Ghanaian academic wins top law prize

Dr Francis Botchway from the School of Law recently won the Willoughby Prize 2004 for his article on ?Privatisation and State Control ? The Case of the Ashanti Goldfields Company?. His feature was published in a special issue of the International Bar Association?s Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law. Dr Botchway also co-edited the special edition on energy and natural resources in Africa in which his article appeared.

Dr Francis Botchway from the School of Law recently won the Willoughby Prize 2004 for his article on ?Privatisation and State Control ? The Case of the Ashanti Goldfields Company?. His feature was published in a special issue of the International Bar Association?s Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law. Dr Botchway also co-edited the special edition on energy and natural resources in Africa in which his article appeared. The Willoughby Prize, is awarded annually to the best contribution from a young academic to the Journal and is awarded in memory of Geoffrey Willoughby, renowned energy practitioner and a leading contributor to the development of energy law in the UK.