The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has confirmed that the Attorney-General’s Department will assume control of all criminal prosecutions currently being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in compliance with a High Court order. The decision follows a ruling by the Accra High Court on Wednesday, April 15, […]
The Minority in Parliament has raised objections to a recent High Court ruling directing the Attorney-General to assume control of all criminal cases being prosecuted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), describing the decision as legally unsound. According to the caucus, Article 88(4) of the 1992 Constitution provides sufficient authority for the OSP […]
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has placed an injunction on Australian mining firm, Cassius Mining Limited, from going for international arbitration over a $300 million dispute with the Government of Ghana (GoG). Cassius Mining has been fighting the government in international arbitration forums since February this year, seeking compensation for what, it […]
Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, the Attorney General’s third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) CEO, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo, keeps contradicting himself under the heat of cross-examination, court correspondent Joshua Kodjo-Mensah reported on Tuesday. On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, the counsel for Dr Opuni, Mr Sam […]
There was drama in court when a special adviser to the Minister of Agriculture fumbled, for greater part of cross-examination, as he tried strenuously without much success to remember names of American NGOs he claimed he worked with between 2014 and 2016. Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah had in previous sitting told the Accra High Court presided […]
