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National Cathedral construction can continue – Supreme Court rules
Add a CommentThe Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision refused an application seeking to halt ongoing construction works on the National Cathedral. The seven-member panel presided over by Chief Justice Kwesi Anin Tuesday ruled that appropriate remedies exist to be used … Read more →
48-hour detention: Courts must sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules
Add a CommentThe Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, in September 2016 dragged the Attorney General … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo nominates 3 Judges to Supreme Court
Add a CommentPresident 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
Add a CommentSpecial 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
Add a CommentTwo 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
Add a CommentPresident 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
Add a CommentThe 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
Add a CommentFormer 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
Add a CommentA 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
Add a CommentThe 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 →
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