Private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory has taken issue with the Ghana Bar Association’s (GBA) recent resolution concerning the suspension of the Chief Justice and the Acting Chief Justice’s authority to assign cases.
Describing the GBA’s demands as “legally flawed and disrespectful,” Sory stressed that assigning cases is an administrative function of the Chief Justice — a power the Acting Chief Justice is legally entitled to exercise.
In a statement, he referenced Article 146(10) of the 1992 Constitution, which empowers the President to suspend the Chief Justice, but only in accordance with the advice of the Council of State.
He slammed the GBA for what he called an inconsistent position compared to its stance on similar issues in the past.
Sory urged the GBA to seek judicial redress if it believes there are legal grounds, rather than issuing public statements and threats.
He emphasized that the interpretation of the law is not the exclusive domain of the GBA, adding that the Association has faced embarrassing defeats in court over similar attempts in the past.