A few years ago, I had the privilege of being a part of an international conference in Accra. At one of the group sessions, the issue of lawyer advertising came up. I argued forcefully against the...
On one blistering afternoon in December 2011, in a law office in Ampomah Estates near Oyibi, there was a meeting of two men both named Francis. The older Francis was an ex-convict who had been...
Clients of Francis Xavier Sosu have pitched camp at his law chambers as they fear they will suffer the brunt of a decision to suspend the famed human rights lawyer. The lawyer was barred on Thursday,...
Lawyer Sam Okudzeto's voice was shrill, pitchy, almost effeminate. But his gestures were forceful and often passionate - reminders of the diminishing embers of the heydays of the man born 22 years...
The Executive Director of the Ark Foundation, Ghana, Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, has said to fight the menace of mob justice, civil society organisations and government must go beyond talk and press...
A member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council has justified the three-year ban on a popular Human Rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu for breaching professional rules. The legal...
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has been barred by the General Legal Council (GLC) of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) from practising as a lawyer for the next three years....
Captain Maxwell Mahama and his family. INSET: WIlliam Baah, the Assemblyman who is alleged to have instigated the lynching, at the police station. The mortal remains of Captain Maxwell Mahama, the...
The Ghana Bar Association has condemned outrightly the lynching and burning of a military Captain serving at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region by some youth. The Association says the act is an...
The Ghana Bar Association has condemned outrightly the lynching and burning of a military Captain serving at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region by some youth. The Association says the act is an...
The Ghana Bar Association has condemned the killing of a military officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, in Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region and has called on the...
The Ghana Bar Association has described as “shocking” the “tragic” and “horrific” lynching of an army Captain at Diaso in Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region on Monday. The Ghana Armed...
The head of the Ashanti Regional Police Command says his outfit has begun gathering information again on the eight members of vigilante group Delta Force who were recently discharged after aiding the...
Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has charged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to immediately re-arrest the eight members of the political vigilante group affiliated to the party, Delta...
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
Outspoken National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Chief Scribe has warned the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to stay away from any issues related to the opposition party. Koku Anyidoho vowed to deal...
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka says government will only re-arrest and prosecute the eight members of the Delta Force who were released if it gets fresh and sufficient evidence. This follow...
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
The Principal State Attorney Marie Louise-Simmons handling the case involving the discharge of eight members of Delta Force, took the decision to withdraw the charges due to pressure from government,...
