Tag Archives: Legal

  A private Legal Practitioner and Law Lecturer, Dr. John Baiden has petitioned the office of the Attorney-General to prosecute officials of the Bank of Ghana over the rapid depreciation of the Ghana Cedi. In his petition, he said, “The Bank of Ghana has compromised the Ghana cedi. It is out of line and …

It is no doubt one of the prestigious professions around the globe – Law. Many people would love to pursue law, but sometimes the number of years involved is somewhat a dragging factor for some people. Age and time, however, was no limit for these three female individuals who stopped …

Nii Ayikoi Otoo, a former Attorney General, has chastized Albert Kan-Dapaah, the National Security Minister, over his caution regarding the perception that a judiciary is biased and has dire consequences on the country’s security. According to him, judges do not determine cases on party lines even though the perception of bias …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the legal luminary, Tsatsu Tsikata, may belong to different political ideologies when it comes to certain matters of constitutionality and principle, however, they have on few rare occasions been on the same side. One of such rare cases was in 1979 when they both represented Dr Kwame …

As of September last year, 7,951 criminal cases were pending in court against defaulting employers. We do not take delight in prosecuting employers before the law court. “But it only becomes a necessary last resort when all eligible means to settle the debts have failed,” Ms Emefa Agonyo, SSNIT Public …

  The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has on the basis of stated misconduct, terminated the appointment of Mrs. Cynthia Dapaah-Ntow, its Head of Legal Affairs. The move comes after an internal Disciplinary Committee implicated her in a bribery scandal involving a food supplement manufacturer last year. An internal memo …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have met with their legal team in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition at the Supreme Court. The President’s legal Team was led by Akoto Ampaw and Frank Davies. Speaking for and on behalf of the legal Team, …

The Supreme Court of Ghana on Tuesday, February 9, heard arguments on whether or not Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, should testify and be cross-examined by Counsel for the Petitioner in the Election Petition. Counsels for the 1st and 2nd Respondents had on Monday closed their case after the …

The Relative of the late Sir John who was complicit in a Joy News Report on Illegal mining in the Ashanti Region, Charles Owusu has denied allegations of been involved in any form of illegal mining. According to him, as a worker of the forestry Commission he discharged his duties …

Private Legal Practitioner in Ghana and Member of the British Bar, Ralph Poku-Adusei, says the errors associated with the election petition filed by lawyers of the defected flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, are unpardonable and same has dragged the legal profession into public ridicule. “The mistakes, omissions and …