Chief Justice of Ghana

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The Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge in the country, serving as head of the Supreme Court and overseeing the administration and independence of the national judiciary.

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Label Occurrences
Chief Justice of Ghana canonical 12

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ghana ⓘ
appointedBy President of Ghana ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of Ghana ⓘ
chairs Board of Legal Education of Ghana ⓘ
Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
Rules of Court Committee of Ghana ⓘ
confirmedBy Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
constitutingInstrument 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
firstHolder Sir Kobina Arku Korsah ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
jurisdiction Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater Accra Region ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 years ⓘ
memberOf Board of Legal Education of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana School of Law

Council of State of Ghana ⓘ
General Legal Council of Ghana ⓘ
Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
National Security Council of Ghana ⓘ
Prisons Service Council of Ghana ⓘ
Rules of Court Committee of Ghana ⓘ
nominatedBy President of Ghana ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
officeHeldBy Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo ⓘ
oversees Judicial Service of Ghana ⓘ
lower courts of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
precededByOffice Chief Justice of the Gold Coast ⓘ
removalRequires recommendation of a judicial committee ⓘ
requires parliamentary approval ⓘ
residence Accra ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in Ghana ⓘ
judicial independence in Ghana ⓘ
judicial policy in Ghana ⓘ
supervision of judges in Ghana ⓘ
seat Supreme Court Building, Accra ⓘ
style Her Ladyship ⓘ
His Lordship ⓘ
termLength until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Ghana → headOfJudiciaryTitle → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → hasHead → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → headedBy → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Vice-President of Ghana → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals (Ghana) → operatesUnder → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Regional Tribunals
District Courts of Ghana → overseenBy → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
Judicial Council of Ghana → hasMember → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Judicial Council of Ghana → headedBy → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Judicial Council of Ghana → worksWith → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
Constitutional offices of Ghana → includesOffice → Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