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26 Jun Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Ltd. v Ebenezer Denzel Amanor and Ors [Unreported Judgment] Suit No. J4/02/2020 Delivered on 14 April, 2021.

Posted at 17:51h in Judicial Insights

“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...

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26 Jun Abubakar Umar & Anor V National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Civil Appeal No. J4/1/2020 Judgment of the Supreme Court dated 24th March, 2021.

Posted at 17:40h in Judicial Insights

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...

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21 Jun Florini Luca & Florini Alesandro V. Mr. Samir, Divestiture Implementation Committee & AG Civil Appeal No. J4/49/2020- Judgement of the Supreme Court Dated 21st April, 2021.

Posted at 07:00h in Judicial Insights

“…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...

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21 Jun Ernestina Boateng V Phyllis Serwaa & 2 Ors Civil Appeal No. J4/08/2020 Judgment of The Supreme Court Dated 14th April, 2021.

Posted at 06:30h in Judicial Insights

" 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...

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10 Jun B & P Associates- Doing Business In Ghana- Corporate Governance, Compliance & Due Process

Posted at 06:00h in Blog

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...

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20 May Peter Adjei V Magaret Adjei(Civil Appeal No: J4/06/2021) Judgment of the Supreme Court dated 21st April, 2021

Posted at 06:30h in Judicial Insights

“Property acquired by spouses during marriage is presumed to be marital property. Upon dissolution of the marriage, the property will be shared in accordance with the “equality is equity” principle except where the spouse who acquired the property can adduce evidence to rebut the presumption”....

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11 May Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI -V-Ghana Telecommunication Co. Ltd & Lands Commission [Unreported] Suit No.: Civil Motion No. J8/37/2021 delivered 31st March, 2021.

Posted at 07:00h in Judicial Insights

“Applications for the adduction of fresh evidence on appeal are not the sole preserve of an Appellant in the appeal; a Respondent may be granted leave to adduce fresh evidence on appeal” The Appellant appealed to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Court of...

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02 May 2021 Legal 500 EMEA.

Posted at 13:24h in Client Testimonials

“B&P distinguishes itself as a highly professional law firm. In my interactions with B&P it distinguished itself due to the clarity of its communication and speed of delivery; the lawyers exceeded our expectations. The team has a great depth of knowledge about the legal environment...

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02 May 2021 Legal 500 EMEA.

Posted at 12:05h in Client Testimonials

“Unlike several other firms that we have dealt with, B&P’s advice always goes beyond a pure legal perspective, demonstrating an understanding of the fact that the risks we face are inter-related and therefore need to be assessed and mitigated holistically. Additionally, the firm has always...

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01 May A Refocus on Ghana’s Residential Real Estate Market.

Posted at 17:38h in Newsletter

The pre-independence and post-independence era of Ghana saw many extended families living together as a household, resulting in a relatively low demand for housing. This trend has altered with modernisation, as increasingly, more nuclear families prefer to live as a separate unit. Residential housing units...

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