What is this thing I read here? This is a legal article. It may surprise some, who read it, but...
Fixing the Culture of Unlawful Arrest and Detentions: A Look at the Rules of Engagement of the National Security Apparatus
1.Introduction These days, the mention of National Security evokes fear and intimidation, to say the least. Media reports abound as...
Contractual Damages: What to and Not to Claim and How to Get Through
So you’ve been wronged. You’re sure of that. Your lawyer agrees with you. You’re now excited, you’re about to get...
Can Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (MP) Resign from the Appointments Committee of Parliament? : A Constitutional Perspective
On Tuesday, March 30 2021, news broke that Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Honourable Member of for the North Tongu Constituency,...
Trying Criminal Cases De Novo: The Ghana Situation
Introduction: In legal practice, the expression ‘trial de novo’ connotes trying a case afresh as ‘de novo’, a Latin expression,...
Making a Case for the Enforcement of Prenuptial Agreements in Ghana
Introduction In 2014, Citifmonline.com[i] reported a news item in which a family lawyer and former lecturer of the Ghana Law...
Summary of 2021 Presidential Election Petition Ahead of Supreme Court Judgment
Facts The Supreme Court shall deliver its judgment in the presidential election petition filed by the flagbearer for the National...
Obituary: Kojo Bentsi-Enchill
Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, lawyer, writer, and pioneer of Ghanaian corporate practice, died on February 13, 2021, aged 71. He is crazy....
COVID-19 And Force Majeure Clauses – Scaling the Hurdle
Introduction Ever so often, commercial persons have concerned themselves with what they consider the operative parts of contracts they enter...
What Do We Desire/Expect From our Legal Apprentices Otherwise Referred to as Pupils?
By Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Esq, PhD[1] Legal practice is basically an apprenticeship backed by law—at least at the beginning. The...
Preliminary Legal Issues for Determination: When to Raise Them.
1.Introduction Parties go to court because they are unable to settle their disputes amicably. The rules of court have been...
Rethinking Article 78(1), of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana – Lessons from Ghana’s Election 2020.
Introduction. If there is one thing that the Parliamentary results of the 2020 elections taught Ghanaians (both politicians and non-politicians),...