CJ URGES JUDGES TO JOIN BENCH (SPREAD)

THE Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has called on members of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) who have been in practice for 25 years or more to consider joining the bench at the level of the superior courts.
She said it was necessary that those with the requisite experience at the bar would help shape the course of justice delivery in the country by joining the Bench to help address the shortage of judges in the system.
Addressing lawyers at the Chief Justice’s Forum in Takoradi, Mrs Justice Wood told them, “After 25 years in private service you have gained enough experience; it is about time you came into public service to serve your country.”
She commended the GBA for responding positively to the call by the Judicial Service for the release of some members of the Bar to the Judicial Service.
The Chief Justice announced that the GBA had released 10 of its members to the Judicial Service, out of which eight would be posted to the High Court and two to the Court of Appeal.
She said the Judicial Service had been working feverishly to attract high calibre judges and supporting staff as a means of ensuring qualitative justice delivery.
She said the need for transparency and accountability required the enhancement of conditions of service within the judiciary and better incentives for its staff.
In that regard, Mrs Justice Wood added, the past 10 years had witnessed a fairly large number of middle-level personnel attending short courses in administration and management at institutions in the United Kingdom.