Must-Know: List of Chief Justices of Ghana – From 1876 to 2020
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Ghana’s judiciary is blessed with fine brains who keep raising the bar of excellence in the legal system.
Amongst the fine brains in Ghana’s legal system are those who rose/have risen to the highest office of Chief Justice, the fourth highest office in Ghana.
www.233times.net by this publication salutes the Chief Justices of Ghana for their great contribution to Ghana’s legal system.
The name of the Chief Jusices and the period they served below:
NAME | PERIOD | |
| 1 | Sir David Patrick Chambers | 1876-1878 |
| 2 | P.A. Smith Esq. | 1878-1879 |
| 3 | Sir James Marshall | 1880-1882 |
| 4 | N. Lessingham Balley Esq. | 1882-1886 |
| 5 | H.W. Macleod | 1886-1889 |
| 6 | J.T. Hutchinson Esq. | 188-1895 |
| 7 | Sir William Brandford Grififith | 1895-1911 |
| 8 | Philip Crampton Symly | 1911-1928 |
| 9 | Sir George Campbell Deane | 1929-1935 |
| 10 | Sir Philip Bertie Petrides | 1936-1943 |
| 11 | Sir Walter Harrangin | 1943-1947 |
| 12 | Sir Mark Wilson | 1948-1956 |
| 13 | Sir Arku Korsah, Esq. | 1956-1963 |
| 14 | J. Sarkodie-Addo, Esq. | 1964-1966 |
| 15 | Edward Akuffo Addo | 1966-1970 |
| 16 | E.A.L. Bannerman, Esq. | 1970-1972 |
| 17 | Samuel Azu Crabbe, Esq. | 1973-1977 |
| 18 | F.K. Apaloo, Esq. | 1977-1986 |
| 19 | E.N.P. Sowah, Esq. | 1986-1990 |
| 20 | Philip Edward Archer, Esq. | 1991-1995 |
| 21 | Isaac Kobina Abban, Esq. | 1995-2001 |
| 22 | Edward Kwame Wiredu | 2001-2003 |
| 23 | George Kingsley Acquah | 2003-2007 |
| 24 | Georgina Theodora Wood | 2007-2017 |
| 25 | Sophia A. B. Akuffo | 2017- 2020 |
| 26 | Anin Yeboah | 2020- Date |
Source of list: http://www.judicial.gov.gh/
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