Tag Archives: CHIEF JUSTICE

OSP Petitions Chief Justice, wants new judge to handle Cecilia Dapaah’s Case

Kissi Agyebeng is the Special Prosecutor The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) is asking the Chief Justice to task a new judge to handle the Cecilia Dapaah case. The case is currently being handled by Justice Edward Twum who previously ordered the OSP to release cash seized from the residence …

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US$5million bribery allegation against Chief Justice: What we know so far

• A lawyer by name Kwasi Afrifa has made some allegations against Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah • He has accused the Chief Justice of demanding US$5 million from a client of his • The Chief Justice has rejected the allegations Over the weekend where there were major footballing events across …

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The petition that led to Chief Justice’s US$5 million bribery allegation

• The General Legal Council has been petitioned over the conduct of lawyer Kwasi Afrifa • The Petitioner claimed that the lawyer has not refunded a sum intended for ‘ways and means’ • The petition which was filed back in March 2021 became public after lawyer Kwasi Afrifa responded to …

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Chief Justice, Akoto Ampaw named in US$5 million bribery allegation

• A client claims his lawyer suggested he paid an amount of money for ‘some ways and means’ • The lawyer has however denied the claim • The case is before the General Legal Council The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, and lawyer Akoto Ampaw have been named in a statement by one …

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Chief Justice asks Justice Boakye to go ahead with Dual Citizenship Case

Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has given Justice Kwasi Boakye, Presiding Judge of Cape Coast High Court II, the go-ahead to continue with the embattled Assin North Member of Parliament‘s (MP) dual citizenship case. The CJ’s response followed a petition by the Assin North MP, Joseph Gyaakye Quayson, …

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Hypocrite Chief Justice should rather be before the disciplinary committee – NDC MP

Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, MP for Tamale Central, has slammed the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah for his decision to drag Dr Dominic Ayine, MP for Bolgatanga East before the disciplinary committee of the Ghana Legal Council (GLC). According to him, the Chief Justice’s stance on Dr Dominic Ayine’s comments on the decision of the Supreme …

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Chief Justice under 14-day self-isolation over COVID-19

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah on the advice of his doctors is embarking on mandatory 14–day self-isolation on the advice of his doctors. According to a Circular to High Court judges dated July 7, 2020, signed and issued by the Judicial Secretary, Ms Pamela Cynthia Addo, the Chief Justice …

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I cried to him sometimes – Chief Justice thanks Asantehene for tremendous support

Supreme Court judges appear tough, but behind the veneer of power lays a softness that the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo revealed as she bows out of the country’s highest court saying she found Otumfuo Osei Tutu II shoulders very strong to lean on. At her last spell at the Supreme …

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Goodbye to Her Ladyship Chief Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo

Friday, December 20, 2019, marks the end of Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo’s tenure as Ghana’s 13thChief Justice since independence and the 6th Chief Justice under Ghana’s 4th Republican Constitution. Quite unfortunately, there seems to be a growing notion that Her Ladyship the Chief Justice has not acquitted …

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Anin-Yeboah nominated as next Chief Justice

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval. JoyNews correspondent, Kwei Parker-Wilson reports that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has referred the letter to the Appointments Committee of the House. If approved, Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme …

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