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Legal vacation: Lawyers cannot decide when court cases proceed – Deputy AG
Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has rejected the Ghana Bar Association’s (GBA) position that the availability of lawyers should determine whether court proceedings continue during the legal vacation.
According to him, a lawyer’s primary duty is to their client, and allowing counsel to determine whether proceedings should continue could undermine the court’s responsibility to balance the interests of all parties.
Dr Srem-Sai said the Chief Justice has the administrative authority to determine when and where courts sit during the legal vacation, while individual judges retain the judicial authority to manage proceedings before them.
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