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The Permanent Court of Arbitration has, in a final award dated January 30, 2023, dismissed an investor-state arbitration instituted by Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting Tech. Co. Ltd. (the “Claimant”) against the Government of Ghana (“Respondent”) after upholding a preliminary objection by the Attorney-General acting as counsel for the Government …

Ghanaian socialite Afia Schwarzenegger has been asked by the Tema High Court to pay GH¢60,000 instead of a jail sentence, during her contempt case hearing today, January 31, 2023. In an exclusive interview with Maurice Ampaw, Chairman Wontumi’s lawyer, he disclosed that her sentence also includes being barred from social media …

The High Court in Accra has ordered the former National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and a former Deputy Communications Officer, Anthony Kweku Boahen, to open their defence to charges. The two were charged in 2019 with conspiracy to cause harm following a leaked audio …

A court in Uganda has ordered a woman who broke up with her fiancé to pay him financial damages for psychological anguish. According to the court, Richard Tumwine paid 9.4m shillings ($2,550) for Fortunate Kyarikunda’s law studies, which she must repay, including his legal fees. The presiding judge, Magistrate Asanasio …

Alex Mould, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), and Gavivina Tamakloe have been ordered to pay a bond of GHC5 million to the state for failing to produce Sedina Tamakloe Attionu. The sureties, Alex Mould and Gavivina Tamakloe, secured a GHC 5 million …

The US Supreme Court has been unable to determine how a controversial draft decision regarding abortion was leaked before it was formally announced. On Thursday, investigators said that they still do not know whether the leak was deliberate or unintentional after eight months of opening the probe. In May, a …

A couple who had been married for seven years and had two children hit a snag when the husband divorced his wife and married his housekeeper. Because of this, the wife decided to take her husband to court to try to make up with him. The wife says she has …

Some youth in Kumasi are languishing in prison facilities in the Ashanti region for their inability to pay GHC250 court fines.   According to the management of Ghana Prisons Service in the Ashanti region, that has contributed to the congestion nature at the Kumasi Central Prisons facility.   Public Relations …

The head of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court, Meaza Ashenafi, and her deputy, Solomon Areda, have resigned. According to BBC.com report, the two did not give any reason for their resignation. Judge Meaza, was appointed Supreme Court president in 2018 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. In the late 1980s and early 1990s …

A French court has ordered a small town to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary, saying the religious display violates the separation of church and state. The statue is located at a crossroads in La Flotte, a municipality of 2,800 inhabitants on the popular holiday island Ile-de-Re, off France’s …