FULL JUDGMENT OF GN BANK CASE (DR. PAPA KWESI NDUOM & 2 OTHERS VRS BANK OF GHANA & 2 OTHERS)

MOTIVATION - MY ELEVEN YEARS JOURNEY TO THE BAR

Somewhere in the first quarter of 2010, I received a call from Alexnder Osei Owusu (Lexis). I was then serving as a National Service person at the Akuapem Rural Bank in Mamfe – Akuapem. Lexis was my friend in council when we both served students in leadership positions at the University of Cape Coast. I had discussed with him whilst we were yet to graduate, that I would like to study law after my first degree. He had seen a newspaper advert which was almost expiring so he called to prompt me. He said, Nii, tomorrow is the deadline for submission, have you submitted already and my answer was a no. I therefore had to quickly get permission from the office to go and buy the University of Ghana Admission forms and apply for the Post First Degree LLB. Everything was hand-written on physical forms and submitted physically at that time. I did not have my transcript at the time and it meant, I needed to travel to Cape Coast the next day, get the transcript and some reco...

RAPE AND OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES IN GHANA

Whilst sex is a very important part of humanity, it also has calamitous consequences when it happens wrongly. This article is not intended to look at spiritual or medical consequences of sex but rather the legal consequences of sex when not done right in Ghana. So, in effect, I shall be taking you through some offences in Ghana which can be classified as sexual offences. Rape seems to be the commonest sexual offence known by many people. But even so, there is a very widely accepted wrong impression, that rape is forceful or violent sex with a woman. This article will try to explain what rape really is, and its consequences. It shall also explore some other sexual offences such as Defilement, Carnal Knowledge, Indecent Assault, Unnatural Carnal Knowledge, Incest, Householder permitting Defilement of a child, Procuration, Seduction or Prostitution of a child under sixteen, and Compulsion of Marriage . RAPE Rape is a very serious offence bec...

SEVEN MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN APPLYING TO REGISTER A TRADE MARK IN GHANA.

Ghana’s trademark regime is regulated by the Trade Mark Act of Ghana, 2004 (Act 664). Section 1 of this act defines trademark as “any sign or combination of sings capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from the goods or services of other undertakings including words such as personal names, letters, numerals and figurative elements”. A person who wants to exercise rights over a trademark in Ghana will have to register the said mark in Ghana under the law in order to be afforded the protections provided by the law. Several manufactures, traders, business and commercial entities find it cumbersome to overcome the challenges associated with the registration of trademark in Ghana. This writeup seeks to make clear the rules pertaining to the registration of trademarks in Ghana and specifically, the grounds that can lead to the rejection (refusal) of a trade mark registration application in Ghana. Section 5 of the Trademarks Act has en...

LAWS OF GHANA SIMPLIFIED

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