The Importance of Making a Will: Legal implications following the death of Daddy Lumba

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• Ofa Atta ( Convert) 4 months ago

  GOOD PEACE. I ENJOYED READING IT. MAHAMA SHOULD NOT THINK OF A THIRD TERM, HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE SCENE FOR ANOTHER NDC PERSON SO THAT SOME OF US WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THE NDC FOR YEARS WILL ALSO GET RECOGNISED. CURRENTLY, HE HA ...
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  GOOD PEACE. I ENJOYED READING IT. MAHAMA SHOULD NOT THINK OF A THIRD TERM, HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE SCENE FOR ANOTHER NDC PERSON SO THAT SOME OF US WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THE NDC FOR YEARS WILL ALSO GET RECOGNISED. CURRENTLY, HE HAS BEEN SHIELDED BY THE LIKES OF FELIX, OMANE BOAMAH, RANDY, STAN DOGBE, SHAMIMAH ETC TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME OF US ARE OVERLOOKED IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR DEDICATION AND HARDWORK. ANOTHER PERSON SHOULD LEAD THE PARTY SO WE CAN ALSO REAP THE FRUIT OF OUR LABOUR. BUT DEFINITELY NOT JULIUS DEBRAH BECAUSE HE WILL STILL BE SURROUNDED BY THE SAME PEOPLE, THE NDC NEED A NEW LEADER AFTER 2028. I KNOW I'M BEING SELFISH, BUT POLITICS IS ABOUT BENEFITS NOT HEAVENLY REWARD

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• Timothy Hutton 4 months ago

  Quite an interesting piece - very insightful and timely, thank you

  Quite an interesting piece - very insightful and timely, thank you

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• Mawutor 4 months ago

  God bless the author of this article.

  God bless the author of this article.

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• Alex 4 months ago

  Well written and very educative articles. Good job and many thanks.

  Well written and very educative articles. Good job and many thanks.

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• Ernest Bagosbah 4 months ago

  Dr. Dickson,
  
  Thank you for writing this piece. Very educative and insightful.
  
  Well written, Sir!
  
  Ernest

  Dr. Dickson,
  
  Thank you for writing this piece. Very educative and insightful.
  
  Well written, Sir!
  
  Ernest

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• Ernest Bagosbah 4 months ago

  Just a question,
  Is a Will prepared in the USA enforceable in Ghanaian jurisdiction?
  Please clarify

  Just a question,
  Is a Will prepared in the USA enforceable in Ghanaian jurisdiction?
  Please clarify

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• Onipa Nua 4 months ago

  That is a great question but I think the laws of America is totally different from most commonwealth countries like Ghana Nigeria Kenya etc,Most the laws of Ghana are modeled in accordance with the British laws which are to ...
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  That is a great question but I think the laws of America is totally different from most commonwealth countries like Ghana Nigeria Kenya etc,Most the laws of Ghana are modeled in accordance with the British laws which are totally different from the American judicial system. I maybe wrong but I wish a person with a more insight about the legal implications of writing a will in America to elaborate

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• OZYMANDIAS 4 months ago

  A excellently-written piece of legal education. I hope most Ghanaians will take note of this. Ghanaian legal system, however, is very different from the American version. The Ghanaian legal system is a direct copy of the Brit ...
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  A excellently-written piece of legal education. I hope most Ghanaians will take note of this. Ghanaian legal system, however, is very different from the American version. The Ghanaian legal system is a direct copy of the British Legal system which is based on Roman Law. With the exception of our Customary Law, the two systems are almost the same. The American system was also based on the British system, until after the Declaration Of Independence from the British. A lot of changes and modifications were made by the Founding Fathers of the USA, and this is where our Ghanaian system differs from the American system. In my candid opinion, a Will and Testament written in the USA by a Ghanaian who has attained a full American citizenship will not be acceptable by our Ghanaian courts. I am not sure, however, of a Ghanaian with a Dual Ghana-American citizenship. Same thing applies to a Ghanaian who has a full UK Citizenship. It is the Ghana Supreme Court that can give a full interpretation of such matters if a death occurs in a particular family facing such an issue. If Daddy Lumba wrote a Will and had a German citizenship, but did not renounce his Ghanaian citizenship, then the Napoleonic legal system will apply. In this case, ODO BRONI will need a lawyer who has an in-depth knowledge of the Napoleonic system to fight for her in our courts. If DL renounced his German citizenship prior to his demise, Serwaah will be fighting a real battle in our Ghanaian courts for complete access to DL's Ghana properties. I beg to be corrected on all these points I have raised. Our so-called legal luminaries in Ghana, we are waiting for your responses.

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