CHIEF JUSTICES OF GHANA 1876 – DATE
By Superlaw Admin · 6 October 2024 · ≈ 1 min read

Sir David Patrick Chambers 1876-1878 P.A. Smith, Esq. 1878-1879 Sir James Marshall 1880-1882 N. Lessingham Bailey, Esq. 1882-1886 H. W. Madeod, Esq. 1886-1889 J. T. Hutchinson, Esq. 1889-1895 Sir William Brandford Griffith 1895-1911 Sir Philip Crampton Symly 1911-1928 Sir George Campbell Deane 1929- 1935 Sir Philip Bertie Petrides 1936- 1943 Sir Walter Harrangin 1943- 1947 Sir Mark Wilson 1948- 1956 Sir Arku Korsah 1956- 1963 J. Sarkodee-Addo, Esq. 1964-1966 Edward Akufo-Addo, Esq. 1966- 1970 E. A. L Bannerman, Esq. 1970- 1972 Samuel Azu Crabbe, Esq. 1973 – 1977 F. K. Apaloo, Esq. 1977 – 1986 E. N. P. Sowah, Esq. 1986- 1990 Philip Edward Archer, Esq. 1991 – 1995 Isaac KobinaAbban, Esq. 1995-2001 Edward Kwame Wiredu, Esq. 2001 -2003 George Kingsley Acquah, Esq. 2003 – 2007 Georgina Theodora Wood (Mrs.) 2007-2017 Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo 2017-2019 Anin Yeboah 2020 – 2023 Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo 2023 to date
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