Category: Your Friday Legal Corner
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
Fair Trial in Civil Cases: A Right or A Privilege?
Introduction The concept of ‘fair trial’ was traditionally associated with criminal proceedings. This article seeks to examine the origin of the concept and how it ... Read More
The Uniqueness Of Jurat Required For Illiterate Testators
I just couldn’t ‘think far’, as “Lil win”, the Kumawood movie actor might have put it. Which world are we in? Is that society’s sense ... Read More
Constitutional interpretation – An uneasy task: Article 88 in perspective
Introduction: One provision in the Constitution 1992 that has set judicial brains wrangling in the area of constitutional interpretation is article 88, particularly clauses 1 ... Read More