On Tuesday, October 21, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, read to the House a letter endorsed by Ghana’s President, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama. The letter, dated October 7, formally announced President Mahama’s nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice under Article 144(1) of Ghana’s 1992 [...]
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has removed Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo from her office and the Supreme Court following petitions accusing her of misusing public funds. The decision, announced on September 1, came after a constitutionally mandated committee investigated the petitions and recommended her removal for “misbehavior.” According to the committee’s findings, Her [...]
In a public address on July 29, Ghana’s attorney general and minister for justice, Mr. Dominic Ayine, announced plans to expand access to legal education through sweeping reforms aimed at helping thousands of LLB holders who are unable to enter the Ghana School of Law (GSL) and qualify as lawyers. Ghana’s current legal education system [...]
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General of Ghana Justice Srem-Sai shared a post on social media saying that Chief Justice Getrude Torkornoo had filed a lawsuit against the Republic of Ghana at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria on July 4. The court of justice of the Economic Community of West African States has jurisdiction [...]
Ghana’s Chief Justice, her ladyship Getrude Sackey Torkornoo filed a petition on Wednesday challenging her recent suspension. The petition was filed against the Attorney General and five other members of the investigation committee. In her petition, she argued that a Chief Justice who is called upon to participate in a hearing regarding removal from office [...]
Last Tuesday, May 6, the Supreme Court of Ghana in a 3-2 majority dismissed an application by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of parliament who invited the court to halt the suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice as effected by the president of the republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama. The decision followed the unanimous ruling [...]
On December 7, Ghana held its presidential and parliamentary elections as mandated by the 1992 Constitution, which requires national elections to be conducted every four years. While Ghana is constitutionally a multi-party state, its political landscape has long been dominated by two parties: the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Power [...]
The speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Honorable Kingsford Alban Bagbin, addressed the media Wednesday regarding the controversy surrounding four parliamentary seats, reassuring them that democracy remains strong. The speaker assured the people of Ghana that the House is alive and at work amidst the determination of the suit Afenyo Markins v. Speaker of Parliament and [...]
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a call by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin for the court to set aside its earlier ruling that suspended the speaker’s decision on October 17 to declare four Parliament seats vacant. The court’s ruling, as delivered by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, stated it is a basic principle of law in [...]
A visually impaired Ph.D. applicant in Ghana, Isaac Anin Baah, has filed a lawsuit against the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), one of the nation’s premier higher educational institutions based in Kumasi, after his admission was unexpectedly revoked. Mr. Baah is represented by Carruthers Tetteh, a lawyer who is also visually impaired. [...]
