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Much of the judicial work in Ghana takes place at the lower level courts that hear many criminal and civil cases. [13] As the population of Ghana is rapidly expanding to more than 29 million people, [ 14 ] these bodies are often faced with massive backlogs of cases that need to be heard. [ 13 ]
The Supreme Court of Ghana is the highest judicial body in Ghana. [1] Ghana's 1992 constitution guarantees the independence and separation of the Judiciary from the Legislative and the Executive arms of government. [2] The Supreme Court of Ghana has the final say on legal matters and can overturn lower court decisions.
The Ministry of Justice was created in 1951 after the Lidbury Commission was established to come up with recommendations upon reviewing the Gold Coast Civil Service. [2] The commission established that the establishment of ministries by the then newly established Gold Coast government, headed by Kwame Nkrumah (then Prime Minister and Head of Government Business), was to be modelled under the ...
Chief Justice of Ghana. Died in office. 32 1989: Patrick Victor Osei-Hwere: Appeal Court Judge: 19 October 1992 [48] 33 20 February 1990 [49] [50] G. E. K. Aikins: Attorney General of Ghana: 2 September 1998 [51] 34 1990: Edward Wiredu [52] Appeals Court Judge: 2003: Chief Justice of Ghana 2001–2003 35 19 November 1991 [53] Joyce Bamford-Addo ...
The chief justice is appointed by the president of Ghana in consultation with the Council of State of Ghana and with the approval of the Parliament of Ghana. [9] A person qualified to be the chief justice of Ghana must be of a high moral character and have proven integrity and must have been a lawyer for at least fifteen years to have been eligible for appointment to the Supreme Court in the ...
The Appeals Court of Ghana is the second highest court in the hierarchy of Superior Courts. The Court has no original jurisdiction. [ 1 ] As the name implies, all appeal cases from the High Courts, Regional Tribunals and Civil appeals from Circuit Courts are brought to the Court of Appeal.
Following his education at the University of Ghana, Kwofie taught at Nungua Senior High School from October 1984 until September 1986. In February 1988, he entered private practice as an Associate Solicitor and Barrister at the Adansiman Chambers and Co. Legal Practitioners in Kumasi, and after ten years of working in that capacity, Kwofie joined the Office of Revenue Commissioners in Kumasi ...
Justice Torkornoo was nominated to the Supreme Court of Ghana in November 2019. [6] She was sworn in on 17 December 2019. [2] In her work as chair of the E-Justice Committee, she led the planning of automation of all levels of courts, procurement and incorporation of the electronic resources and software in the work of the Judicial Service.