Take a newspaper. Flip through the pages randomly. You may well see an employer-sponsored notice in there together with a...
Regulating The Petroleum Industry in Ghana: The Investor’s Dilemma
Background Prior to the Discovery of Oil in Commercial quantities in Ghana, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) was the...
The Civil Aspect of Criminal Procedure: Enforcing Restitution Orders in a Criminal Case
In a criminal case, a judge may make orders such as the payment of money or the return of property...
Creatives and Creathieves
The Creatives are on a roll in Ghana. This has been made possible by technology and the internet. Everyone is...
Unibank vs UT Bank and Capital Bank: Spot the Difference?
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) on March 20, 2018, appointed KPMG as “official administrator” of Unibank Ghana Ltd (“Unibank”). According...
Character Merchandising – The Case of Daddy Lumba and His “Son”
On 6th February 2018, citifmonline.com reported that the “celebrated Ghanaian highlife artiste, Charles Kwadwo Fosu known in showbiz as Daddy...
Book Review: The Law of Mortgages in Ghana by Godwin Djokoto
The law of mortgages has long been considered as an appendage of the law of equity. This is obviously because...
Are Banks Allowed to Name and Shame Defaulting Customers?
In 1896, the Bank of British West Africa (which later became the Standard Chartered Bank) opened its first branch in...
MOUs: Binding or Not?
A Memorandum of understanding (“MOU”), is a document entered into to set out the preliminarily understanding of parties who intend...
The Special Prosecutor, a New ‘God’ In Town?
On Thursday 11th January 2018, news broke of the proposed appointment of Mr. Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu as Special...
Uber’s Ghana Problem
Uber, the online taxi platform, is known all over for two things. First, it is very good at making regulators...
Digital and Virtual currencies in Ghana: Did the Bank of Ghana miss the road?
The Bank of Ghana in a recent notice[1] headed “Digital and Virtual Currency Operations in Ghana” sought to clarify the...