General News of Wednesday, 15 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgWoyome’s lawyer slapped with personal cost of GHC5,000Alfred Agbesi WoyomeThe Supreme Court has slapped a cost of GHC5,000.00 against a senior lawyer who represented Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, saddled in the 51-million cedi judgement debt to the state. Muda Ade Lawal, in fact, had opted for the payment of the cost of which the Court asked him to pay it within two weeks. The Supreme Court had given the lawyer the option of facing the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council or pay the cost personally. The SC observed that a review application by the lawyer for Woyome was rehashed and the same had already been determined by the apex court. The court had declined to Woyome’s plea to pay the 46 million cedis he owed the state by instalments.

Source: GhanaWeb January 15, 2020 01:18 UTC