A new report by the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) will look in detail at the landmark legislation introduced in Ghana over the past year, which has set the scene for the country to boost inflows and drive economic growth. Marking OBG’s...
…This is not the end of an era but rather the end of this particular journey… We were excited to have had one final conversation with Adelaide Benneh Prempeh, GNBCC’s outgoing board chair. We look back on Adelaide‘s four-year journey on the board of GNBCC. Adelaide...
Many a time you are confronted with a situation where the named members of a company are different from its substantive beneficial owners. Beneficial ownership is one of the inroads of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) (the “Act”). Who then is a Beneficial owner? The...
The Insurance Act, 2021 (Act 1061) has repealed the Insurance Act, 2006 (Act 724). This enactment now serves as the legal instrument for the regulation and supervision of the insurance market.[1] The Act has been welcomed as timely due to the current state of the...
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...