By Legal Desk
A Plea to a Regional Court, the U.S. Birthright Citizenship Debate Rekindled, and Other Legal Highlights
This week, it emerged that suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has filed a legal action against the Republic of Ghana at the ECOWAS…
Case of the Week: Pearson Education Ltd v Adjei
Morgan Adzei authored Woes of the African Mother, a novel selected by WAEC as a BECE examination text from 2004…
READ THE FULL JUDGEMENT: The Republic Vs Patricia Asiedua alias Nana Agradaa
On 3rd July 2025, a self-styled evangelist, Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, was convicted and sentenced to…
Law Lords sworn in, Agradaa’s conviction and other legal highlights
On 2nd July 2024, President John Dramani Mahama swore in seven (7) new Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana.This…
Thomas Partey Charged with Multiple Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
Ghanaian international and former Arsenal midfielder, Thomas Partey, has been formally charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual…
Case of the Week: Happee v Happee and Another
The Petitioner, a Dutch marine engineer resident in Ghana since 1947, married the Respondent, a Ghanaian, in 1951. They lived…
A Legal Milestone, Justice Torkornoo, AI, Publishing Battles and other Legal Highlights
At long last, the maiden edition of the Greater Accra Bar Law Week is upon us. In what organisers hope…
Case of the week: Humphrey-Bonsu and Another v Quaynor and Others
Imagine being left out of your spouse's will after decades of marriage, or worse, seeing your severely disabled child receive…
GAAS Demands Repeal of LI 2462 and Total Ban on Mining in Forest Reserves
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) is calling for the immediate repeal of Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462—the Environmental…
Case of the week: David Amoo-Osae Jnr v. Rana Motors Ghana Ltd.
David Amoo-Osae Jnr bought a brand-new Kia Cerato Coupe from Rana Motors. The car came with a five-year or 100,000…
UCC Law Faculty Hosts 12th Jurists’ Confab on Constitutional Reform
The University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law (UCCFoL) held its 12th Jurists’ Confab under the theme “Re-writing the Rulebook:…
Greater Accra Bar Launches Inaugural Law Week
On 11th June 2024, the Greater Accra Regional Branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) officially launched its maiden Law…
AWLA-Ghana Condemns Escalating Violence Against Women and Demands Legal Redress
The African Women Lawyers Association, Ghana (AWLA-Ghana), has issued a strongly worded statement decrying the persistent and increasingly brutal acts…
Case of the week: Prisoners’ Right to vote affirmed
This landmark case (Ahumah Ocansey v The Electoral Commission) tested the strength of Ghana’s constitutional guarantees, asking can parliament or…
Lawyers and Co, fallout from a Faustian bargain and other legal highlights
On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, Lawyers and Co, a legal networking group, hosted another valuable session for some young lawyers…
