What Does the Law Say – “Traffic Police: Things to Remember”
A few weeks ago, I saw eleven facts on traffic rules which sought to educate users of the road, particularly drivers. This was virally shared...
Supreme Court on the Determination of the Value of a Car Under a Comprehensive Insurance Policy
The Supreme Court by majority decision has held that an insured party is entitled to determine the value of his insured car and that the...
Nolle Prosequi and Withdrawal
Article 88(3) of the 1992 Constitution gives power to the Attorney General to initiate and conduct all prosecutions on behalf of the state. In the...
High Court Rejects Claim for Recovery of “Facilitation Fees”
The High Court, Kumasi presided over by Justice Angelina Mensah-Homiah denied a construction company, Star of the Sea Construction (“Company”) the right to recover a...
Re: Ghana’s Banking Crisis: The Deposit Protection Angle, Part I
Introduction: After reading the succinct analysis on the above subject matter by Samuel Alesu-Dordzi, I am inclined to break my usual norm as a passive...
Non-Custodial Sentences in Ghana
In recent times, attention has been drawn to the challenges facing prison facilities in Ghana, especially to the issue of congestion. This has triggered a...
Bail In Ghana Today
Bail is the process of procuring the release of an accused person from legal custody. In order for bail to be granted, the accused person...
Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure in Ghana
On 7th June 2018, the Supreme Court in the The Republic v Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie and 4 Others (the NCA case) held that on a true...
Supreme Court Urges Limited Court Intervention in Arbitral Proceedings
The Supreme Court in the case of The Republic v. High Court (Commercial Division, Accra) Ex-Parte: GHACEM Limited (AJ FANJ Construction & Engineering Limited as...
Look before You Leap
What do you do when you follow all the procedural rules of law and it’s an administrative process that brings your case crashing down? Hypothetically...