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You’ve been sued. What do you do next?
Getting served with a writ of summons can be unsettling. You open the document and there it is: your name, someone else’s name, and a court seal. You have been sued. The first instinct might be to panic. Or, perhaps worse, to put the document aside and deal with it later. Don’t. Being served with…
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Can you get a court judgment before the trial?
When people hear that someone has been taken to court, they usually imagine the same thing: the case goes to trial, witnesses testify, lawyers argue, and the judge eventually gives a judgment. But what if the person being sued has no real defence? Does the plaintiff still have to go through the entire process before…
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Can you sue your husband or wife for breaking a promise?
Your husband promises to give you GH¢2,000 every month while you are living apart. You rely on that promise. Then, a few months later, he stops paying. Can you sue him? Not necessarily. Contract law generally presumes that agreements made in domestic or social settings are not intended to create legal relations. When it comes…