The Association of Magistrates and Judges, Ghana (AMJG) says judges in the country fear for their lives in the wake of recent attacks on the judiciary. According to Justice Victor Ofoe, president of the association, judges who normally go to sit in the court rooms alone without any security feel threatened as people could mass … Read more
The Judicial Council of Ghana has called on all judges across the country to remain calm in the face of Thursday’s incident at a Kumasi Circuit Court involving members of the Delta Force, a private security body within the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Council, in a statement condemning the attack that took place on … Read more
The judges said they would push and ensure that they are given security across the country Judges and magistrates in Ghana say the country’s court premises should be declared flashpoints and given maximum security protection at all times. The judges and other judicial workers who say they feel threatened by Thursday’s violent attack on a … Read more
One of Ghana’s legal luminaries, Mr Justice Joseph Bawa Akamba, was yesterday honoured by the Judicial Service at a ceremony at the Supreme Court in Accra. Mr Justice Akamba served as a justice of the apex court from November 2012 until his retirement last year. In attendance at the ceremony were the Chief Justice, Mrs … Read more
A signing ceremony of the Judicial anti-corruption compact agreement, which aims at mobilising an army of anti-corruption crusaders in judicial systems worldwide has been signed in Accra. The compact agreement makes signatories to publicly express their abhorrence to judicial corruption while pledging their loyalty to the principles of professional integrity and ethical conduct in their … Read more
A signing ceremony of the Judicial anti-corruption compact agreement, which aims at mobilising an army of anti-corruption crusaders in judicial systems worldwide has been signed in Accra. The compact agreement makes signatories to publicly express their abhorrence to judicial corruption while pledging their loyalty to the principles of professional integrity and ethical conduct in their various … Read more