Image: Photo by Olga Thelavart on Unsplash “Service is therefore a fundamental requirement that places a duty on the party whose process is required to be to ensure that the adversary has been duly served. This often entails calling in the registry advisedly to ascertain proof of service of the process. Before embarking upon the...
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April 5, 2024July 24, 2025Succession
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 children are subjected to a vulgar and humiliating abuse; they are made to pay unreasonable and unjustifiable funeral dues, to incur liabilities in respect of the funeral which can find...
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November 12, 2022July 24, 2025Civil Procedure
Seeking Default Judgments over Declaratory Reliefs Under Ghana Law – Navigating the Procedural Nuances
Voice Summary by Author: Introduction. The objective of every Plaintiff who commences an action either by issuance of writ,[1] petition[2] or an originating motion on notice[3], is to obtain a favourable judgment, either for the reliefs claimed or for better reliefs if any. When a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim is issued...