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Adu-Boahene trial put on hold pending Supreme Court decision on legal vacation
The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, to August 25, pending the determination of an injunction application before the Supreme Court. The application, which seeks to restrain the High Court from hearin...
Obuasi SEC TECH attack: Two teachers, student charged and remanded; case adjourned to 17 August
Two teachers and a student have been remanded by the Obuasi Circuit Court over their alleged involvement in an attack at Obuasi Senior High Technical School that left its headmaster, Abdulai Zakari, injured. The suspects; Kwasi Brefo, 41, also known as “Allah”, Appiah Arthur Joseph, 34, also known as Nana... The post O...
Legal vacation is for lawyers to rest, not for heavy trials — Atta Akyea on absence from Adu-Boahene case
The lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau boss Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, has defended skipping Tuesday’s court sitting, insisting his absence was a deliberate stand rooted in what he believes the legal vacation is meant for, and not an attempt to dodge the trial. Speaking to TV3,...
Vacation trials: NPP backs Atta Akyea, Dame’s call for adjournment
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to suspend the ongoing trials of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen and former National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) chief executive Hanan Abdul-Wahab until October. The party wants the...
“Minister does not have unfettered discretion to revoke mining leases” — lawyer Kobby Amoah
Lawyer Kobby Amoah has described the government’s revocation of the mining lease of Adamus Resources as procedurally flawed, saying the company could challenge the decision in court if it was not given an opportunity to respond to the allegations against it. Amoah said the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has l...
Legal vacation: Ayikoi Otoo says compelling lawyers to appear in court is unfair
Former Attorney General and former Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ayikoi Otoo, has criticised the decision to compel lawyers to appear in court during the legal vacation, describing the practice as unfair and something that should only happen in exceptional circumstances. According to Mr Otoo, while the...
Afrifa Mensah case adjourned to 31 August as court orders witness statements
The Nsuta Circuit Court has ordered the prosecution to file witness statements in a case involving media personality and NPP activist Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah and six others accused of forming a vigilante group and disrupting New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency elections in the Ashanti Region. The court, presided ove...
“GBA’s position on legal vacation has no basis in law” — Srem-Sai
Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has rejected the Ghana Bar Association’s (GBA) position on court proceedings during the legal vacation, describing it as a “self-imposed understanding” with no basis in law. Dr Srem-Sai said there was no legal impediment to judges authorised by the...
Sory urges lawyers to use legal channels, not media, to challenge judicial decisions
Private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory has urged lawyers to rely on established legal procedures to challenge judicial decisions rather than resorting to media campaigns, public pressure or boycotts. Sory said disagreements with decisions by judges or the Chief Justice should first be addressed through the appropriat...
“Show me one conviction” — lawyer Kwame Adofo attacks OSP record
Legal practitioner Kwame Adofo has launched a scathing attack on the record of Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), questioning its ability to lead an investigation into the AKSA bribery controversy. Adofo said the OSP had been in operation since 2021 but had failed to demonstrate a record of successful convictions...
“I have completely written off the OSP” — Adofo calls for independent AKSA probe
Legal practitioner Kwame Adofo has called for an independent investigation into the AKSA bribery controversy, arguing that neither the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) nor the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) may be sufficiently independent to handle the matter. Adofo said the OSP and EOCO should not si...
Abronye’s spirit remains unbroken, says Justin Kodua after BNI visit
Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, remains “resolute, courageous and in very high spirits” despite his continued detention at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), according to NPP General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua. In a Facebook post on Mo...