The Chief Justice, Gertrude Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo on Tuesday, August 6 launched the specialized courts afterwards apropos were aloft about the cogent acceleration in the cardinal of claims fabricated by individuals and companies at the commune courts beyond the country
In its appraisal of the caseload in the acknowledged year, the Quality Assurance Unit and the Monitoring Department of the Judicial Service afterwards sampling seven commune courts in Accra begin that there were 773 alive cases in Adenta Commune Courts 1&2, as of May, 2024
"Out of this number, Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Ltd (Now Bills Company Limited) abandoned had filed a absolute of 120 cases apery about 15% of the absolute alive cases awaiting in the court. The abstracts added appear that over 70% of the absolute cases filed by Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Ltd were for claims beneath than GH₵5000," Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo explained
The specialized courts, she intimated, will apprehend cases every alive day in the afternoons and on Saturdays
"The courts will sit from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm on alive canicule and 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on Saturdays
For the Greater Accra Region, Commune Courts in Ashaiman, Teshie, La, will accomplish as the Saturday courts while Commune Courts in Weija, Sowutuom, Commune Cloister '2', Adenta and Gbese will accomplish as the weekday afternoon courts
"For the Ashanti Region, Commune Cloister '2', Asokwa and Commune Cloister '1', Prempeh Assembly Hall will accomplish as the Saturday courts, while Circuit Cloister '2', Asokwa and Asokwa Circuit Cloister Conference Hall will accomplish as the weekday afternoon courts
"We apprehend that with the barrage of these Baby Claims Debt Accretion Courts and the cooperation of citizens, and the businesses involved, the nation can accost bang and in a accelerated manner, the claiming of the about 55,000 claims that Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Ltd abandoned has bidding the ambition of filing in the Lower Courts. It is to be acclaimed that admitting Quick Credit may accept affronted this initiative, the courts are a civic asset accessible to adjudicating claims from all banking institutions so that the time amount of asleep claims is not breakable by delays in the courts
"Indeed, the accouterment of Saturday courts has been operational for several years now, and serves primarily the needs of civic agencies that charge to balance sums of money from cogent numbers of citizens and businesses such as SSNIT. It is this already absolute arrangement that is actuality acclimated for the baby claims courts," Chief Justice Torkonoo added
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