Sophia Akuffo will be next Chief Justice

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May 12, 2017 10:57 AM

She will take over from Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, who retires on June 8, 2017.

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President Akufo-Addo has settled on Justice Sophia Akuffo as Ghana’s next Chief Justice following a cabinet meeting Thursday night.

Pulse.com.gh has gathered that the president will today [Friday] make a major announcement and present her name to parliament for approval.

Names like Mr Justice Jones Victor Mawulom Dotse and Anim Yeboah had earlier come up for the position, but the president settled on Ms Justice Akuffo.

Ms Akuffo is the next most senior on the highest court of the land after Mr Justice William Atuguba, who will soon retire.

She has been at the Supreme Court for the past two decades and has a master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from the Harvard University in the United States of America (USA).

Ms Akuffo has also been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute and Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Task Force.

She was elected in January 2006 as one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and was re-elected until 2014 when she served as the Vice-President. She is the immediate past President of the court.

She is on the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council and has held membership of many organisations.

She has many publications including: The Application of Information & Communications Technology in the Judicial Process - The Ghanaian Experience, presented to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).

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