Tag: Your Friday Legal Corner
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
Capacity: A Janus-faced Concept in Ghanaian Jurisprudence
Introduction “Our word to you does not waver between ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. 2 Corinthians 1:18 NLT. The story of capacity is like the Biblical Reuben. ... Read More
The Decline of Allodial Title in Ghana
Meaning of the term – Allodial The word ‘Allodial’ means absolute interest or original heritage’. In Ghana, it is described as “the highest or ultimate ... Read More
Allodial interest under the Land Act, 2020: Some thoughts
Introduction The problems that confronted land acquisition and administration in Ghana were daunting. It was therefore a big relief when a new land law was ... Read More
Blue Law: An Insight
INTRODUCTION Perhaps, you were wondering why during the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the court sat on Good Friday and Easter ... Read More
Making a Case for the Enforcement of Prenuptial Agreements in Ghana
Introduction In 2014, Citifmonline.com reported a news item in which a family lawyer and former lecturer of the Ghana Law School, Dr. Kofi Adinkrah who ... 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
Re: Hayford Ofosu Amaning v. The Republic: A Case of Judicial Heterodoxy?
Anyone who has followed Justice Osei-Tutu’s Friday “Friday Legal Corner” will agree that the Learned Judge is making great contribution to legal education and legal ... 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