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Case of the Week: Valentino Gligah and Abdulai Aziz Atiso v. The Republic
On 22 June 1998, Cynthia Nyante, a trader selling secondhand clothes near the Central Police Station in Accra, was called…
Case of the week: Mark Darlington Osae v. Food And Drugs Authority & Attorney General
The Plaintiff, Mark Darlington Osae, brought an action in the Supreme Court invoking its original jurisdiction. He challenged Guideline 3.2.10…
Case of the week: The Montie 3 case
This case touches on the constitutional limits of freedom of expression and the media’s role in public discourse. It highlights…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Case of the week: Miller v Attorney-General
A 16-year-old student, Miller, was shot in the head by Chief Superintendent C. O. Lamptey of the Ghana Police Service.…
Case of the week: Vincent Ekow Assafuah v The Attorney General
The decision also reinforces the high threshold for judicial intervention in ongoing constitutional processes. It underscores the Court’s careful balancing…
