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Chief Justice Of Ghana
The chief justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The chief justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision. In order of state precedence, the chief justice is the fourth highest official in Ghana. Historical background The Supreme Court Ordinance of 1876 ended the 10-year absence of a Supreme court, Supreme Court, establishing a Supreme Court of Judicature for the Gold Coast (British Colony), Gold Coast Colony. The court consisted of the chief justice and not more than four puisne judges. This led to the appointment of the first chief justice, Sir David Patrick Chalmers by the United Kingdom, British colonial authorities in 1876. The nature of the office of chief justice evolved with the years. The 1954 Gold Coast constitution provided for the chief justice to be appointed on the advice of the prime minister while other judges and judicial officers were appointed on the advice of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Ghana
The Supreme Court of Ghana is the highest judicial body in Ghana. Constitution of Ghana, Ghana's 1992 constitution guarantees the independence and separation of the Judiciary of Ghana, Judiciary from the Legislative and the Executive (government), Executive arms of government.1992 Constitution Article 125(1). "Justice emanates from the people and shall be administered in the name of the Republic by the Judiciary which shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution." The Supreme Court of Ghana has the final say on legal matters and can overturn lower court decisions. The Court consists of nine Justice (title), justices and hears cases on a wide range of issues, including criminal law, Civil law (legal system), civil law, and administrative law. History The Supreme court, Supreme Court was established by the Supreme Court Ordinance (1876) as the highest tribunal in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast (now Ghana) during the colonial era. Until 1960, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Akufo-Addo
William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General of Ghana, Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the administration of then-president John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo first ran for president in the year 2008 Ghanaian general election, 2008 and again in 2012 Ghanaian presidential election, 2012, both times as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He lost on both occasions to National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress' candidates: John Evans Atta Mills in 2008 and John Dramani Mahama in 2012. After the 2012 general elections, he refused to concede and proceeded to court to challenge the electoral results, but the Supreme Court of Ghana affirmed Mahama's victory. He was chosen as the presidential can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Harragin
Sir Walter Harragin CMG QC (1890 – 26 June 1966) was a British colonial barrister, judge and administrator. Early life Harragin was born in British Guyana.H.M. Stationery Office, 1960, The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book, Volume 10, p.291 He was educated at Berkhamsted School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1912. Career He began his career as a clerk of the peace in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, in 1914. During the First World War he was on active military service between 1916 and 1918, returning to Trinidad as a magistrate in 1919 and later being elevated to the Crown Court in 1924. He was later promoted to Attorney General first of Nyasaland between 1927 and 1933, and then Kenya until 1944. Whilst in Kenya he prosecuted for the Crown during the trial of Jock Delves Broughton for the murder of Lord Erroll. He briefly served as Chief Secretary of Kenya between 1938 and 1939 and Acting Governor between 1939 and 1940. In January 1941 he was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bertie Petrides
Sir Philipos Bertie Petrides (27 June 1881 – 19 April 1956), known as Philip Petrides, was a British colonial judge and administrator. Biography Petrides was born in Sydenham, London, the third son of Greek merchant Demetrius Nicetas Petrides (born in Symi, Ottoman Greece) and Ellen Bannerman of Hackney. He was educated in Dulwich and Brussels before being called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1906. After a decade practising at the Common Law Bar, Petrides was appointed Crown Prosecutor in the Seychelles, where he acted as Chief Justice in 1916–17 and 1918–19. He was Chief Justice of the Seychelles from 1920 to 1924 and Attorney–General of Nyasaland from 1924 to 1926. He served on the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1926 to 1930, was Chief Justice of Mauritius from 1930 to 1936, and finally Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1936 until 1944, when he retired and returned to England. He was knighted in the 1936 New Year Honours The 1936 New Year Honours we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Campbell Deane
Sir George Campbell Deane was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1929 until 1935. He took the office from Sir Philip Crampton Smyly in 1929 and was succeeded by Sir Philip Bertie Petrides Sir Philipos Bertie Petrides (27 June 1881 – 19 April 1956), known as Philip Petrides, was a British colonial judge and administrator. Biography Petrides was born in Sydenham, London, the third son of Greek merchant Demetrius Nicetas Petrides ... in 1936. References 20th-century British judges Gold Coast (British colony) judges Chief justices Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{UK-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Crampton Smyly (colonial Administrator)
Sir Philip Crampton Smyly (28 March 1866–1953) was a British judge and colonial administrator. Career Smyly was the son of the surgeon Sir Philip Crampton Smyly, Surgeon-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria and to successive Lords-Lieutenant of Ireland, and grandson of Ellen Smyly. His mother was the Hon. Selina Marina Plunket, daughter of the 3rd Baron Plunket. Sierra Leone He was Attorney General of Sierra Leone when he was appointed Chief Justice of that protectorate in November 1901. He was knighted in 1905 and held the post until 1911. His photographs from his stay in Sierra Leone are kept as part of the Royal Commonwealth Society collection held in the Cambridge University Library. Gold Coast He was appointed Chief Justice of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brandford Griffith (judge)
