General Legal Council

General Legal Council
Agency overview
Formed1960
JurisdictionGovernment of Ghana
HeadquartersAccra, Ghana
05°32′46″N 00°12′21″W / 5.54611°N 0.20583°W / 5.54611; -0.20583
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Websiteglc.gov.gh

The General Legal Council is the body that regulates the Legal Profession in Ghana. It was set up in 1960 by an act of parliament, The Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32). Its role was to oversee legal education and the legal profession in the country.[1]

Members of the Council

The membership of the Council includes academics, judges and legal practitioners representing legal education, training and practice.[2] The Chief Justice of Ghana currently in office is the chairperson for the council. The council also includes the three most senior members of the Supreme Court of Ghana; the Attorney General of Ghana and his or her nominee; and the President, Vice President, and secretary of the Ghana Bar Association.[3]

Members of the General Legal Council
Position Name Office Start Date
Chairperson Kwasi Anin-Yeboah Chief Justice of Ghana 7 January 2020
Member Julius Ansah Supreme Court Judge
Member Jones Dotse Supreme Court Judge January 2020
Member Paul Baffoe-Bonnie Supreme Court Judge
Member Gloria Akuffo Attorney General of Ghana January 2017
Member Joseph Dindiok Kpemka Deputy Attorney General
Member Raymond Atugubah Dean, University of Ghana Law School
Member Anthony Forson[4][3] Ghana Bar Association President September 2018
Member William Orleans Oduro[3] Ghana Bar Association Vice President
Member Peter Kornor Legal practitioner
Member Justin Amenuvor Legal practitioner
In attendance
Position Name Office Start Date
Secretary Cynthia Pamela Akotoaa Addo[5][6] Judicial Secretary 2 October 2018
In attendance Kwasi Prempeh-Eck Director of Legal Education and Ghana School of Law
In attendance Lydia Nkansah Dean, Faculty of Law Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
In attendance Kofi Abotsi Dean, Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
In attendance Stephen Offei Dean, Faculty of Law, Wisconsin University College
In attendance Franklina Gesila Adanu Counsel, General Legal Counsel

Functions

The council maintains licences lawyers to practice. It also enrolls new members to the Ghana Bar during the first week of every October. It has a Disciplinary Committee which is able to sanction and disbar legal practitioners in the country.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Welcome". glc.gov.gh. General Legal Council. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Overview on the General Legal Council". glc.gov.gh. General Legal Council. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Current Executives". ghanabar.org. Ghana Bar Association. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Ghana Bar Association Elects New President". gbcghanaonline.com. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ Frimpong, Enoch Darfah (2 October 2018). "New Judicial Secretary Cynthia P. A. Addo takes office". graphic.com.gh. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ "New Judicial Secretary Cynthia Pamela Akotoaa Addo takes office". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2020.


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