Opinion

Ghana’s Brics Bid and the Price of Strategic Autonomy

As Washington takes a more disruptive, transactional, and uncharacteristically unconventional approach to global cooperation, and as emerging powers compete for…

20 hours ago

No, Misdemeanours Do Attract a Prison Term in Ghana, Even 25 Years

A few weeks ago, a certain wind began to blow through our legal streets, and it appears to be gaining…

2 weeks ago

Natural Resources, the Environment and the Constitutional Review Committee’s Recommendations: Why Government should Reconsider its Position

The publication of Government’s Position Paper on the Final Recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) has brought some clarity…

3 weeks ago

Certainty and Incompleteness of Contracts: An A ppraisal of Foto-xLtd v Driver and Verhicle Licensing Authority

Ghana’s Supreme Court recently decided in Foto-X Ltd v Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) that a contract is invalid…

3 weeks ago

The Bar, Fashion, Publicity and Professional Dignity

I have known the Bar as a profession of dignity, restraint, modesty and solemn responsibility. I would hate to see…

3 weeks ago

Looking Back on the Supreme Court of Ghana @150

The observance, branded “Supreme Court@150” and guided by the theme “Honouring the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Defining the Future,”…

2 months ago

Law and Politics: legal vacation and Continuation of Part-Heard Criminal Trials

The controversy over warrants issued by the Chief Justice for certain part-heard criminal trials to continue during the legal vacation…

3 months ago

Stay of Execution in Criminal Proceedings: Can the State Stay the Release of an Acquitted Person?

By parity of reasoning, there can be no stay of execution of a judgment which has set aside a conviction…

3 months ago

Rule 38 and Ghana’s Courtroom Outside the Courtroom: Enforce, Amend or Repeal?

Lawyers making out of court statements has become so normal that many lawyers and members of the public may be surprised…

4 months ago

Ghana’s Investment Revolution: Open for Business, Protected for Citizens

Beyond capital thresholds, the new Act strengthens local participation requirements, including a 75% local skilled workforce obligation for foreign-owned enterprises

6 months ago