The Law of State Responsibility is the branch of Public International Law that regulates the determination of the legal liability...
Brief Note on Customary Divorce
Discussions on the types of marriages celebrated in Ghana have in recent times given the impression that persons married under the ordinance have more advantages than their counterparts married under customary law. Although this assertion may be true in some very limited instances1,...
Enforcement Procedure of a Registered Charge Under Ghanaian Law
1. Introduction On 23rd December 2008, the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2008 (Act 773) was enacted to, amongst others, improve...
What is AfCFTA? And what does Ghana’s hosting of the AfCFTA Secretariat mean for the Country, Legally Speaking?
I. Introduction At its 12thExtraordinary Summit held from 6 to 7 July 2019 in the Nigerien capital Niamey, the African...
Foetus’ Right to Protection: Comparing Abortion to Homicide
Article 297(e) of the 1992 Constitution provides that persons include female persons and corporations. In the case of New Patriotic Party...
Recent Supreme Court Directions on Drafting of Grounds of Appeal
The Supreme Court in the recent case of Atuguba & Associates v Scipion Capital (UK) & Anor[1] has given some...
Is Africa Ready for the Continental Free Trade Area with the Growing Spate of Xenophobia?
“The Only Thing We Learn From History Is That We Learn Nothing From History.” Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel About fifty...
The Implications of Lost or Missing Record of Proceedings
In the Supreme Court case of Jones Bonuah @ Eric Annor Blay v The Republic, the appellant appealed against (a)...
Ending Employment Relationships Under Ghanaian Law: Basic Terms (1)
In virtually every employment case law, you are likely to find the following words and phrases in use: dismissal, summary...
Trademarking Lessons From Patapaa’s “Skopatumana”
Ghanaian music sensation, Patapaa’s latest collaboration with Kawola has got many people talking. And just like the “One Corner” hit...
Inadequacies of the Definitions of Sexual Offences in the Criminal Offences Act
Introduction While the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) outlines a number of criminal offences and prescribes punishments for offenders,...
Right to Privacy in Criminal Matters
The right to privacy is a fundamental human right. Article 18, clause 2 of the 1992 Constitution provides that: “No...