Property can be transferred from one person to another in different ways, one of which is through a trust. Trust is a concept by which one person (called “the trustee”) is nominated by another person (called “the settlor”) to hold the legal title in his...
The Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651) [1] (the “Act”) defines a domestic worker as “a person who is not a member of the family of a person who employs him or her as a househelp”. In effect, a person who is employed to perform domestic...
Traditionally, it has been the responsibility of the State to provide public amenities with limited involvement by the private sector. Over the years, the revenue available for such projects steadily declined which called for the need to explore fiscally prudent alternative sources of funding such...
What is a Patent? A patent is a title granted exclusively to protect an invention within a specific period. What law governs patents in Ghana? The Patents Act, 2003 (Act 657) and Patents Regulations 1996 (L.I. 1616) provide the legal framework for regulating patents in Ghana. What is...
What is a Trademark? The Trademarks Act, 2004 (ACT 664) defines a trademark as any sign or combination of signs 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,...
“The law has been careful to limit the acts of officers and agents that could be deemed acts of the company to particular transactions. Officers and agents have no general authority for their acts to be turned into acts of the company even if they...
Even where it has not been pleaded as a remedy, “the courts have not hesitated in the interest of justice to [reverse] ‘…the unjust enrichment of [a] defendant through its retention of the benefit of [a] plaintiff’s services without any payment for them...
“…a Power of Attorney constituted by a statutory declaration attested by a Commissioner for Oaths or Notary Public has more gravitas than one stated on a paper signed by the donor and attested by a witness without an oath…” The Plaintiffs, two Italian nationals, instituted...
" In Family Law, a marriage is either valid or invalid and there is no third category of "marriages of convenience" or "connection marriages" which are partly valid for some purposes and partly invalid for some purposes." The wife met the husband in Belgium. They got...
Ghana has a vibrant and well- regulated corporate governance landscape that is backed by legislations, Regulations and Rules. Insights by Fawzya Medhat Khalil into the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992) as presented at the CCFIG Business Breakfast meeting. Read More...