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Prez. Akufo-Addo nominates 3 Judges to Supreme Court

November 12, 2019 2:44 pm Add a Comment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated three judges to the Supreme Court. The nominations are subject to Parliamentary approval. The three judges are: Justice vgMariama Owusu, Justice Lovelace Johnson and Justice Gertrude Tokornoo. They are all judges of the Court of … Read more →

Amidu drags A-G to Supreme Court over €47m Waterville Judgment debt

September 12, 2019 1:55 pm Add a Comment

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has dragged the Attorney-General to the Supreme Court on grounds that the department failed to carry out an order to retrieve a €47 million judgement debt paid illegally to Waterville Holding. Attached to the suit he … Read more →

Woyome’s properties valued at ¢11m by Supreme Court

July 25, 2019 4:13 pm Add a Comment

Two properties belonging to businessman, Alfred Woyome, have been valued at a minimum of ¢11.7 million. The valuation was arrived at in a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court. It will be recalled that the Supreme Court in June ordered … Read more →

Trump picks Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

July 10, 2018 2:54 am Add a Comment

President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to join the US Supreme Court, setting the stage for a dramatic confirmation battle over a stalwart conservative who could shape the direction of the court for decades to come. If confirmed, Kavanaugh … Read more →

Attorney General drags Ibrahim Mahama to Supreme Court

May 16, 2018 10:40 am Add a Comment

The Attorney General’s Office has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of an Accra High Court to grant an application of certiorari filed by Exton Cubic Group Limited over three mining leases it obtained ‘illegally. According … Read more →

Former Brazilian President ‘must start prison term’ – Supreme Court rules

April 5, 2018 6:42 am Add a Comment

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to … Read more →

No pension for dismissed High Court judge – Supreme Court

March 26, 2018 10:57 am Add a Comment

A former High Court judge who was jailed in 2013 for investing over $50,000 meant for a litigant and profiting from the proceeds has had his claims for pension dismissed by the Supreme Court. In a judgement, a seven-member panel … Read more →

Supreme Court says Woyome can’t run away

November 29, 2017 1:39 pm Add a Comment

The Supreme Court yesterday threw out an application filed by embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, which was intended to halt attempts by the state to retrieve the GH¢51.2 million he fraudulently received as judgement debt. Lawyers for the National Democratic … Read more →

Woyome ‘runs’ to Supreme Court

November 13, 2017 2:11 pm Add a Comment

In what observers have described as legal gymnastics, embattled businessman, Alfred Woyome, has once again filed a fresh suit at the Supreme Court seeking to halt all processes intended to retrieve the GHc51 million judgment debt wrongfully paid to him … Read more →

Supreme Court gives green light for Woyome asset chase

October 21, 2017 8:23 am Add a Comment

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyme challenging the state’s attempt to value his assets in a bid to retrieve ill-gotten cash. Delivering his judgment, Sole Judge, Justice A..A Benin described the application filed by … Read more →