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Nigerian Senate President To Address Ghana’s Parliament@25 Symposium

President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki arrived in Ghana on Sunday to...

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GBA Calls On IGP To Investigate All Incidents of Robbery

The Ghana Bar Association is the latest to add its voice to the many concerns raised about the recent spate of...

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I’ve Turned Down Anti-Corruption Awards, I Don’t Need Them – Martin Amidu

Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, says his work as an anti-corruption campaigner has never been about himself...

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I’ll Quit Law Practice In Ghana Due To ‘demigods’

Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has revealed his willingness to quit the practice of law in Ghana, stating he...

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Lawyer Francis-Xavier Disses “lawless General Legal Council & Its Dummy Gods”

Suspended legal practitioner, Francis Xavier Sosu, has descended heavily on Ghana’s General Legal Council, describing...

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87 Courts To Give Litigants Chance To Settle Cases Through Mediation

Eighty-seven selected Courts across the country will from Monday give litigants who have cases pending before the...

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GBA Demands Power To Punish Own Members

The Ghana Bar Association wants the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32) amended to take away the power to discipline...

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GBA Condemns Incidents Missing Court Dockets, Wants Action Taken

The Ghana Bar Association has condemned the rampant cases of missing dockets at the various courts which is affecting...

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Akufo-Addo Courts GBA Support In Fight Against Corruption, Galamsey

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed for the support of Members of the Ghana Bar Association to help...

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7th Prisons Service Council Inaugurated

A 13-member Prisons Service Council has been inaugurated to advise the President on matters of policy relating to the...

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Gov’t Clears Prisons Service To Recruit 1,000 Officers

Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 prison officers to enhance its performance...

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GLC Sued At Supreme Court For ‘amending’ Law Without Recourse To Parliament

The General Legal Council (GLC) has been dragged to the Supreme Court of Ghana for engaging in an alleged illegality by...

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GBA Laments Poor Working Conditions of Judges

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has expressed worry over the poor working and service conditions of judges in the...

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Prayer of Prospective Ghana Law School Students [Article]

On 22 June 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that the imposition of an entrance examination and interview...

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Boafoa Akuffo Suggests Enough Resources For Improvement of Justice In Ghana

Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, Presidential nominee for the position of Chief Justice said with enough resources,...

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NGO Petitions General Legal Council

The Centre for Victims of Injustice (CenVI) has petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) to withdraw the three-year...

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Thirty-One Prisoners Granted Bail

Thirty-One Prisoners remanded for years at the Winneba Prison and Ankaful Prison Annex in the Central Region, were on...

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‘We’re Are Highly Indebted To You’

The Justices of the Supreme Court, honouring Chief Justice Georgina Wood on her 70th birthday commended her for...

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“We’re Are Highly Indebted To You”- Supreme Court Tells CJ

Justices of Ghana’s Supreme Court have commended Chief Justice Georgina Wood for her sterling leadership spanning a...