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JUDICIAL SERVICE of GHANA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 | 2014 Table of Content JUDICIAL SERVICE OF GHANA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 | 2014 Table of Content MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE LADY CHIEF JUSTICE 4 THE JUDICIAL SERVICE OF GHANA 7 THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL 8 THE COURTS 9 1.1 Supreme Court 1.2 Court of Appeal 1.3 High Court 1.4 Fast Track Court 1.5 Commercial Division 1.6 Circuit Court 1.7 Domestic Violence Court 1.8 District Court 1.9 Juvenile Court 1.10 Motor Court 1.11 Court Administration DEPARTMENT REPORTS 2.1 Human Resource Department 18 2.2 Finance Department 19 2.3 Audit Department 25 2.4 Works Department 28 2.5 Information Communication Technology Department 30 2.6 Communications Department 30 2.7 Monitoring & Evaluation Department 33 Judicial Service of Ghana 2 Annual Report 2013/2014 SPECIAL UNITS 3.1 Judicial Training Institute (JTI) 38 3.2 Judicial Reforms and Projects Directorate 39 3.3 Public Complaints & Court Inspectorate Unit 44 3.4 ADR Directorate 46 ASSOCIATION 4.1 Association o Magistrates & Judges (AMJG) 51 LIST OF JUDGES 53 APPENDIX Appendix 1 Brief Statistics 59 Appendix 2 Statistics of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal 60 Appendix 3 Statistics of the High Courts 62 Appendix 4 Statistics of the Circuit Courts 62 Appendix 2 Statistics of the District Courts 67 Judicial Service of Ghana 3 Annual Report 2013/2014 Message from the Hon. Lady Chief Justice There is a growing national re-awakening to the realisation that our best efforts would come to naught if our individual and collective actions are not underpinned by integrity. I trust that we in the Judiciary and the Judicial Service will re-dedicate ourselves to this ennobling and enduring judicial virtue in our desire to render justice to all those who access the courts. THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN This year marks the beginning of the implementation of the Five-Year Strategic Plan of the Judiciary and the Judicial Service. One of the essential features of the Strategic Plan is the development of a new Vision for the Judiciary and the Judicial Service, as well as an elaborate Mission Statement which defines our raison d'etre. Our new Vision, Justice Without Barriers, reiterates our commitment to eliminate the INTRODUCTION impediments that undermine the effective delivery of justice. Our Mission Statement also reinforces our The Almighty God has ushered us into yet another constitutional mandate that, “the Judiciary is an Legal Year. It is my singular honour and delight to independent arm of State created to resolve legal welcome all members of the Judiciary and Staff of the conflicts according to law, impartially and efficiently to Judicial Service to another year of hard work and all manner of persons without fear or favour, affection sacrifice in administering justice to all according to or ill will. We do this by the true and proper law. interpretation, application and implementation of the laws of Ghana.” THEME The theme for the 2014 – 2015 Legal Year is ACCESS Under the Plan, our new strategic goals among others TO JUSTICE – INTEGRITY IN JUSTICE DELIVERY. are to strengthen public trust and confidence in the Judicial Service of Ghana 4 Annual Report 2013/2014 Judiciary by deepening understanding of its functions, INFRASTRUCTURE to consolidate judicial independence, provide Our 42-Courtroom Complex is 82% completed. The adequate infrastructure for justice delivery (security of expected completion period of September, 2014 has courts, judges, staff and their families), to increase the been revised to February, 2015 so that the supply and application of ICT to improve efficiency and reduce installation of furniture and all ICT related works can costs, improve administrative capacity and efficient be duly completed to make the facility fully operational management of the Judiciary's resources, to attract for use. We continue to improve the citizens' access to quality staff, strengthen the capacity of its human justice through the creation of courts and expansion of resource and improve the conditions of service of staff existing infrastructure. In March, 2014, we established and finally to improve access to the courts through the two special utility weekend courts in Accra to handle provision of adequate infrastructure, logistics and cases of electricity and allied matters. We also financial resources. Our core values remain established three new District Courts at Weija, punctuality, honesty, impartiality, dedication to duty, Teshie/Nungua and Prampram and two Circuit Courts transparency, self-discipline, efficiency and at Amasaman and Ashaiman in June this year. Eight independent-mindedness. new District Courts are to be established in the Ashanti Region and two in the Volta Region. We intend to I N F O R M AT I O N A N D C O M M U N I C AT I O N continue along this path in the coming years by TECHNOLOGY building more courts. We continue to modernise and infuse efficiency into our work through the intervention of ICT. Since TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND STAFF January 2014, cash collection activities