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Event Alert [26th April 2025]: Create for Pay: World Intellectual Property Day 2025
Africa’s entertainment and creative scene is booming. Its sounds and rhythms are a force to reckon with. Easy access to social media apps and streaming ... Read More
Proprietary Estoppel and Adverse Possession: A Struggle Between Fairness and Legalised Theft
Abstract The doctrine of proprietary estoppel is based on reliance by the claimant on representations or encouragement from the legal owner of the land. It ... Read More
The Moral Nuances of Adverse Possession in Ghana
“If property is indeed a relationship of socially approved control over a valued resource, it has become quite clear that in the Britain of the ... Read More
Adverse Possession: A Modern Outlook
Introduction Land ownership and possessory rights have always been contentious issues for land law practitioners, and the concept of adverse possession adds a new layer ... Read More
The Jurisprudence of Section 8 of the Legal Professions Act 1960 (Act 32) (Solicitors Licence) – A Review of The Judicial Pendulum Under Ghana Law
“When the ghosts from the past stand in the path of justice, clanking their medieval chains, the proper course of the judge is to pass ... Read More
Nullity Nullified: The Poisoned Tree Can Now Bear Healthy Fruits
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
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
Ghana Bar Association at the Crossroad; Sankofa! Or Yenkonkoaa! – A Call for Introspection and Retracing
“…. For a very long time, the Ghana Bar Association acted as the conscience of the nation. When they speak, everybody shivers.…In times of challenges ... Read More
Book Review: Contemporary and Evolving Issues in Civil Procedure and Litigation
Justice Alexander Osei Tutu’s second publication in recent times, “Contemporary and Evolving Issues in Civil Procedure and Litigation,” is a useful reminder of how the ... Read More
Arbitrability of Claims of Forgery of Arbitration Agreement – Has Ghana Law Departed From the Prima Paint Rule?
1.Introduction There is no doubt that in most recent times, the approach of the court in Ghana is to as much as possible, promote alternate ... Read More
Permissible Positive Discrimination in a Just Society: A Social Pact of Equals
Abstract In a democratic society, members are conceived as equals. The status of equality arises from the assumption that those who create a just society ... Read More
The LEADing Justice Initiative of the Chief Justice – An Innovative Vision Worthy of Support
“It should be emphasized that the judiciary as composed at present, in terms of article 125(1) of the 1992 Constitution, shall “be independent and subject ... Read More
Capacity: A Fundamental Concept Suffering From Conflicting Notions
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
Power to Alienate & Capacity to Litigate: When the Rule Swallowed the Exceptions
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
Locus Standi of a Stranger to a Judgment: Analysis on the Decisions in Jacques v Harrison , Gbagbo v Owusu & Lamptey v Hammond
Introduction A brief discussion on the origin of the term ‘locus standi’ or simply standing will be very useful to readers for the purpose of ... Read More
Announcement: Appointment of Editors
The Ghana Law Hub is pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Amponsah Asare, and Kalvin A. McQuaye, to its editorial team. Helen is a ... Read More
The Role of Customary Successor in the Application for Letters of Administration: A Sine Qua Non or A Legal Superfluity?
“In The lifetime of their relative, they cannot vent their spleen on his wife. The opportunity comes when he dies. The poor widow and her ... Read More
Passing Law Without Touching the State’s Pocket: An Interpretive Answer To Article 108(a)ii & iii
Abstract The powers of government to legislate, adjudicate, or implement laws are shared among the arms of government—Parliament, the Judiciary, and the Executive. These powers ... Read More
The Legal Effect of Warranties In Insurance Contracts – The Case of Expom Ghana Limited v Vanguard Assurance Company Limited & Anor [2022] 178 G.M.J 117 SC
The Supreme Court has in a recent decision touched on the application of the doctrine of warranties in insurance contracts. The doctrine of warranties is ... Read More
The Jurisprudence of Separability of Arbitration Clauses & Allegation of Fraud to Prevent a Reference to Arbitration
Author: James Gawuga Nkrumah Introduction Increasingly, arbitration is becoming the norm for dispute resolution and not really an alternative to litigation. Parties to commercial agreements ... Read More