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The implication of the doctrine of caveat emptor in the purchase of land in Ghana

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06-24 08:12
 
 
 
Thanks !! Thanks for your well written piece. It is indeed an educative one.

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Cash, New York.
06-24 08:12
 
 
 
Re: The implication of the doctrine of caveat empt Very insightful. Thanks much!

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Sylvester Ekpe
06-24 08:50
 
 
 
Land purchase Very educative. A must read! Thanks.

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Sylvester Ekpe
06-24 08:53
 
 
 
Land Issues Ghana Thanks for such valuable education in this very complex area in our dear country. But given the challenges that abound wouldn't it be sensible to aim to operate like other jurisdictions? We have a several universities cover

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Nii-Adama, Osu-Re
06-24 09:11
 
 
 
 
Completely rubbish law That is the problem with Ghana. We still hold on to old ways of thinking. We lack the ability to change for the better. Generations will come and they will say "that's the way we've been doing it" and so nobody implements any

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Kojo
06-24 12:44
 
 
 
MORE OF SUCH EDUCATIVE ARTICLES Kudos to Ghanaweb for putting into the public domain this type of insightful article which is very beneficial to the public. Land purchase and the subsequent documentation are highly contentious issues that call for a lot of

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PAULO
06-24 09:30
 
 
 
Preservation of status Quo Insightful yes, stopping there and not agitating for change to such a crap system wrong

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As one
06-24 11:12
 
 
 
 
Completely rubbish law. Say and say again. It's like we don't as a people want to change for the better. This law is absolute rubbish and yet we will continue keep it because not a single person can wake up and say, we have to change this to make it

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Kojo
06-24 12:42
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Completely rubbish law. We did used the laws from our masters but they have changed their laws as time goes on but we still hanging on to the old ones. The question is who committed a fraud.

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Shasha
06-25 13:10
 
 
 
Questions for the Writer Understood, but what happens when you purchase that parcel of land from the government (and not an individual) and it turns out that a traditional institution claims ownership, which may not be by way of documentary evidence?

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Olukojo
06-24 13:34
 
 
 
MThus My Senior=Kpeem This is my second time of reading about land issues and its legal implication you post on the Ghanaweb for those of us who live abroad and many times buy properties especially land blindly. You legal elaborations about land a

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Sibit -USA
06-25 20:33