Category: CATEGORIES

Navigating the Role of the Corporate Counsel: Insights from My Journey

Navigating the Role of the Corporate Counsel: Insights from My Journey

Helen Amponsah Asare- February 13, 2024

Transitioning from traditional private practice in a law firm to a successful Corporate (In-house) Counsel demands adaptation and the acquisition of new skills. In this ... Read More

The Doctrine of Continuous Violation: Can It Be Caught by the Doctrine of Estoppel and the Statute of Limitation?

The Doctrine of Continuous Violation: Can It Be Caught by the Doctrine of Estoppel and the Statute of Limitation?

Derick Adu-Gyamfi- January 1, 2024

“On principle of public policy nobody should be allowed to take advantage of his own wrong.” Introduction With this doctrine the decision in Bodner v ... Read More

Legal Effect of Service And Pendency of an Application for Injunction in Ghana – Restating the Position!

Legal Effect of Service And Pendency of an Application for Injunction in Ghana – Restating the Position!

Frederick Gurah Sampson- December 28, 2023

Dedication The author dedicates this paper to his sister, who obtained and graduated with her PhD from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) ... Read More

Has it registered that your company needs a register?

Has it registered that your company needs a register?

Shirley Somuah- March 2, 2023

Photo by Marissa Grootes on Unsplash Take your average limited liability company incorporated in Ghana: the typical minimum of two directors and at least one ... Read More

George Odamtten & Ors v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors [2018]: A Laudable Demonstration of Judicial Reasoning by the Supreme Court?”

George Odamtten & Ors v. Wuta-Ofei & Ors [2018]: A Laudable Demonstration of Judicial Reasoning by the Supreme Court?”

Ghana Law Hub- January 16, 2023

Author: Joel Oheneba Afari-Acquah Abstract The Supreme Court of Ghana in George Odamtten & Ors v Wuta-Ofei & Ors affirmed the decision of the Court of ... Read More

Owusu v. Addo: An Unnecessary Hurdle In The Pursuit Of Justice

Owusu v. Addo: An Unnecessary Hurdle In The Pursuit Of Justice

Bobby Banson- April 21, 2022

Summary: The author considers the impact of the Supreme Court’s strained and narrow interpretation of the word “judgment” in Article 131 in Owusu v Addo ... Read More

7 Practical Tips For GSL Entrance Exam Candidates

7 Practical Tips For GSL Entrance Exam Candidates

Nick Opoku- August 23, 2021

To all our friends preparing for the Ghana School of Law entrance exam next Tuesday, August 24, 2021, we have you in our thoughts. Give it your best shot. Here ... Read More

Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Justice Justin Kofi Dorgu’s Bold Incision Into The Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798)

Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Justice Justin Kofi Dorgu’s Bold Incision Into The Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798)

Bobby Banson- August 3, 2021

1.Introduction Ghana’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798) (“hereinafter referred to as the ADR Act”), has been hailed by Scholars as very progressive. Dr. ... Read More

Flubbing One’s Lines:  Revisiting #FixTheCountry’s Horrid Day at the Ghana Supreme Court!

Flubbing One’s Lines: Revisiting #FixTheCountry’s Horrid Day at the Ghana Supreme Court!

Mawuse Oliver Barker-Vormawor- June 24, 2021

What is this thing I read here? This is a legal article. It may surprise some, who read it, but this is very much a ... Read More

Fixing the Culture of Unlawful Arrest and Detentions: A Look at the Rules of Engagement of the National Security Apparatus

Fixing the Culture of Unlawful Arrest and Detentions: A Look at the Rules of Engagement of the National Security Apparatus

Bobby Banson- May 24, 2021

1.Introduction These days, the mention of National Security evokes fear and intimidation, to say the least. Media reports abound as to alleged unlawful arrests and ... Read More