Dennislaw News

28/03/2024

A man, who defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old student, has been sentenced to seven years’ impris­onment in hard labour, by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.

28/03/2024

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an okada rider, Kofi Sumaila, to 10 years imprison­ment for robbing a commercial tricycle rider, at Bompieso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.

28/03/2024

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested another person over his suspected involvement in a “sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud scheme.” EOCO officials appeared before an Accra Circuit Court and filed an amended charge and facts sheet, after which the court retook t...

28/03/2024

One of the main opposition leaders in the Central African Republic has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence for defamation and contempt of court.

28/03/2024

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will return to court in New York on Thursday to be sentenced for his crimes.

28/03/2024

The Supreme Court has prohibited a Justice of the High Court (Divorce and Matrimonial Division) from continuing to sit on the case between Joseph Anka and the former wife.

27/03/2024

The Supreme Court Court has dismissed an application by Member of Parliament for South-Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor who was seeking a perpetual injunction to restrain Parliament from proceeding with the vetting and approval of the newly assigned Ministers of State and Deputies. The MP had averre...

27/03/2024

26/03/2024

A 47-year-old aspiring lawyer, who committed plagiarism twice in 2019 while studying for a juris doctor law degree at the Singapore Management University (SMU), has been refused admission to the Bar. Mr Gabriel Silas Tang Rafferty cannot submit a fresh application to be admitted as a lawyer in Singa...

26/03/2024

The Head of Ahmed Legal Consult, Musah Ahmed, is advocating for the General Legal Council to consider exceptions to the approved fee charging of legal practitioners.

26/03/2024

Two properties owned by Sean 'Diddy' Combs have been searched by federal agents as part of an ongoing s*x trafficking investigation, according to reports. Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by officers on Monday. The searches were connected to a s*x trafficking investigation by fede...

26/03/2024

A Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody Mark Forson, a houseboy accused of murdering Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen, the son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen. Forson, who was provisionally charged with murder had his plea preserved by the court. The prosecution, led by Inspecto...

26/03/2024

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has disclosed that the latest amendment to the Contract Act would prohibit compound interests payable by the state in contracts entered into by public officers.

22/03/2024

It was an emotional scene at the Accra High Court yesterday, when Vincent Bosoo, standing trial for alleged murder of former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, the late Joseph Boakye (J.B) Danquah-Adu, broke down in tears moments after he was acquitted and discharged.

22/03/2024

An Accra High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Richard Jakpa, the third accused person in the trial of Dr Ato Forson, the Minority Leader, and former Deputy Minister of Finance. The Court gave the order for the arrest due to the absence of the third accused person who sent a medical e...

22/03/2024

The divorce between US singer Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez is now official, after nearly three years of marriage.

22/03/2024

The Duke of Suss*x's lawyers told the High Court an investigator provided information in 2016 for two stories on the future Duchess of Suss*x.

22/03/2024

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) will, from Monday, March 25, 2024, undertake a nationwide inspection of the books and registration documents of companies and businesses, as part of an exercise to ensure compliance under the Companies Act, 2019, (Act 992).

21/03/2024

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has clarified that there are no legal barriers preventing Parliament from deliberating on the nomination of new ministers and deputy ministers. The AG's statement follows remarks made by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Wed...

21/03/2024

An Accra High Court hearing the murder case of J.B. Danquah Adu, late Abuakwa North MP, has acquitted and discharged Vincent Bossu, the second accused person. The court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo in her ruling on submission of no case, held that “no case has been made against Bossu....

21/03/2024

The Accra High Court handed down a 30-year prison sentence to Ebenezer Kwayisi, a mason apprentice, for his involvement in the murder of former University of Ghana law lecturer, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh. The court presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, sentenced Kwayisi after he plead...

21/03/2024

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ivan Addae-Mensah, is expected to delete offending comments made about a private legal practitioner, William Edem Fugar, from the next edition of his book titled, “My Life.”

20/03/2024

Apple agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged Chief Executive Tim Cook defrauded shareholders by concealing falling demand for iPhones in China.

20/03/2024

The Gbetseley Circuit Court, in Kpone Kata­manso Municipality, has sentenced four robbers to 20 years imprisonment each, for robbing an Okada rider of his motorcycle and stabbing him to death.

20/03/2024

Mam Yandey Joof, who is standing trial over the death of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee, has been discharged by the Madina District Court.

20/03/2024

The police in Sunyani­have arrested 26-year-old taxi driver for allegedly knocking down two pedestrians on the Sunyani-Abesim road, killing one of the victims.

20/03/2024

The Supreme Court, on July 19, 2023, dismissed an injunction application filed by a researcher, Dr. Amanda Odoi, against the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.

19/03/2024

The Supreme Court of Ghana will on May 22, 2024, give its verdict on whether the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) ought to present all of its loan transactions to parliament for approval. The seven (7) member panel, presided over by Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo fixed this date after l...