Category: Ghana

High Court rejects application by teenage boy to return to UK from boarding school in Ghana – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 4th, 2025 in children, consent, education, families, gangs, Ghana, news, parental responsibility by tracey

‘A High Court judge has rejected an application brought by a 14-year-old boy to make himself a ward of the High Court and for an order that he be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales from the Republic of Ghana, where he has been living as a boarding school pupil and with extended family.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Son loses case against parents over move to Africa – BBC News

Posted February 28th, 2025 in children, consent, education, families, gangs, Ghana, news, parental responsibility by Lily

‘A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his own parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school.’

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BBC News, 27th February 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts v Yemoh and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in Ghana, law reports, marriage, polygamy, succession by sally

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts v Yemoh and others [2010] WLR (D) 334

“Polygamous marriages contracted in accordance with the customary law of Ghana were recognised for the purposes of succession to real estate in England and Wales.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Ghanaian court finds British girls guilty of drug smuggling – The Guardian

Posted November 22nd, 2007 in drug trafficking, Ghana, news, young offenders by sally

“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk