Author: Samuel Alesu-Dordzi

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi is an Editor of the Ghana Law Hub.

What is Entrapment?

What is Entrapment?

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- June 25, 2018

Now that the dust is almost settling on the latest work of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, it is probably time to examine one of ... Read More

Supreme Court Sets Parameters for Disclosure of Information to Accused Persons

Supreme Court Sets Parameters for Disclosure of Information to Accused Persons

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- June 18, 2018

The Supreme Court in the case of Republic v Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie & 4 Ors has upheld the right of accused persons being tried summarily to ... Read More

Investigative Journalism: The Tension Between Privacy and the Public’s Interest

Investigative Journalism: The Tension Between Privacy and the Public’s Interest

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- June 4, 2018

Investigative journalism assists the traditional media in rooting out corruption and dealing with crimes and abuse of public trust and confidence. As Lord Nichols pointed ... Read More

Overview of Ghana’s Deposit Protection Scheme

Overview of Ghana’s Deposit Protection Scheme

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 31, 2018

2016 was a challenging year for the Ghanaian Banking sector. Reports of microfinance institutions folding up were rife. “Owners” of these financial institutions were disappearing ... Read More

Overview of BOG’s Corporate Governance Directives

Overview of BOG’s Corporate Governance Directives

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 21, 2018

Banking in Ghana began in the 1890s when Standard Chartered Bank (Ghana) Limited established its first branch in Accra. This was followed by the opening ... Read More

Can an Ex-Employee Come Back for More?

Can an Ex-Employee Come Back for More?

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 17, 2018

It has long been thought that an ex-employee could not turn around and complain about a termination package she received (unreservedly) from an employer. The ... Read More

Can a Law Firm Sign a Legal Process? – Extra Perspective

Can a Law Firm Sign a Legal Process? – Extra Perspective

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 10, 2018

On 7 may 2017, the Ghana Law Hub published an article under the heading, “Can a law firm sign a legal process?”In that article, Y. ... Read More

Sallah v Attorney-General – 48 Years On

Sallah v Attorney-General – 48 Years On

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- April 20, 2018

Today, we turn the clocks back to a key decision that was given 48 years ago. This was in the case of Sallah v Attorney-General. ... Read More

Secret Phone Recording Violation of Right to Privacy

Secret Phone Recording Violation of Right to Privacy

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- April 16, 2018

The Supreme Court in the case of Raphael Cubagee v Michael Yeboah Asare & 2 Ors has declared the secret recording of a telephone conversation ... Read More

Can an unsigned document give rise to legal consequences?

Can an unsigned document give rise to legal consequences?

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- April 12, 2018

The Supreme Court in the case of John Affuah & Another v General Developments Company Limited has held that an unsigned document may give rise ... Read More