Practice and procedure in the trial courts & tribunals of Ghana. /
Practice & procedure in the trial courts & tribunals of Ghana
S.A. Brobbey.
- 2nd ed.
- Accra, Ghana : Advanced Legal Publications, 2011.
- ixxxvii,733p.; 23 cm.
Contents: General: Introduction -- The Ghana legal system: structure and hierarchy of the courts and tribunals -- Jurisdiction -- Criminal proceedings: Summary trial of criminal cases -- Judgement and decision- making process in criminal processing -- Punishment and sentencing -- Matters ancillary to criminal trials -- Specialised proceedings in the district court -- Criminal proceedings in respect of children: the juvenile court -- Civil proceedings: Pre- trial procedures in civil proceedings -- Summary Trial of civil suits -- Judgement and decision process in civil proceedings -- Costs in civil proceedings -- Interest on claims for money -- Interlocutory matters -- Review of decision in civil proceedings: order 29 -- Execution of judgements, decrees and orders -- The Trial of Landlord and tenant cases -- Civil proceedings in respect of children -- Settlements and alternative disputes resolution -- Miscellaneous: Offences ancillary to criminal and civil trials -- Bails and securities -- Locus in Quo -- Evidence of witness on commission after start of trial -- Taking evidence in anticipation of trial -- Civil and criminal cases pending contemporaneously -- Suits pending before one magistrate continued by author magistrate -- Practicing the Law: The Law in practice -- The court Prosecutor -- On being an advocate -- The Magistrate -- Appeal from the District court -- Judicial service administration and the district court registry.