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Indictable offences: Allow magistrates to grant bail-GSL Director

According to him, institutions like the police seem to capitalize on the above to violate the right ...

US Senate confirms Ghanaian-American Nancy Abudu to Federal Court of Appeal

Ms. Abudu was nominated more than a year ago by President Biden and will make history as the first A...

AG hints at new Notaries Public Bill as 92 are sworn-in

“A new Notaries Public Bill has been submitted by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of...

African Bar Association holds annual conference from August 6-10

The theme for this year’s conference is “Building the Legal Profession in Africa under the African C...

Attorney-General launches Public Defenders Division of Legal Aid Commission

As one of the three divisions created by the new Legal Aid Commission Act, 2018 (Act 977), the Publi...

GLC withdraws LLB accreditation for campuses of Presbyterian Uni, Wisconsin Kumasi, another

A notice signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo (JA), and published in the Da...

Oti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates four courts

Justice Anin-Yeboah noted that the commissioning of the courthouses is part of the Judiciary's objec...

JUSAG serves notice of intended strike

According to JUSAG, the Judicial Council submitted a proposal in 2021 for approval on salary increme...

Reports that lawyers would write exams before renewal of licences false - GLC

“There was no mention of lawyers being required to write examinations at all before a renewal of lic...

Afadzato South District Court commissioned

The commissioning of the Court was in fulfillment of the Judicial Service's efforts to ensure access...

196 new lawyers called to the Ghana Bar

Today, May 5, 2023, at the International Conference Centre in Accra, the Mini Call Class of 2022 was...

Chief Justice petitioned over former GSL SRC president's call to the Bar

According to the petition dated May 2, 2023, the complainant, (who refers to himself as a concerned ...

Constitutionalism, democracy go beyond human rights – Justice Mensa-Bonsu

Some of these duties, she said, included the profession of religiosity and faith which she said most...

How live chat can solve your legal website challenges

Live chat is an effective way to give customers the human touch and deliver the answers they need in...

Central Region: Chief Justice inaugurates two district courts, circuit court

The inauguration of the new court facilities forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by ...

President Akufo Addo Nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as Ghana's Next Chief Justice

Justice Torkornoo, who has been a member of the judiciary for nineteen years, currently serves on th...

Ghana School of Law SRC launches 63rd Law Week Celebration

This year’s Celebration will be on the theme, “The Future of law practice in Ghana; Innovation and T...

“Everyday law for Everyday People”, new book by Daniel Korang Esq aims at basic explanation of the law

The sole intention is to explain basic laws that affect people in their daily lives – the kind of th...

Buy your ex-husband’s surname if - Lawyer tells women

Citing the American-born and naturalized Swiss retired singer, dancer, and actress, Tina Turner, the...

10 ways to build your legal career

According to him, lawyers ought to imbibe and put into practice these guidelines to build a successf...

Nigeria: Businessman dragged to court for marrying five wives against Islamic teaching

The defendant told the court that he only had four wives because he had divorced the fourth a month ...

Training manual for judges on RTI adopted

Parliament passed Ghana’s Right to Information Act, (Act 989) in March 2019 to provide a framework f...

Ace Anan Ankomah talks about lawyer-clients billing

He mentioned the Retainer; Fixed fee; hourly bill; Capped fees; Contingency fees; Success fee; Disco...

Ashanti Region: Chief Justice inaugurates courthouse at Wiamoase

The inauguration of the new court facility forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by th...

Let’s build legal industry into an economic force for relevance- Isabel Boaten

Speaking at the Professional Dialogue Series organized by the Africa Bar Association in Accra, she e...