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‘A sitting judge can hear your case during legal vacation’ – Chief Justice tells lawyers
Read Also: Legal vacation is not lawyers’ vacation — Deputy Attorney-General Justice Baffoe-Bonnie criticised the suggestion that a lawyer could simply inform the Chief Justice that a case should not proceed because counsel had already made other arrangements.
Read Also: Court cannot proceed if counsel is unavailable during legal vacation – GBA to Chief Justice The GBA explained that under the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, CI 47, particularly Order 79, Rule 4, the High Court observes three vacations annually, with the second and longest running from August 1 to September 30.
His comments follow a letter from the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) appealing to the Chief Justice over concerns about lawyers being required to appear in court during the legal vacation.
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