The article argues that “lawyer shaming” is less a valid criticism of the legal profession and more a reflection of insecurity, admiration, and misunderstanding on the part of critics. It defends the...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This lecture argues that justice in Ghana must extend beyond courts into homes, schools, communities, and public institutions, where dialogue, fairness, and accountability are first learned and practi...

Source: Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie

This article argues that Ghana’s 2018 Criminal Disclosure and Case Management Practice Directions, though aimed at efficiency, fundamentally undermine the presumption of innocence and the right to sil...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

The ICC’s new policy recognizes severe environmental destruction as a potential international crime, empowering countries like Ghana to prosecute such offenses. Ghana’s plan to establish specialized e...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This article argues that while Ghana’s Land Act, 2020 is comprehensive, effective land governance depends on recognizing and integrating a wider set of related laws. Justice Alexander Osei Tutu examin...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

Ghana’s Land Act, 2020 exemplifies a landmark effort to integrate customary law into modern statutory land governance by codifying indigenous principles, promoting fiduciary accountability, and ensuri...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

This article argues that Ghana's civil procedure rules—specifically Order 73 of C.I. 47 and Order 12 of C.I. 59—violate constitutional and international human rights by allowing pretrial detention of...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sancti...

Source: Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.

This article critiques Ghana’s outdated obscenity law under Section 281(1) of Act 29, arguing that its vague criminalization of "obscene objects" unconstitutionally endangers personal rights. It propo...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This article critiques the dissonance between Ghana's evolving nuclear family dynamics and outdated customary laws governing funerals and inheritance. It advocates for legislative reform to grant nucl...

Source: Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe

The paper explores how Ghana’s legal system can better support patient safety by addressing medical negligence through tort law, proposing a dedicated Patient Safety Act. It highlights litigation chal...

Source: Dr. Richmond Osei-Hwere

The article asserts that Ghana's Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) reinstates customary law acquisitions as valid sources of "good title" to land, correcting prior statutory exclusions. This shift legitimizes...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

This article critiques the practice in Ghana's Superior Courts where Justices adjudicate contempt cases arising from their own proceedings, violating the rule of nemo judex in causa sua. It advocates...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This article critiques Ghana’s narrow, outdated legal definition of rape, restricted to penile vaginal penetration, and advocates for reform aligned with the Rome Statute’s broader, consent-focused st...

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This article explores the complex moral, legal, religious, and philosophical debates surrounding adverse possession, emphasizing its declining social approval and relevance in Ghana’s modern property...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

The article examines the current state of legal education in Ghana, highlighting its challenges and proposing reforms to make it more effective, accessible, and aligned with modern legal practice.

Source: Sedinam Awo Kwadam

This second part of the article explores the challenges judges in Ghana face after assuming office, including external pressures, political interference, social reclusiveness, security risks, and ment...

Source: Bertha A. Aniagyei

This article examines the process of becoming a judge in Ghana, outlining the recruitment procedures, conditions of service, postings, transfers, leadership expectations, and the exclusivity of judici...

Source: Bertha A. Aniagyei

This paper examines the misconception that the Circuit Court in Ghana is limited by a GHC 2,000,000 jurisdictional cap in land disputes. Through legal analysis, it argues that the Circuit Court’s juri...

Source: Her Honour Judge Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.)

This article evaluates Order 73 of CI 47 in the context of Ghana's 1992 Constitution, focusing on its implications for personal liberty under Article 14(1)(c). It argues that Order 73's allowance for...

Source: Her Honour Sedinam Awo Kwadam & Emmanuel Babuboa

The article discusses the legal principle in Ghana concerning the capacity of family members to sue and be sued regarding family property. It examines historical and modern interpretations, significan...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

In this article, the author examines the exceptions to the principle that the power to alienate property is linked with the capacity to litigate. By exploring various legal cases and statutory provisi...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

One of the most jealously guarded rights that is guaranteed to an accused person is the right against self-incrimination. It is one of the first things every accused person hears about immediately he...

Source: HH Malcolm Bedzrah

The author, a Circuit Court Judge, Ofaakor expertly discusses the matter of Objections raised in courts and offers practical insights for Judges to observe

Source: H.H Malcolm, Ewoenam Bedzrah Esq.

The paper interrogates the two positions and the recent attempt by the Apex Court to reconcile them. Was the Court able to rectify the ‘corrupted version’ of the estoppel per rem judicatam rule or jus...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

This article sets out to examine the case of Obeng Gyebi, the reasoning and conclusion of the apex court in applying the Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 646) retrospectively to the sentence of lif...

Source: Justice Eric Kyei Baffour

Delivered by Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei to the Ghana Journalists Association on Wednesday 3rd May, 2023

Source: JUSTICE DENNIS ADJEI

The venerable Justice Sir Dennis Adjei considers the implications of the COVID-19 on judicial decision making in Ghana. What has changed and what new things can we expect?

Source: JUSTICE DENNIS ADJEI

The Supreme Court on 18th January 2022 rendered its reasons in the case of of Republic v High Court, (Criminal Division 9), Accra Ex Parte Ecobank Ghana Ltd; Origin 8 & Anor (Respondents & Interested...

Source: Justice Eric Kyei Baffour

The interesting subject of Blue laws is the focus of this article, including its applications in Ghanaian law

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

In this humorous and exciting recount, the author discusses a television drama from her childhood in which a court upheld a man's argument that he was right in marrying another wife because his wife (...

Source: Bertha A. Aniagyei

The article discusses the position and seeming challenges with allodial interests under Ghana's Land Act, 2020

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

The article retraces the circumstances that have contributed to the decline of allodial interests/titles in Ghana's land law, including provisions in law that have contributed to this realization

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

The writer scans the horizon of the legal landscape on the determination of cases regarding executory and non-executory orders culminating in the decision in the case of Ogyeadom Obranu Kwesi Attah VI

Source: Justice Eric Kyei Baffour

The author discusses whether or not women are better off divorced with regard to their access to spousal property during the dissolution of the marriage compared to what pertains upon the death of a h...

Source: Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe

Presentation at the Association of Magistrates and Judges Conference on 29th September, 2021 by Justice Dennis Adjei

Source: JUSTICE DENNIS ADJEI

The writer lays more emphasis on how the Kodadja principle has gone under the knife on a couple of occasions especially in this century at the blind side of its numerous admirers

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

Not too long ago, there was an information on social media, particularly on Whatsapp platforms to the effect that, if you put a caretaker on your land, he takes ownership of the land after being in po...

Source: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu