Don’t allow work to consume your personal, family lives - Chief Justice admonishes judges, magistrates

The Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has said judges and magistrates must not lose their humanity in the discharge of their judicial duties, adding that demands of the Bench should not consume their personal and family lives.

Justice Baffoe-Bonnie said a Judiciary that cared for its judicial officers would be better positioned to serve the public, while judicial officers who remained conscious of the people they served would be less likely to detach the privileges of office from their responsibilities.” Observations Justice Baffoe-Bonnie said the Judiciary often spoke about judgments, case backlogs, case management, judicial independence, efficiency, technology and access to justice, but paid less attention to the people behind the judicial office.