From Commitment to Compliance: Assessing How Ghana’s Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124) Operationalises the Paris Agreement Through Its Climate Change Framework

05 Jun From Commitment to Compliance: Assessing How Ghana’s Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124) Operationalises the Paris Agreement Through Its Climate Change Framework

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Background Ghana’s new Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124) (“the Act”) was assented to on 6th January 2025, ushering in a modern and comprehensive framework for environmental protection. The Act repeals the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and...

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19 May The Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140): Key Changes To Ghana’s Gold Trading And Marketing Regulatory Framework.

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To further Ghana’s objective of optimizing national benefit from the gold value chain, the Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140) has been enacted to establish a centralized regulatory framework for governing the gold trading and marketing industry. The Act establishes the Ghana Gold Board (the...

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19 May Incidents Related To The Issuance Of Land Certificates Under Ghana’s Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036)

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Introduction The Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) introduces, among other things, a unified and comprehensive framework for land registration in Ghana. Central to this system is the land certificate, a key document evidencing an individual’s title in land. Sections 125 to 129 of Act 1036 outline...

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01 May An Exposition On Ghana’s Beneficial Ownership Regime: A Commitment To Openness And Transparency

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The Panama Papers and its Contribution to the Reinvigorated Calls for Global Transparency Through Beneficial Ownership Reporting At the beginning of April 2016, over 11.5 million documents dated from 1977 to 2015, were published on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ website after almost a year...

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16 Apr CLICKBAIT” UN GLOBAL COMPACT

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11 Apr B&P Associates Champions Gender Equality in Law

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In 2024, Ghana's Parliament took a monumental step by enacting the Affirmative Action Act, a pivotal move aimed at addressing gender disparity and establishing specific targets, including the ambitious goal of achieving 50% gender equity by 2034. The success of this landmark legislation relies not...

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09 Apr GENERAL TRANSPORT, PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL WORKERS’ UNION OF TRADES UNION CONGRESS (PETITIONERS) VS. HALLIBURTON INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED GHANA BRANCH (RESPONDENT) [SUPREME COURT, ACCRA] CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/19/2023 DATE: 27TH MARCH 2024

Posted at 08:00h in Judicial Insights

“We have noted with deep concern, the burgeoning trend of Courts and the Labour Commission to indiscriminately brand termination effected under Section 17 of the Labour Act or provisions in the contract of employment which have the same or similar import as Section 17, as...

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20 Mar Katakyie Opoku Agyemang v. Goil Oil Company Ltd Civil Appeal No. HI/85/2023, Delivered on 21st November 2023 (Court of Appeal)

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 “As a principle of law, the Plaintiff can rely on the weakness in the Defendant’s case when he had discharged the burden imposed on him. Once discharged, he was entitled to relief, but where he had failed to lead evidence that would constitute proof in...

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04 Mar 2025 B&P Associates Pro Bono Week Celebration

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At B&P Associates, we are committed to empowering our community and mentoring the next generation of legal professionals. This year, as we have done for the past three years, we successfully organized the 2025 edition of our Pro Bono Week Celebrations, which was held in...

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17 Feb Michelle Essuman Elevated to Partner at B&P ASSOCIATES

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We are delighted to announce the promotion of Michelle Nana Yaa Essuman to Partner at B&P Associates. Michelle's journey at the Firm, from legal intern to Partner is a testament to her unwavering dedication, loyalty, and commitment to excellence. Her hard work and resilience have not...

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