Category: COVID-19 Insight

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy on  Looming Negligence Claims (3)

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy on Looming Negligence Claims (3)

Ghana Law Hub- September 22, 2020

By: Christine Selikem Lassey (University of Ghana School of Law) This last essay comes on the heels of two others, which sought to explore the ... Read More

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy on the Looming Negligence Claims (2)

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy on the Looming Negligence Claims (2)

Ghana Law Hub- August 20, 2020

By: Christine Selikem Lassey (University of Ghana School of Law) “The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law; you must not injure ... Read More

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy On Looming Negligence Claims (1)

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Prophecy On Looming Negligence Claims (1)

Ghana Law Hub- August 18, 2020

By: Christine Selikem Lassey (University of Ghana School of Law) The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted the law and society in many ways. New legal pillars ... Read More

Covid-19 And New Crime Trends

Covid-19 And New Crime Trends

African Centre on Law and Ethics -GIMPA- June 2, 2020

On Wednesday 20th May 2020, Dr. Isidore Kwadwo Tufuor, Lecturer and Head of the Private Law Department at the GIMPA Faculty of Law, delivered via ... Read More

Covid-19, Legal Practice and its Implications for Judicial Decision Making

Covid-19, Legal Practice and its Implications for Judicial Decision Making

African Centre on Law and Ethics -GIMPA- May 19, 2020

On Wednesday 6th May 2020, His Lordship Justice Dennis D. Adjei, Justice of the Court of Appeal of Ghana and Honorific Dean of the GIMPA Faculty ... Read More

The Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

Helen Amponsah Asare- April 26, 2020

In a world that seems to be falling apart, it is fair to say that technology is what has held it together up to this ... Read More

Denial of A Citizen’s Right of Entry: When and How Can It Be Done?

Denial of A Citizen’s Right of Entry: When and How Can It Be Done?

Selikem Donkor- April 23, 2020

If you closely follow activities on twitter, then you might have seen the recent plea by the BET award-winning rapper, Sarkodie, directed at the twitter ... Read More

Implications of COVID-19 on Contracts: Doctrine of Frustration and Force Majeure

Implications of COVID-19 on Contracts: Doctrine of Frustration and Force Majeure

Yaw Marfo Amankwah- April 20, 2020

The world is literally at a standstill because of the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19. On 30 March 2020, the President of the Republic ... Read More

Ghana: COVID-19, Election 2020 and Constitutional Matters Arising

Ghana: COVID-19, Election 2020 and Constitutional Matters Arising

Christopher Nyinevi- April 18, 2020

1.Introduction Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the President has imposed restrictions on the movement of persons and public gatherings pursuant to the Imposition of Restrictions ... Read More

Legal Implications of COVID-19 on  Nana Akuffo-Addo’s Tenure

Legal Implications of COVID-19 on Nana Akuffo-Addo’s Tenure

Selikem Donkor- April 14, 2020

It has become a common concern among students, lawyers, politicians and the wider population about the threat Covid-19 poses to current government of the day ... Read More