"Demonstrate honesty, intergity & sound knowledge of the law" - Prez Akufo-Addo tells Judges

Add captionPresident Akufo-Addo with the new High Court Judges

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged judges of the High Court to demonstrate, in during their period in office, that they are honest, possess integrity and a sound knowledge of the law.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the situation, where judges proffer judgements on the basis of decisions from lower courts and cite them as law, is not acceptable, and even less so, when judges cite no authority at all for their rulings, and give orders without reasons.

“You must be learned, know your case law and ensure your judgements are properly motivated. The principle of stare decisis, the ancient common law doctrine of precedent, has been, and continues to be the time-honoured foundation for the coherent development of the law, and should not be lightly discarded,” he added.



President Akufo-Addo said these when he swore into office seven new High Court judges, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at Jubilee House, Accra.

The judges are Afia Nyarko Adu-Amankwa, John Ekow Mensah, Janet Anima Maafo, Matthew Kyeremateng, Joan Eyi King, Frederick Tetteh, and John Eugene Nyante Nyadu.