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30 December 2024 |
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30 December 2024 |
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30 December 2024 |
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30 December 2024 |
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27 December 2024 |
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Marriage dissolved for irretrievable breakdown under Act 367 s2(1)(f); custody to petitioner and GHS600 maintenance ordered.
Divorce – Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 s1(2), s2(1)(f) – irretrievable breakdown after diligent effort – Evidence Act 1975 burden and standard of proof – court-connected ADR and consent terms – custody and maintenance ordered.
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24 December 2024 |
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23 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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Appellate court affirms 22-year sentence for violent robbery and conspiracy, finding sentencing within statutory limits and not excessive.
* Criminal law – Robbery and conspiracy – Robbery with offensive weapons attracts statutory minimum sentence; conspiracy liable where offence committed. * Sentencing – Judicial discretion – must be exercised according to law and reason; appellate interference only if manifestly excessive or wrong in principle. * Previous convictions – may be considered to justify increased sentence. * Mitigation pleas (remorse, reformation, prison conditions, dependents) are pleas for mercy, not necessarily grounds for appellate interference.
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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19 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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18 December 2024 |
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Trial in absentia upheld; convictions for multiple counts of fraud and money laundering, ten‑year concurrent sentence and GH¢562,000 restitution ordered.
* Criminal procedure – Trial in absentia – Article 19(3)(a) Constitution – lawfulness where accused absconds after notification. * Fraud – Defrauding by false pretences (Act 29) – elements: representation, falsity, intent to defraud, obtaining consent to part with property. * Money laundering (Act 1044) – predicate offence requirement, proceeds of unlawful activity, saving provisions and evidential presumption regarding unexplained/disproportionate property. * Sentence – concurrent custodial term and restitution ordered.
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18 December 2024 |
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Bail denied where the accused previously absconded for over a year after being released on bail.
* Criminal procedure – Bail – Discretion to grant or refuse bail – Prior failure to appear on recognisance and abscondment justifying refusal of bail. * Criminal procedure – Forfeiture of recognisance – affidavit in support of forfeiture where accused absconds. * Criminal law – Stealing as a second degree felony – not open to settlement.
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18 December 2024 |
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Marriage dissolved; jointly‑acquired house and GH¢50,000 awarded to the applicant; other property claims dismissed.
Family law – Divorce – Proof of breakdown where parties lived apart for extended period; Matrimonial property – Joint acquisition and contributions; Property acquired during marriage not automatically matrimonial; Section 20(1) Act 367 – financial provision and factors for award; Orders for conveyance and registrar transfer on default.
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17 December 2024 |
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17 December 2024 |
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17 December 2024 |
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17 December 2024 |
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17 December 2024 |
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17 December 2024 |
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16 December 2024 |
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16 December 2024 |
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16 December 2024 |
