Can a Law Firm Sign a Legal Process?
The High Court presided over by Justice Bright Mensah held, in “In the matter of Kaneshie Drivers Association and in the matter of an application...
Of Roots and Branches: The Curious Case of Order 81
Introduction “If your knowledge of substantive law is brilliant and you have no knowledge of the rules of Court then you cannot be a “proper”...
The Intra-Regional Jurisdiction of the High Court: Does The Court Really Have Discretion?
Introduction It is so notorious a fact that there is only High Court in Ghana. It is also trite that the various divisions of the...
The Intra-Regional Jurisdiction of the High Court
Background I want to set the tone of this paper with this hypothetical situation. The Plaintiff is a limited liability company with its registered address...
The Civil Aspect of Criminal Procedure: Enforcing Restitution Orders in a Criminal Case
In a criminal case, a judge may make orders such as the payment of money or the return of property found to have been stolen...
What You Need to Know About “Without Prejudice” Letters
Without Prejudice. This is a label found in letters between two lawyers who are attempting to settle a claim and yet do not wish to...
High Court grants Application for Substituted Service via Facebook
An Accra High Court in the case of IFS Financial Services Limited v Jonathan Mensah & Anor[1] has allowed the social media network, Facebook, to...
Why entry of Conditional Appearance (without more) will not do!
The High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2004 (C.I 47) require a person against whom a writ of summons has been issued to file a notice...
Order 2 rule 4 (2): Some rules may not be handmaidens after all!
Most litigators know this. The rules of court are simply handmaidens and not mistresses. Whiles this statement may be true to a large extent, the...