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A 33-member delegation of the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce, led by Mr. Korieh Duodu of Egality Law,
has paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Lady Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, at the
Conference Room of the Administration Block of the Judicial Service in Accra.
The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has appealed to Ghanaians to actively
participate in the administration of justice and not leave it for Lawyers and Judges alone.
A Circuit Court has been inaugurated in New Abirem, in the Birem North Constituency in the Eastern
Region of Ghana. The establishment of the Court means that the people of New Abirem will no longer
travel and incur additional costs accessing justice in Oda, Mpraeso, Asamankese and Swedru, as was
the case, due to the limited jurisdiction of the existing District Court.
The Hon. Lady Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has advised the public to desist from
giving monies to Court Registrars to prepare court documents for them, as they are not Lawyers and
therefore not qualified to do so.
Two Justices of the Supreme Court, His Lordship Justice Nene Abayaateye Ofoe Amegatcher and
His Lordship Justice Professor Emmanuel Nii Ashie Kotey have retired from the Supreme Court
Bench on the attainment of the mandatory age of 70 years as stipulated by the 1992 Constitution.
The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has urged the Church of Pentecost
to examine the conversations and discussions in the constitution of the national moral vision on the sure
foundation of law, equity and good conscience.
The Honourable Lady Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has reiterated the resolve of the Judiciary
to bring justice to the doorsteps of Ghanaians.
the Murder of the three Justices of the High Court with a wreath-laying ceremony at The Martyrs’ Square,
situated in front of the Supreme Court Building.