Chief to establish commercial court in Western Region

Accra, Dec. 10, GNA - The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, on Thursday said she intended to establish a new commercial court soon that would tackle oil and gas disputes in Takoradi in the Western Region.

She said she was going get some judges to study courses in oil and gas related cases in order to man the courts. "Ghana needs to be ready for the investment-related disputes after it has found oil and gas," she said.

The Chief Justice said this when she received Mr Gordon Wetherell, the outgoing British High Commissioner, at her office in Accra. The visit was to afford Mr Wetherell to bid her farewell after working in Ghana for four years.

Mrs Justice Wood recalled her visit to the United Kingdom where she got acquainted with the country's law courts. The Chief Justice said she obtained a soft copy of the British Standard and Design Guide, which Ghana was going to study, adding that, she has therefore set up a development committee to review all court projects.

Mr Wetherell pledged his country's continued support to Ghana's developmental projects.