Sir William Brandford Griffith, CBE (9 February 18588 January 1939) was a British legal writer and colonial judge who was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911. The eldest son of William Brandford Griffith, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1885 to 1895, he was educated at University College London, graduating B.A. in 1880, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1881. In 1884 he married Eveline Florence Elizabeth Nevins, daughter of Penrose Nevins. Joseph Foster, ''The pedigrees of Jowitt, formerly of Churwell, Yorks, and now of Harehills, Leeds, and the families connected with them'', 1890 He was a magistrate in Jamaica before his appointment as Chief Justice of the Gold Coast. He was knighted in 1898. Publication * Kenneth James Beatty: ''Human leopards. An account of the trials of human leopards before the Special Commission Court. With a note on Sierra Leone, past and present''. With a preface by Sir William Brandford Griffith. London, H. Rees, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Smith (judge)
Francis Smith (30 June 1847 – 25 November 1912) was a Sierra Leonean Puisne Judge in the Gold Coast. He was the second Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister after he passed the bar at Middle Temple on 26 January 1871. Early life and background Francis Smith was born in 1847 to William Smith Jr., registrar of the Mixed Commissary Court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and his wife, Charlotte Smith (née Macaulay). William Smith was born in Cape Coast in the Gold Coast and was the son of a Fante princess and Judge William Smith Sr (1795–1875), who served as head of the Mixed Commissary Church in Freetown. Charlotte Macaulay was born to Mary Harding, a Jamaican Maroon mother, and Kenneth Macaulay, a distant relation of Lord Macaulay and second cousin to Zachary Macaulay. Education Smith was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield in Yorkshire. After completing his secondary education, he entered Middle Temple on 10 January 1868 and was called to the bar in 1871. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Turner Hutchinson
Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson (28 March 1850 – 20 January 1924) was an English judge who served as the 19th Chief Justice of Ceylon. Early life and background He was born on 28 March 1850 in Braystones, Cumberland, England to Isaac Hutchinson and Hannah Turner. Education He was educated at St Bees School. Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge 11 October 1869, he gained a B.A. in 1873, and an M.A. in 1876. Subsequently, he was admitted to the Middle Temple 20 November 1876, and was called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ... 17 November 1879. Career He was appointed Queen's Advocate for the Gold Coast Colony in 1888 and promoted to Chief Justice the following year. He then served as Chief Justice of the Windward Islands in 1894, then as Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Marshall
Sir James Marshall (1829–1889) was a Scottish Anglican clergyman who converted to Roman Catholicism and became Chief Justice of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. He played a significant role in enhancing the growth of the Roman Catholic Church there and also in Nigeria. Early life The son of a Presbyterian minister, James Marshall, and his wife Catherine Mary Richmond, daughter of Legh Richmond, he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 19 December 1829. He lost his right arm as the result of an accident at the age of 16. Anglican ministry and conversion to Catholicism After taking a degree at Exeter College, Oxford, he became a High Church Anglican minister in 1852 and was appointed curate in Trysull, near Wolverhampton. In 1854, he became curate at St. Bartholomew's Church, Moor Lane, in the parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London. Marshall was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1857 but never became a Catholic priest. In 1863 he was appointed classical master at Birm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hackett (judge)
Sir William Bartholomew Hackett (1824 – 17 May 1877) was an Irish judge who was the second Chief Justice of Fiji and the 12th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Bartholomew Hackett. He was educated at Stonyhurst College and Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1846. He became a member of the Irish Bar on the Munster circuit, was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1851 and practiced mainly at the Chancery Bar. In October 1861, he was appointed Queen's Advocate in Gold Coast acting as Chief Justice until confirmed in the position in April 1863. The following year, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Gold Coast. In 1866, he moved to south-east Asia to be Recorder of the Prince of Wales's Island (Penang Island). Recorder was a title given to some judges at the timeSingapore Legal History: The Development of the Court System He was knighted on his appointment as Recorder, and in 1871, was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu
Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu is a Ghanaian judge. He is an active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He has been on the bench in Ghana since 1996 and became a Supreme Court judge in 2022. Early life and education Asiedu was born on 9 April 1966 in Accra. His primary education began in 1971 at the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary School in Koforidua, and in 1972 moved to the Kaneshie North 3 and 4 Local Authority Primary School. In 1975, he enrolled at the Methodist Primary School in Mangoase, where he remained for a year prior to entering Universal Academy Preparatory School in Bubuashie. He studied there from 1976 until 1979. That same year, he gained admission to the City Secondary and Business College, where he obtained his Ordinary level certificate in 1983, and then proceeded to the Accra Academy, where he obtained his Advanced level certificate in 1985. Asiedu gained admission to the University of Ghana in 1987, where he studied for his Bachelor of Laws degree (LL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
