President Akufo-Addo Declares
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has introduced Ms Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo as his choice for the position of Chief Justice to take over from Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood who retires on...
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Oye Lithur Backs Akufo-Addo On Justice Akuffo’s Nomination; Exalts Her
Human rights lawyer, Nana Oye Lithur, has backed President Akufo-Addo on his nomination of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, as Ghana’s Chief Justice as she exalts the latter...
Profile of New Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, has been nominated for appointment as the new Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana. She will take over from the sitting Chief...
Akufo-Addo Shortlist His Cousin and Two NPP Linked Judges
President Akufo-Addo has true to prediction, ignored the most senior jurist on the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice William Atuguba, by short listing three others, including his cousin; Justice Sophia...
Names Pop Up For Chief Justice Position
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one...
President To Present Nominee To Parliament
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one...
Law School Admission Case: Judgment Set For June 22
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse has set June 22 for judgment in the suit filed by Professor Kwaku Asare challenging the mode of admission into the...
Law School Admission Case
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, has set the June 22 as the date to deliver its judgment in Professor Kwaku Asare’s suit challenging the mode of...
Proliferation of Law Schools Threat To Democracy
The proliferation of law schools without adherence to requisite standards is a threat to legal education and the country’s democracy, the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has...
Mushrooming Law Schools Threat To Democracy — Chief Justice
The proliferation of law schools without adherence to requisite standards is a threat to legal education and the country’s democracy, the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has...
Law School Admission Case Drags As Applicants Seek To Amend Writ
Delay in the determination of the suit challenging the way and manner students are admitted into the Ghana school of law is far from over. Today at the Supreme Court, lawyer for the applicant...
Deputy Attorney General Designate Makes Case For Increased Access To Legal Training
Deputy Minister-designate of Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has stressed the need to increase access to legal training in the country. He said admission to the Ghana School of...
Expand Access To Legal Training
Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Deputy Minister-Designate of Justice and Attorney-General, has stressed the need to increase access to legal training in the country. He said admission to the Ghana School...
I’m Firmly Against Corruption
My attention has been drawn to a misleading video clip of less than 2 minutes, taken out of a more than 3-hour long discussion I participated in on the role and functions of the Special Prosecutor....
Supreme Court Begins Case Against Legal Council
The Supreme Court has set April 11 to commence hearing of the suit filed against the General Legal Council (GLC) challenging the methods and criteria used in the selection and admission of LLB...
We Are Willing To Deal With GLC Case – Supreme Court
A seven-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, has expressed willingness to determine the case instituted against the General Legal Council (GLC) by the US based lawyer,...
Minister To Push For Position of Special Prosecutor
The Attorney-General and Justice Minister designate, Ms Gloria Akuffo, says she will push for the creation of the position of special prosecutor to handle corruption cases in the public service. She...
Incoming AG To Address Restricted Admissions Into Ghana Law School
Minister-designate for Justice and Attorney General has revealed that she intends to urge the General Legal Council to address restricted admissions into the Ghana School of Law. Gloria Akuffo said...
Prof. Asare Harms Akufo-Addo the More (Part I)
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece that cried loud that Akufo-Addo has no law degree. He went on to explain why,...
Prof. Asare Harms Akufo-Addo All the More (Part II)
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 And no one in the Akufo-Addo camp is talking about what he was at the Lancing College? I have the evidence and will produce it when challenged....