Author: Justice Alexander Osei Tutu

The author is a Justice of the High Court of Ghana and is currently on secondment in the Gambia. He obtained his LLB at the University of Ghana in 2000 and was called to the bar in 2002. In 2010, he joined the bench as a circuit court judge – after 8 years in private practice. He became a High Court Judge in 2013. Justice Alexander Osei Tutu holds an LLM in International Human Rights from the Fordham University and a Diploma in Transnational Criminal Law from the International Law Enforcement Academy at Roswell, USA.

Nullity Nullified: The Poisoned Tree Can Now Bear Healthy Fruits

Nullity Nullified: The Poisoned Tree Can Now Bear Healthy Fruits

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- October 21, 2024

Introduction If an act is a nullity, in the eyes of the law, it is treated as if it never existed. At common law, the ... Read More

To Adopt or Not to Adopt in Civil Cases: The New Judge’s Dilemma

To Adopt or Not to Adopt in Civil Cases: The New Judge’s Dilemma

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- October 19, 2024

Introduction All too soon, the legal vacation has ended paving way for another busy legal year, in tandem with the tradition of our vocation. More ... Read More

Capacity: A Fundamental Concept Suffering From Conflicting Notions

Capacity: A Fundamental Concept Suffering From Conflicting Notions

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- June 14, 2024

Introduction In 2008, His Lordship Anin Yeboah J.A. (as he then was) in the case of The Republic v. The Arbitration Committee of Mampong Gyase ... Read More

Right to Sue on Behalf of The Family: Settled Principles & Unsettling Surprises

Right to Sue on Behalf of The Family: Settled Principles & Unsettling Surprises

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- May 31, 2024

Introduction The principle was laid down long ago under customary law that in matters affecting family property, it is the head of the family who ... Read More

Power to Alienate & Capacity to Litigate: When the Rule Swallowed the Exceptions

Power to Alienate & Capacity to Litigate: When the Rule Swallowed the Exceptions

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- May 24, 2024

Introduction The power to alienate and capacity to litigate are cornerstones of the law of Immovable Property and legal proceedings (Civil Procedure). The power to ... Read More

Capacity: A Janus-faced Concept  in Ghanaian Jurisprudence

Capacity: A Janus-faced Concept in Ghanaian Jurisprudence

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- May 20, 2024

Introduction “Our word to you does not waver between ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. 2 Corinthians 1:18 NLT. The story of capacity is like the Biblical Reuben. ... Read More

Judgment & Pleadings of Previous Suits in Res Judicata: To Tender or Not to Tender?

Judgment & Pleadings of Previous Suits in Res Judicata: To Tender or Not to Tender?

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- November 10, 2023

Introduction When a name or concept is ‘corrupted’ over time due to its misspelling or mispronunciation, it becomes very difficult to revert to the original ... Read More

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey in Retrospect: Its Impact on the Rules of Court

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey in Retrospect: Its Impact on the Rules of Court

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- May 26, 2023

Introduction In February 2023, the Supreme Court in its decision in the Republic v. High Court (Commercial Division) Accra, Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey (described ... Read More

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey in Retrospect: An Appraisal of the Mandate of the Rules Committee and Related Matters

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey in Retrospect: An Appraisal of the Mandate of the Rules Committee and Related Matters

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- March 24, 2023

Introduction In the recent case of The Republic v. High Court (Commercial Division), Accra; Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey (Gladys Nkrumah – Interested Party), the ... Read More

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey Case: Did the Supreme Court actually shut the door on Civil Proceedings in an intermedelling Case?

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey Case: Did the Supreme Court actually shut the door on Civil Proceedings in an intermedelling Case?

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- March 16, 2023

Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash Introduction Last month, the Supreme Court in the landmark case of the Republic v. High Court (Commercial Division), Accra; ... Read More