Our approach to legal insight.

We believe that understanding the law is an important part of protecting one's rights, interests and future. Legal issues can appear complicated because of unfamiliar terminology, procedures and documentation. These articles are intended to make important legal and business topics easier to understand, with practical information on the issues individuals, families and businesses meet.

Articles

• Land encroachment in Ghana: what should a landowner do?, Property: What encroachment means in law, why self-help makes things worse, and the documents a landowner should gather first.
• Buying land in Ghana: important legal considerations before you pay, Property: The questions to settle about title, boundaries and consents before any money changes hands.
• Wrongful or unlawful termination? Understanding employment disputes in Ghana, Disputes: Termination, dismissal and summary dismissal are different things in law. What the records show usually decides which one happened.
• Divorce, child custody and property: why legal guidance matters, Family: Divorce, custody, maintenance and property often arrive together. Handling them in the right order protects both the family and the assets.
• Why every growing business needs sound contracts, Corporate: A growing business signs agreements almost daily. Clear terms are what make them enforceable when something goes wrong.
• Corporate governance: why good governance matters to businesses, Corporate: Records, resolutions and clear decision-making keep a company out of avoidable trouble as it grows.
• Legal due diligence: ask the questions before you commit, Corporate: Checking ownership, authority and obligations before a transaction closes is cheaper than unwinding it afterwards.
• From legal problem to legal solution: why early advice matters, Insight: Most matters are easier, cheaper and quieter to resolve before they harden into a dispute.
• Know your rights before a dispute begins, Insight: Disputes usually start with an unclear agreement or an undocumented transaction, not with a courtroom.
• A contract is more than a signature, Corporate: Eight questions to ask yourself before you sign an agreement that matters.
• Do not build first and ask questions later, Property: Building on land whose title is unsettled turns a legal question into an expensive one.
• When an employment relationship breaks down, Disputes: What employers and employees should each do when an employment relationship reaches its end.
• Legal education is part of access to justice, Insight: People protect their rights better when the law is explained in language they can act on.