Stephen Yeboah and Mercy Agyeiwaa, decided on...
Ghana Police Service asks Supreme Court to overturn promotion victory of 40 Chief Inspectors
The appeal targets the January 2026 judgment in which the Court of Appeal directed the Police Servic...
5-year voting ban for electoral offenders constitutional- Supreme Court
In a unanimous decision, a seven-member panel led by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie held that the ...
GJA to challenge Electronic Communications Act at Supreme Court over journalist arrests
GJA President Albert Dwumfour, speaking at an engagement between journalists and National Security p...
Supreme Court gives NDC, NPP and Attorney-General 14 days to respond to delegate system case
At the centre of the case is a lawsuit brought by Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tama...
Wesley Girls motion to strike out religious discrimination suit dismissed
In a ruling delivered on 29 April 2026, the apex court held that the school’s Board of Governors was...
Supreme Court awards GH¢800,000 to man jailed nearly 20 years after wrongful robbery conviction
A five-member panel led by Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson made the award after finding that Appiah h...
12 civil society groups move to join Supreme Court case over OSP powers
The groups want to participate as amicus curiae, or friends of the court, saying the legal challenge...
Attorney-General to wait for Supreme Court before moving on OSP cases
Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai says the department will wait for the Supreme Court to g...
Attorney General gets 7 days extension to file case in OSP battle
The extension was granted after state lawyers told the court they had been unable to meet the origin...
