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The court should not be an instrument of oppression

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  • Osuo_Abrobuor 10 years ago

    Has your law firm represented in Immigration related cases? Courtesy of Ghanaweb,many of your kind with 'dirty hands' use this meduim to attack others you may not like.
    And before you decide to 'rain on the parade' of others ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    Hi Mr Simple, when a client simply lies to his lawyer and the lawyer represents the facts without any knowledge of the truth, that is not a problem. but if what the client says is obviously untrue such My father is the presid ...
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  • Osuo_Abrobuor 10 years ago

    If a law practice located in an area such as Croydon is not dealing pricipally with immigration matters, then what else could the firm be involved in,issues pertaining to intellectual property rights or mergers and acquisitio ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    Osuo, I have checked his firm out personally, they are a legal aid practise undertaking, Crime, Family Law, Debt, Consumer Credit disputes, Family Law, General Litigation and a bit of Immigration though. Please don't make ass ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    My friend the solicitors in UK placard other areas of practice but basically they mostly practice immigration law.It is an area which is collapsing due to the tightening of the immigration rules.

    The Isototon and the water ...
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  • Osuo_Abrobuor 10 years ago

    To find solutions to some of the seemingly 'intractable' problems facing Ghana. For me, there is enogh blame to go around - Judges,bureaucrats,politicians,business people,traditional leaders,the clergy,right to the ordinary f ...
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  • PEOPLE'S VIGILANTE MARTIN AMIDU 2 10 years ago

    If, indeed, you practise law, if expect you to give meaning to the following in Justice Kpegah's case against Akufo Addo:

    1. There is nothing ethnocentric about this case. Unless you want to tell us more about that attack
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  • FRedsaid 10 years ago

    who ruled against Justice Kpegah in his case against Akuffo Addo? Why don't you apply to become a high court judge?

    You can then maybe over rule what has been rules in the first place as you have all the true facts about ...
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  • PEOPLE'S VIGILANTE MARTIN AMIDU 2 10 years ago

    FRedsaid, why don't you address the issues raised instead of this needless invitation? You are a human being with a brain, so use it to address the issue instead of relying on a judge who did not go into the merits of the cas ...
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  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

    Asare, I agree with you in principle that there is too much indiscipline within the legal profession in Ghana, though that should not be surprising because indiscipline is a cancer in Ghana. In fact, I said in one of my artic ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    Mr Atta, I agree on the whole to your analysis and defer to your experience in race relations in the UK which is what informs your disagreements but it cannot be denied that Kpegah's conduct amounts Racial Harassment, if even ...
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  • Osuo_Abrobuor 10 years ago

    The last I checked, the phenomenon of 'World Bank' did not exist only in the Volta Region. What was Busia,the much-touted rule of law advocate, doing in the Sallah case? Let`s not open a can of worms with these outrageouus st ...
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  • Kobena 10 years ago

    Kwame,
    That is a very good analysis of our justice/legal system and how very sloppy the whole system has become. Even as a layman, I was surprised that no punitive costs were made against Kpegah. It is symptomatic of a fail ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    When man replaced the primitive egalitarian society and adopted the slave form of socioeconomic system he at once took the path of oppression. To protect the slave owners there must be organs of oppression, army, police, cour ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    Why can't your postings be objective but rather only one sided.So you did not see the many times that the judges have to call addison's attention to rude remarks far more insulting than Tsatsu's shut up.At one time a judge e ...
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  • Kobena 10 years ago

    If the judges had called Tsatsu and Tony Lithur to order, Adisson would not have been provoked to react. You obviously did not understand my point. In days gone by even a district magistrate would never have said, "the mud-s ...
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  • Osuo_Abrobuor 10 years ago

    And contrary to what others have said about the performance of the bench,I believe it let things get too much out of hand;and an inexperienced lawyers did not know when to exercise self-restraint. To put it mildly,he over-pla ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    This office sitting practitioner with no experience in serious court room litigation other than petty immigration cases and housing and minor tribunal cases should give us a break.

    His argument per se is about the defense ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    Mr Osei Bonsu why do your attack the author for being an office siting Lawyer without any Knowledge and then proceed to make such incompetent arguments. Passion without Knowledge is very dangerous. Get a Lawyer!GET A GOOD LAW ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    Christopher Johnson,

    You sound like an illiterate but never mind.When I say office sitting it is a factual remark.Solicitors by their training in England a and Wales limit their practice to the office where they do paper w ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    There you go again. NDC Laywer.Solicitors in the UK have audience in the County Court up to Circuit Judge in Hearings in the County Court, that is, up to the Highest and No audience from the High Court Onwards. They can repr ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    Look,in law masters is the highest degree and I have a masters in international law.So my credential read LLB HONs LLM International law.The PHD is just for research purpose only.In law in our methodology we as well learn t h ...
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  • Christopher Johnson 10 years ago

    You have won Mr Bonsu! Aha! just pulling your legs. I don't have no time researching for a PHD. Your LLM is higher than my LLB although I am qualified both as a Solicitor/Barrister but working as a Solicitor.

    I like you re ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 10 years ago

    Thank you and lets smoke the peace pipe and be brothers and fellow Ghanaians as usual.I have learn a lot though and apologize if I have being rude to you.

    Thanks

  • Osabere kotoko 10 years ago

    What do want? An appointment ?