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The Spirit of Ransford France Lingers On – Ayine v. Attorney-General in Retrospect
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The Spirit of Ransford France Lingers On – Ayine v. Attorney-General in Retrospect

I.Introduction On 13th May 2020, in the case of Ayine v. Attorney-General[1], Ghana’s Supreme Court, by a 5-2 majority decision upheld the constitutionality of the appointment of 66-year old Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu as the Special Prosecutor (the â€śSP”) under section 13 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) (the â€śOSP” Act).  The Court used...