KOFI ANOKYE OWUSU-DARKO (BLOG 1)

INTRODUCTION  The Electoral Commission (EC) before the 2020 elections made it known to all Ghanaians that the voters’ register that was used during the 2016 elections was not credible. They argued that the database was blotted with foreigners, minors etc. The panacea according to the EC was a new software with enhanced facial biometric features to go with an upgraded hardware and a data centre to secure the data. The people in whom the sovereignty of Ghana resides, through Parliament, voted money for this audacious exercise of having a credible register and we all had our biometrics captured to preserve our democracy. Great news! Now the flood caused by the spilling of excess water from the Akosombo dam in certain parts of the Volta region would cause most of the affected persons to lose both their voter’s cards and national identity cards. The worry is how they would be able to vote in the District Level elections in December, 2023 and the National Elections in 2024. The good news i

 INTRODUCTION This article is a review of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules,2019 (C.I. 122) that amended Order 7 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 20004 (C.I. 47) to allow service of a process or document on a party by electronic means. The crafting of C.I. 122 is bound to have implementation challenges if not addressed. The traditional world has obviously moved on to the digital world and every country is creating an enabling legal environment for this new world and it goes without saying that human advancement will naturally come with issues. A myriad of legal issues that need to be addressed in this digital economy relate to inter alia; validity of documents by way of signatures, privacy and anonymity, evidence and acceptance of electronic documents, electronic contracting, electronic fraud or computer fraud and its related matters, protection of data, freedom of information, electronic money and payments. Some countries have taken the lead, others have