Expedite Action On RTI Bill
The Attorney General’s Department has asked Parliament to expeditiously work on the Right to Information Bill currently before the house. According to the Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic...
Tag: Law
Judge Exceeded His Remit In PPP’s Case – NDC Lawyer
Private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress's (NDCs) legal team, Lawyer David Annan said the High Court judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffuor’s order to the Electoral...
Tis Time For Africas Voice
There’s an African proverb which goes: “If the owner of the land leads you, you cannot get lost.” Between November 7 and 18, over 195 countries and parties of United Nations Framework...
Can EC Still Disqualify Dr Nduom?
By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK October 30, 2016 Last Friday, Justice Eric K Baffour, a High Court made a very interesting judgement in the case of the Republic versus Mrs Charlotte Osei, the Electoral...
Let’s Not Endanger Dec. 7 – Chief Justice Charges All
On my take today, adopt a portion of the opening address of Her Ladyship Theodora Georgina Wood at the 9th Chief Justice’s Forum on Monday at Labadi Beach Hotel. It was on the theme “The...
CODEO Lauds Ruling On Collation Forms, Urges EC To Comply
The Coalition of Domestic election Observers (CODEO) has expressed satisfaction with the latest Supreme Court ruling ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to create a portion on the collation forms...
High Court Ruling On Nduom Vrs EC
3news.com reproduces below the ruling of the High Court on Friday in which flag-bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom won his case against the Electoral Commission over his...
Nduom Wins Against EC
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, HELD AT ACCRA, COMMERCIAL DIVISION ON FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP, ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT SUIT NO. GT/1401/2016...
Court Orders EC To Correct Errors On Nduom’s Nomination Forms
An Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to correct errors on the nomination forms submitted to it by the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom....
Dery Files Fresh Suit At Supreme Court
Justice Paul Uuter Dery, a High Court judge involved in the judicial scandal, has filed a fresh suit at the Supreme Court challenging the authority of Chief Justice Georgina Wood to charge any...
Dismissal of Nana Konadu’s Suit Victory For Procedural Law – Lecturer
A law lecturer has lauded the decision by an Accra High Court to strike out a suit in which the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings was challenging her...
Defendant Told To File Appearance
An Appeal Court judge, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu, has dismissed an application on behalf of Jubilee MV 21, the subsidiary of MODEC which constructed and installed the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, and Mr....
Stop Intimidating Judges – Justice Dotse
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Victor Jones Dotse, has condemned erroneous and intimidating attacks meted out to judges and their families over the years after adjudicating cases. According...
Be ‘source of Hope’
At the end of their bi-annual meeting today, The Elders called for redoubled efforts to turn the International Criminal Court into a truly universal, and impartial, tribunal. During discussions in...
Court Strikes Out Nana Konadu’s Case Against EC
An Accra High Court has struck out the suit brought before it by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings who was challenging her disqualification by the...
Why African States Have Started Leaving the ICC
Until last week, no country had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court. Now, three African states — South Africa, Burundi and Gambia — have made official decisions to leave. Gambia...
RTI Bill Passage Urgent
It is urgent for parliament to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI), Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine has said, “The Attorney General has impressed upon parliament that it is urgent...
Decriminalising Drug Use
By: Gladys Frimpomaa For some time now, there has been public debate over decriminalising drug addiction and use in the country. While some people have argued that drug addiction and use are health...
DKM Victims Reject Verification Process By Liquidator
Victims of the DKM microfinance scandal have refused to comply with directives by the official liquidator for them to go through a manual verification process. They claimed the liquidator had...
PPP Lawyers Are Using Wrong Court Procedure
Counsel for Electoral Commission Thaddeus Sory Tuesday challenged the procedure by which the PPP Presidential candidate Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is fighting his disqualification. He insisted on Day two...