in the courts at Training and capacity development continue to the Head Office and its environs have been remain key components of our strategic institutional successfully automated. This process of automation objectives. Through the kind support of DANIDA, the is to be extended to the courts in Tema and outlying JTI embarked upon a number of continuing education areas, and later to Kumasi and Takoradi respectively. training programmes for both serving and new Judges, Magistrates and Staff. Other organizations Also, under the Integrated Pay Roll and Personnel such as the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) the Database ((IPPD) Project, we have provided a real- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), time electronic platform for the management of the VODAFONE, the Financial Intelligence Centre and Service's pay roll activities. the Land Administration Project (LAP) have helped in this direction. Judicial Service of Ghana 5 Annual Report 2013/2014 POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES FOR JUDGES Programme in Intellectual Property offered by the As we strive to promote excellence and scholarship on Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe in conjunction the Bench, the Judicial Service continues to seek with the African Regional Intellectual Property opportunities for post-graduate studies overseas for Organisation (ARIPO). our Judges and Magistrates in various law disciplines. This year as in previous years, a number of Judges CONCLUSION and Magistrates have proceeded to the US for this purpose. We remain deeply indebted to the Fordham I thank the Judicial Council, General Legal Council, all University and St John's University all in New York, Judges, Management and Staff of the Judicial Service George Washington University, Washington DC and for their invaluable support and hard work during the Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan for past year and look forward to the same in the coming offering scholarships to some of our Judges and year. Magistrates to pursue their post-graduate degrees. Also, through the kind sponsorship of the World GEORGINA T. WOOD (MRS.) Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), two of our O.S.G., LLD (honoris causa) Judges in May 2014 commenced a one-year LLM Judicial Service of Ghana 6 Annual Report 2013/2014 The Judicial Service of Ghana Vision of the Judiciary/Judicial Service of Ghana • Attract quality staff, strengthen the capacity of “JUSTICE WITHOUT BARRIERS” its human resource and improve the conditions of service of staff; Mission Statement “The Judiciary is an independent arm of State created • Improve access to the courts through the to resolve legal conflicts according to law, impartially provision of adequate infrastructure, logistics and efficiently to all persons without fear or favour, and financial resources. affection or ill-will. We do this by the true and proper interpretation, application and implementation of the Core Values laws of Ghana.” • Independent-Mindedness • Honesty Strategic Goals • Efficiency • Strengthen public trust and confidence in the • Self-Discipline Judiciary by deepening understanding of its • Impartiality functions; • Punctuality • Dedication to duty • Consolidate judicial independence, especially • Transparency financial independence; • Provide adequate infrastructure for Justice delivery (security of courts, judges, staff and their families); • Increase application of ICT to improve efficiency and reduce costs; • Improve administrative capacity and efficient management of the Judiciary's resources; Judicial Service of Ghana 7 Annual Report 2013/2014 Judicial Council The Judicial Council was created under article 153 of (k) The Editor of the Ghana Law Report. the 1992 Constitution. This 17-member body is (l) A representative of the Judicial Service constituted as follows: (a) The Chief Justice, Chairperson; (m) Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) nominated by the Association; (b) The Hon. Attorney General & Minister for Justice; (n) A Chief nominated by the National House (c) A Justice of the Supreme Court nominated of Chiefs; and by Justices of the Supreme Court; (o) Four (4) other persons who are not (d) A Justice of the Court of Appeal nominated by lawyers appointed by the President. Justices of the Court of Appeal; Its functions are mainly advisory. It has the duty of (e) A Justice of the High Court nominated by Justices proposing for the consideration of Government any of the High Court; judicial reforms necessary for improvement of the services of the Judiciary. (f) Two (2) representatives of the Ghana Bar Association, one of whom shall be a person of not It serves as a body for the consideration and less than 12 years standing as a lawyer; discussion of matters that impinge on the efficient functioning of the Judiciary, thereby assisting the Hon. (g) Representative of Chairmen of Regional Lady Chief Justice in the performance of her duties. Tribunals. For the effective performance of these functions, the Council is permitted by law to establish such (h) A representative of the Lower Courts; committees as it deems fit to which it may refer any matters concerning the Judiciary.
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