General News of Wednesday, 15 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.org‘Don’t ruin your career’ – Supreme Court advises Woyome’s laywerEmbattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi WoyomeThe Supreme Court has slapped a senior lawyer representing Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, saddled in the GHC51 million judgement debt case, with a cost of GHC5,000. The Supreme Court had given the lawyer, Muda Ade Lawal, the option of facing the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council or pay the cost personally. Muda Ade Lawal, in fact, opted for the payment of the cost of which the Court asked him to pay within two weeks. The Supreme Court was unhappy with the lawyer after it observed that a review application by Mr. Ade Lawal, for Woyome was rehashed and same had already been determined by the apex court. The court had declined Woyome’s plea to pay the GHC46 million he owed the state by instalments.

Source: GhanaWeb January 15, 2020 12:00 UTC