The Chief Justice, Justice Getrude Torkono, has tasked Judges in the country to be abreast of the country's insurance laws to enable them to deliver fair and effective judgment on disputes arising from insurance.
She said judges were not repository of all knowledge but must be conversant with the new Insurance Law 2021 (Act 1061) to make erudite judgement on insurance cases.
Justice Torkono who made the appeal in a speech read on her behalf by the Director of the Judicial Training Institute, Amadu Tanko, at a day's workshop on insurance for High Court Judges in Accra yesterday, said that would help promote the growth of the insurance industry and promote public confidence in the sector.
Organised by the National Insurance Commission, the programme was meant to assist the judges to have deeper understanding of the salient laws and policies insurance.