20 judges, magistrates retire from the judiciary

20 judges and magistrates, including four justices of the Supreme Court, have retired from their positions in the Judiciary.

According to the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG), this is the highest number of judges and magistrates who have ever retired in a single legal year (2022/23).

There are eight more retirees this year than there were in the legal year 2021–2022, which had 12 retirees.

This was disclosed at the AMJG’s 42nd annual general meeting in Accra by Justice Henry Attorney Kwofie, the organization’s president and a judge on the Court of Appeal.

Four justices of the Apex Court, including former Chief Justice Anin Yeboah, Justice Jones Victor Dotse, Justice Nene Amegatcher, and Justice Prof. Nii Ashie Kotey, are among the retirees.

Nine District Court Magistrates, one representative from the High Court, one from the Circuit Court, and five Justices of the Court of Appeal round out the group.

They were all given citations at the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana’s 42nd Annual Conference, which took place on September 27 and with the topic, “Supporting Women in the Legal Profession.”

Justice Henry Anthony Kwofie, president of the AMJG, announced this year’s retirement from the bench by saying, “This year, 20 of our members in the various hierarchy of the courts have retired or are about to retire after several years of dedicated service to the Judicial Service and the Country.”

According to the AMJG President, this is the largest number of judges and magistrates who have ever retired in a single legal year.

As stated by Murtala Inusah, the Legal Affairs Correspondent for EIB Network, the 2023–2024 fiscal year officially began on Monday, October 2, 2023, and will expire on July 31, 2024.

The Association has also lost four members since the AMJG’s previous annual general meeting in September 2022.

They included His Lordship Justice Frank Manu, a former High Court judge known as “Teacher Manu,” Her Ladyship Justice Naana Buadi-Addo Abubakar, a Justice of the High Court, Her Honor Marvin Emmanuel Essandoh, a Circuit Court judge, and His Worship Divine Ahiadu.

Retiree judges and magistrates

1. His Lordship Kwasi Anin-Yeboah former Chief Justice
2. His Lordship Justice Jones Victor Dose of the Supreme Court
3. Justice Nene Amegatcher of the Supreme Court
4. His Lordship Prof. Justice Ni Ashie Kotey of the Supreme Court
5. His Lordship Justice Victor Ofoe of the Court of Appeal
6. Her Ladyship Justice Margaret Welbourne of the Court of Appeal who has retired voluntarily
7. Her Ladyship Justice Angelina Morna Dormaakyareh of the Court of Appeal
8. Her Ladyship Justice Amma Gaisie of the Court of Appeal
9. Her Ladyship Justice Cecilia Hanzzy Sowah of the Court of Appeal who will
   retire in December 2023
10. Her Ladyship Justice Patience Mills- Tetteh of the High Court
11. His Honour Micheal Kudjo Ampadu Circuit Court
12. His Worship Prince Andrew Cudjoe District Court
13. His Worship Joseph Twumasi District Court
    15. 4. Her Worship Joyce Bamfo District Court
14. His Worship Dapileh Peter Banoe District Court
15. His Worship Augustine Essah District Court
16. His Worship David Dokurigu Sebiyam District Court
17. Her Worship Bernadine S. Abravi Senoo District Court
18. His Worship Awal Narh District Court
19. Her Worship Memunatu Yakubu District Court

SOURCE: Starrfmonline