Category: Your Friday Legal Corner
Blue Law: An Insight
INTRODUCTION Perhaps, you were wondering why during the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the court sat on Good Friday and Easter ... Read More
When Long Possession Can Ripen Into Ownership
Introduction Not too long ago, there was an information on social media, particularly on Whatsapp platforms to the effect that, if you put a caretaker ... Read More
Making a Case for the Enforcement of Prenuptial Agreements in Ghana
Introduction In 2014, Citifmonline.com reported a news item in which a family lawyer and former lecturer of the Ghana Law School, Dr. Kofi Adinkrah who ... Read More
A Message of Hope for the Year 2021
Introduction Year 2021 gives some glimpses of hope universally coming straight from 2020, a year that the world was wracked with the deadly Covid-19 Pandemic. ... Read More
Equitable Remedy of Norwich Pharmacal Order: Unmasking the Masked
Towards the last quarter of the 19th Century, a very important ‘marriage’ was celebrated in England that brought together two hitherto hostile, but independent personalities. This ... Read More
21st Century Restatement Of The Principle In Kponuglo V. Kodadja
Introduction On 24th November 1933, the Privy Council delivered a decision that has had far reaching consequences on not only our jurisprudence but British West Africa ... Read More
Hayford Ofosu Amaning v. The Republic: A Case of Judicial Heterodoxy?
The Facts of the Case In the case of Hayford Ofosu Amaning v. The Republic, the High Court had tried summarily an accused person who was ... Read More
The Abandoned Jurisdiction of The Supreme Court
1.Introduction Perhaps, it may surprise you to know that a conviction by a lower court, not appealed against by the convicted person or his lawyer ... Read More
The complexity of Succession in Some Ghanaian Communities & Historical Accounts
Introduction Succession is an integral part of customary law and since customary law is part of the laws of Ghana and for that matter the Ghana ... Read More
The Chancellor & Equity – Epitome of Christ & the Grace
There is no profession that I know which perfectly illustrates Christ’s redemptive work better than the Legal Profession. In this article, we will look at ... Read More