NEW legislation governing mortgages became effective from 1 January 1973. This is the Mortgages Decree, 1972.1 The Decree, which follows the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission, was actually promulgated in August, 1972, but was given a deferred date of commencement perhaps partly to enable the public to become familiar with its provisions before it came into force. One other poss…
A DOCTRINE, which appears so far to have been unquestioned, is that in Ghana there is no land without an owner. Its implication seems to be that for e\'ery piece of land in the country it is possible to identify an owner. While this 'doctrine may serve some purposes of convenience and may also usefully be called in aid in the resolution of otherwise intractable land disputes, it is the pr…