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Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey Case: Did the Supreme Court actually shut the door on Civil Proceedings in an intermedelling Case?

Ex Parte Yvonne Amponsah Brobbey Case: Did the Supreme Court actually shut the door on Civil Proceedings in an intermedelling Case?

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- March 16, 2023 0

Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash Introduction Last month, the Supreme Court in the landmark case of the Republic v. High Court (Commercial Division), Accra; ... Read More

Business Email Compromise and You

Ghana Law Hub- March 7, 2023 0

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash By: Barbara Ewoenam Afua Kukah Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic aside, one of the most shocking events of the year 2020 ... Read More

Of Testamentary Freedom Under Ghana Law and The Limitations Thereof – The Case of Man Born Free but Everywhere in Chains?

Of Testamentary Freedom Under Ghana Law and The Limitations Thereof – The Case of Man Born Free but Everywhere in Chains?

Frederick Gurah Sampson- February 28, 2023 0

Photo by Melinda Gimpel on Unsplash It is the Political Philosopher J.J. Rousseau who said “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” It ... Read More

The Attorney-General’s Unsolicited Advice To The Auditor-General: Why The Attorney-General Gets It Wrong

The Attorney-General’s Unsolicited Advice To The Auditor-General: Why The Attorney-General Gets It Wrong

Nick Opoku- February 24, 2023 0

The Attorney-General (the “AG”), Godfred Dame, has taken issue with the publication of a special audit report on the government of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditures covering ... Read More

Res judicata: The Undefined Borders

Res judicata: The Undefined Borders

Justice Alexander Osei Tutu- February 24, 2023 0

Introduction The Common Law doctrine of res judicata holds that where a court of competent jurisdiction has determined a case to finality, the parties and ... Read More

Must An Application for Recovery of Possession of Immovable Property Be Made on Notice or Ex Parte?

Must An Application for Recovery of Possession of Immovable Property Be Made on Notice or Ex Parte?

Ghana Law Hub- February 2, 2023 0

Authors:  Antoinette Kyeremanteng & Theophilus Boateng Osei Abstract This paper seeks to analyze, evaluate and examine the contention whether or not recovery of possession after ... Read More

New FIFA Football Agent Regulations – Requirements to become a Ghanaian Football Agent.

New FIFA Football Agent Regulations – Requirements to become a Ghanaian Football Agent.

Nana Kwabena Anin-Yeboah- January 9, 2023 5

Voice Summary by Author:   According to reports, Paul Pogba's agent, the late Mino Raiola, made £41 million from his client's 2016 transfer to Manchester United. This transfer ... Read More

Treatment of Shareholders’ Unclaimed Dividends Under the Companies Act 2019, (Act 992) and the Constitutional issue that Arises!

Treatment of Shareholders’ Unclaimed Dividends Under the Companies Act 2019, (Act 992) and the Constitutional issue that Arises!

Frederick Gurah Sampson- December 18, 2022 0

 Voice Summary: Introduction Businesses, be it Limited Liability Companies, Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships etc in Ghana like elsewhere exist with the aim of maximizing profit. Shareholders ... Read More

General Traverse, Where is your sting?

General Traverse, Where is your sting?

Ghana Law Hub- December 11, 2022 2

Author:Richmond Agbelengor Voice summary: 1.Introduction In a legal tussle, facts alleged by a party and admitted by the opposite party do not become facts in ... Read More

Default Judgment and the Doctrine of Estoppel Per Rem Judicata: A Legal Conundrum in Order 10 Rule 6 & Order 13 Rule 6(2) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C. I 47)

Default Judgment and the Doctrine of Estoppel Per Rem Judicata: A Legal Conundrum in Order 10 Rule 6 & Order 13 Rule 6(2) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C. I 47)

Derick Adu-Gyamfi- November 22, 2022 0

Voice Summary by Author: Introduction  Meaning of default judgment Default judgment is a judgment which is not on its merits but a judgment based solely ... Read More

Seeking Default Judgments over Declaratory Reliefs Under Ghana Law – Navigating the Procedural Nuances

Seeking Default Judgments over Declaratory Reliefs Under Ghana Law – Navigating the Procedural Nuances

Frederick Gurah Sampson- November 12, 2022 0

Voice Summary by Author:   Introduction. The objective of every Plaintiff who commences an action either by issuance of writ, petition or an originating motion ... Read More

Ghana’s Push for Compulsory Arbitration in Respect of Some Causes of Action- A Hit or A Miss?

Ghana’s Push for Compulsory Arbitration in Respect of Some Causes of Action- A Hit or A Miss?

Bobby Banson and Nana Kwabena Anin-Yeboah- July 14, 2022 0

Introduction The word “arbitration” has gained a lot of traction in recent years. It is now “fashionable” or “chique” to incorporate arbitration clauses in all ... Read More

Summary: Transparency International & Ors V Republic of Ghana (the Agyapa Case)

Summary: Transparency International & Ors V Republic of Ghana (the Agyapa Case)

Nick Opoku- July 8, 2022 0

On July 13, 2022, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) shall deliver its judgment in a ... Read More

Rahim Baba Salifa: The Boy Caught Between Ghana-Guinea Tensions

Rahim Baba Salifa: The Boy Caught Between Ghana-Guinea Tensions

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 30, 2022 0

The early days of law school was difficult. It required getting used to the case law method of teaching and learning. And adapting to the ... Read More

Insolvency and Arbitration: An Analysis of Ghana’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798)

Insolvency and Arbitration: An Analysis of Ghana’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798)

Bobby Banson- April 10, 2022 0

1.Introduction Conflict has become accepted as part of human engagements and endeavours. When conflict arises, the disposition of the parties involved in it is to ... Read More

An Examination of Victim-Offender Mediation in the Criminal Justice System

An Examination of Victim-Offender Mediation in the Criminal Justice System

Maureen Emefa Bansah- April 3, 2022 0

A.Introduction As traditional court processes become unpopular, there has been recourse to flexible modes of adjudication through alternative dispute resolution. In the criminal justice context, ... Read More

Rethinking Article 68(5) of the 1992 Constitution – Taxation of the Emoluments of the President of the Republic of Ghana – An Introspection

Rethinking Article 68(5) of the 1992 Constitution – Taxation of the Emoluments of the President of the Republic of Ghana – An Introspection

Frederick Gurah Sampson- March 28, 2022 0

Introduction. The President of Ghana is, under the law, the first gentleman of the land and he takes precedence over all other persons in Ghana. ... Read More

Matters Arising Out of the Abdulai Court: Presiding Members can Wear two Hats

Matters Arising Out of the Abdulai Court: Presiding Members can Wear two Hats

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare- March 12, 2022 0

Article 110(1) of the Constitution provides that “subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may, by standing orders, regulate its own procedure.” Article 101 ... Read More

Territorial Jurisdiction of Lower Courts- Can Suits Be Transferred From One Lower Court to Another?

Territorial Jurisdiction of Lower Courts- Can Suits Be Transferred From One Lower Court to Another?

Bobby Banson- February 1, 2022 0

1.Synopsis It isaccepted that there is only one (1) High Court in Ghana but for administrative convenience, the Chief Justice may create different high courts ... Read More

Joinder of a Juristic Entity in an Article 64 Petition: A Slippery Slope in Civil Procedure Practice in Ghana

Joinder of a Juristic Entity in an Article 64 Petition: A Slippery Slope in Civil Procedure Practice in Ghana

Derick Adu-Gyamfi- January 30, 2022 0

Introduction It is fundamental in litigation that parties must commence action against relevant parties to the suit. A plaintiff who conceives that he has a ... Read More