50 Extra Judges To Help Tackle Backlog
The US Department of Justice is deploying 50 judges to immigration detention centres to clear a backlog of more than half a million cases. The judges will boost President Trump’s push to toughen...
Tag: Law
SIC, Ivory Finance Saga Reaches Supreme Court
LONG-drawn legal tussle between SIC Insurance and Ivory Finance over a loan, the former guaranteed for Italconstruct, which went bad, has reached the corridors of the Supreme Court, after SIC filed a...
Fireworks @ Volta ‘Separatist’ Group Case
THERE were fireworks at Magistrate Court in Ho yesterday when the case in which three ring leaders of the Volta ‘separatist’ group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) was called. Matters...
Volta ‘break-Away’ Case Brought Before High Court
Police have forwarded the case involving persons arrested for campaigning for the secession of the Volta Region from Ghana to a High Court, charging them with conspiracy to commit treason. A...
President Must Exercise Power To Ban Treason Attempts
A law lecturer at the Central University has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to exercise his powers under 1992 Constitution to ban the Homeland Study Group Foundation which has been accused of...
Volta ‘break-Away’ Case Brought Before High Court
Police have forwarded the case involving persons arrested for campaigning for the secession of the Volta Region from Ghana to a High Court, charging them with conspiracy to commit treason. A...
Textile and Garment Workers Cancel Demo Against Government
The planned demonstration against the government by the Textile and Garment Workers Union to among other things demand for the revival of the anti-piracy task-force to clamp down on the influx of...
Separatist Saga: Judge Declines Jurisdiction In Treason Charge
The Magistrate court in Ho has declined jurisdiction over the charge of treason felony proffered against the three members of the Volta ‘separatist’ group, the Homeland study group foundation....
Final List of DKM Creditors To Be Released By End of March
The official liquidator in the DKM scandal has dismissed reports that those not captured in a recently released list, would not receive their money. According to the Registrar General’s Department...
Judge Declines Jurisdiction In Treason Charge
The Magistrate court in Ho has declined jurisdiction over the charge of treason felony proffered against the three members of the Volta ‘separatist’ group, the Homeland study group foundation....
Marwako Manager Is A Ghanaian, Not Lebanese – Lawyer Insists
Counsel for the Marwako Restaurant manager who dipped the face of one staff in blended pepper has condemned what he termed media distortion of facts of the case which is before a district court in...
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Brings In Bankruptcy Lawyers; Disclosure Deadlines Loom
U. S. nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Co LLC has hired bankruptcy attorneys, in a sign that owner Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is more seriously weighing a Chapter 11 filing as an option to help it rein...
Court Injunction Placed On Ghamro Elections
About 3,700 members of GHAMRO cast their votes to elect new board members for the music rights body The elections for the newest administration of the Ghana Music rights organization(GHAMRO) which...
British Former War Reporter Jailed In Bali Drugs Case
A British former war correspondent will be released from a Bali prison in a matter of months after being handed a short jail term Thursday for using hashish on the Indonesian resort island....
Registrar General’s Dept Calls For Calm Over ‘omitted’ DKM Names
The Registrar General’s Department is urging restraint among DKM customers who did not find their names on the list that was released yesterday (8th March, 2017). The Department, which is the...
Marwako Manager Is A Ghanaian, Not Lebanese – Lawyer Claims
Counsel for the Marwako Restaurant manager who dipped the face of one staff in blended pepper has condemned what he termed media distortion of facts of the case which is before a district court in...
Textile Workers Call of ‘demo’ Against Pirated Textiles
Local Textile workers have put on hold, their planned protest over pirated goods which was slated for today. According to the textile workers, the move has been prompted by the Ministry’s readiness...
Saudi-Led Coalition Used Cluster Bombs In Yemen
Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Saudi-led Arab coalition battling rebels in Yemen of using banned cluster munitions in raids on residential areas. The Brazilian-manufactured munitions...
Court Remands Marwako Supervisor For 8 Days
The Abeka District Court has remanded the Lebanese supervisor of Mawarko Restaurant at Abelenkpe in Accra who allegedly abused a staff with hot pepper. The court, presided over by Mrs Victoria Akua...
South Africa Revokes ICC Withdrawal After Court Ruling
South Africa has revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the High Court said the move was unconstitutional. It had notified the UN of its intention to leave last...