Freshfields Law Consult, solicitors for 75 Level 400 students of the 2022/2023 cohort of the African University of Communication and Business (AUCB), has given the university’s management seven days to rectify its graduation list for students seeking University of Ghana certification or face legal action at the High Court of Justice.
In a final demand letter, the solicitors are demanding that AUCB republish a comprehensive graduation list containing the students’ index numbers, full names, departments or programmes, academic performance details and provisional degree classifications.
The ultimatum follows the university’s publication of two graduation lists on 6 October 2026: one for students graduating with AUCB certification and another for those seeking University of Ghana certification.
Freshfields Law Consult argues that the two publications treat the students differently, alleging that the list for AUCB certification recipients includes their index numbers, names, departments and degree classifications, while the list for those seeking University of Ghana certification contains only their names.
The solicitors describe the disparity as discriminatory and unfair, alleging that it is intended to prejudice students who have asserted their entitlement to degrees awarded under the seal of the University of Ghana, Legon.
The letter, which follows an earlier formal demand dated 19 May 2026, maintains that AUCB’s explanation that the University of Ghana will determine the students’ final grade point averages (FGPAs) and degree classifications does not justify withholding their existing academic records or provisional classifications.
Freshfields Law Consult is also demanding that AUCB transmit the students’ complete academic particulars to the Registrar and Academic Affairs Directorate of the University of Ghana without further administrative delay.
The firm insists that the university has a duty to ensure fairness, transparency and equal treatment in its administrative processes, arguing that the omission of the students’ academic particulars breaches those obligations.
It further alleges that the publication was intended to intimidate the students and pressure them into abandoning their pursuit of University of Ghana certification ahead of a deadline of 9 October 2026.
The solicitors have warned that failure by management to comply within seven days of receiving the letter will trigger legal proceedings without further notice.
Among the reliefs they intend to seek are declarations that the 6 October publication was discriminatory, unfair and a breach of administrative duty, as well as an order compelling AUCB to publish the complete academic particulars and degree classifications of the affected students.
The firm also intends to seek an interlocutory injunction to restrain the university from holding its 23rd Congregation, scheduled for 31 October 2026, until the students’ academic profiles are properly published and transmitted.
Other anticipated claims include general, aggravated and punitive damages for alleged breach of contract, administrative bad faith and intentional infliction of distress, alongside legal and professional costs.
The solicitors have urged AUCB’s management to act prudently to avoid litigation and what they describe as institutional embarrassment.
