The Covid-19 pandemic quickly instilled feelings of bewilderment and all-consuming fear for what would lay ahead. Aside from the health of our people, the health of the economy within which we operate became of great concern. As a law firm leader, my concern extended to issues...
The Transfer Pricing Regulations, 2020 (L.I. 2412) has been passed, bringing into force exciting measures to manage transfer pricing relations between parties in a controlled relationship. L.I. 2412, in keeping with the times, introduces rules on documentation, measures affecting technology transfer agreements, safe harbour rules,...
“There is a point of diversion between Redundancy occasioned under section 65(1) and 65(2) of Act 651: Redundancy under section 65(2) unlike under 65(1) mandatorily requires the employer to pay the employee Redundancy Pay”. The employment of two workers were terminated by the Appellant Bank. The...
The importance of food production and supply cannot be underestimated in any economy. For many years in Ghana, agriculture has been known as a vital part of the economy. As at 2019, the sector employed 33.5% of the labor force many of whom were women,...
A virtual meeting presented by The International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) in conjunction with The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) This event is for IAFL Fellows, CLA Members and Lawyers from Africa Meeting Programme 11:30-11:40 Welcome and Introduction: Marlene Moses (Tennessee, USA - IAFL President) and Linda Kasonde (Zambia - Vice...
Despite the extraordinary challenges of 2020, Africans are working to realize the promise of the continental market. The discussion on AfCFTA has progressed from whether it will hasten region-wide economic development, to when and how this potential will yield. At the online University of Ghana School...
The African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”) promises a host of benefits for Africa at large, as signatory countries and the private sector proceed in rallying efforts. Heads of State of the African Union (“AU”) have endorsed a seven-pillar programme for Action to Boost Intra-African Trade...
In recent times, a number of efforts to clean up Ghana’s banking industry have impacted the approach to corporate governance within organizations, and have emphasized the importance of a well-structured and effective governance regime for businesses. In this installment of our blog series, we discuss...
“This was an appeal from an application for stay of execution which was deemed refused by the Court of Appeal.” In the substantive case, Ogyeadom Obranu (“Respondent”) alleged that Ghana Telecommunication Ltd (“Applicant”) had encroached on his family land. At the end of the case brought...
Private participation has been a major driving force of Renewable Energy (RE) in Ghana. This being thanks to policy reforms in the 1980s which gradually removed barriers and created a level playing field for the participation of independent power producers in the energy sector, Read...