Watch Out, Fake Lawyers Are In Town
The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) is asking the public to look out for tricksters parading as lawyers in society. Mr McDave E Kujo’s warning comes in the wake of...
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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 the body as one of the lawless institutions in the country that has been...
Lawyer Afrifa Suspended For Professional Misconduct
A legal practitioner, Mr Kwasi Afrifa, has been suspended for four years by the General Legal Council (GLC) for professional misconduct. His suspension, according to a statement published on the...
General Legal Council Suspends ‘double Agent’ Lawyer
The lawyer is accused of playing a ‘double agent’ by acting as a Counsel for two separate individuals in a litigation over a property. A statement issued by the GLC on Friday said lawyer Kwasi...
Connecting Ghana’s Legal Education To the World of Business [Article]
When I arrived at Harvard in 2013 for my Master of Laws Degree (LL. M.), I took the further step of applying for the Corporate Law, Finance & Governance Concentration. Together with ten others, I got...
Japan Executes Two Convicted Murderers
Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment. The hangings of Masakatsu Nishikawa and...
Using ‘imperfect Scale To Balance ‘imperfect System
Latest: Using ‘imperfect scale to balance ‘imperfect system – The case of Ghana’s Constitution Pressure on IGP to arrest killers of Ardeyman chief Let’s not toy with the future of our...
US Top Court Backs S. Korean Immigrant Who Got Bad Legal Advice
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that immigrants can get another shot in court if deported after their lawyers advise them to plead guilty. The top court's ruling in a case involving a South Korean...
HRW Warns Lebanon Against Bringing Back Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch has urged Lebanon to respect its moratorium on the death penalty after calls for its reinstatement following the murder of a young student that shocked the country. Capital...
Ghana Advocacy Group Condemns Mob Justice
The Ghana Advocacy Group has called for an immediate action against mob justice in the country and also commiserates with family of Major Maxwell Mahama who got lynched by some residents of...
Major Mahama’s Blood Shouldn’t Be In Vain
He was mercilessly attacked for sins he did not commit. He cried, yelled, wailed and even pleaded for mercy in the midst of agony and pain but they all fell on deaf ears. He could have warded off his...
My Suspension Is Unconstitutional – Lawyer Sosu Tells Court
Human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu has in suit described the decision to suspend him for three years for advertising as discriminatory. The suit which was filed Wednesday, June 7, 2017, is also...
The Full Story, Hidden Facts and Questions
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...
Lawyer Sosu’s Ban Severe and Excessive – Amaliba
A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress, lawyer Abraham Amaliba, has said the legal General Legal Council’s 3-year-ban imposed on renowned human rights lawyer, Francis...
Lawyer Threatens To Sue Attorney General Over $2.2bn Bond
Private Legal Practitioner, Victor Adawudu, has threatened to drag the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo to court over her failure to provide more information on the controversial $ 2.2bn bond. The...
Lawyer Threatens To Sue AG Over $2.2bn Bond
Private Legal Practitioner, Victor Adawudu, has threatened to drag the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo to court over her failure to provide more information on the controversial $ 2.2bn bond. The...
Delta 8-Montie 3 Comparison Shocking – Ablakwa
Attempts to draw similarities between the freeing of eight members of the Delta Force, a private security arm within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), for raiding a court and freeing persons...
Freeing Delta Force Members Worst Than Montie 3 Remission
Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Idrrisu has stated that it is wrong to compare the discharge of the Delta Force Members from a Kumasi Circuit Court to that of the Montie trio whose sentences...
AG Investigates Release of Delta Force 8
The Attorney General's department is investigating circumstances under which a Principal State Attorney in Kumasi decided without recourse to advice from higher authority on a matter of high public...
Introduction of Chief Justice Nominee By President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo in accordance with Article 144 (1) of the 1992 Constitution has in consultation with the Council of State, nominated Supreme Court judge Justice Sophia Akuffo as the next...