PHOTOS: Gambia's Chief Justice meets CJ Baffoe Bonnie

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• Sammy 22 hours ago

  Haba Opanin CJ.
  I hope that your hands were not in your pocket as seen in the group picture.

  Haba Opanin CJ.
  I hope that your hands were not in your pocket as seen in the group picture.

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• Shalom 22 hours ago

  Great and unique engagements,
  Ghana has contributed significantly to the development of Gambia’s judicial system.
  Most of the influential legal personalities that shaped and structured their legal practice were Ghanaians ...
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  Great and unique engagements,
  Ghana has contributed significantly to the development of Gambia’s judicial system.
  Most of the influential legal personalities that shaped and structured their legal practice were Ghanaians and I am sure this current Chief Justice may be a student of Ghanaian lecturers of the Gambians
  Law school.
  I pulled this information from google search :
  
  GHANA’S CONTRIBUTION TO GAMBIA’S LEGAL SYSTEM
  
  Gambia's judiciary has been heavily dependent on Ghanaian judges since independence - and especially from 1994-2017 under Yahya Jammeh. It was commonwealth technical assistance program.
  
  More than *12 prominent Ghanaian judges* have held senior positions. These are the most documented:
  
  *Chief Justices of The Gambia who were Ghanaian:*
  
  - *Felix Lartey* - Chief Justice 1999-2001. Later Justice of Supreme Court of Ghana 2004-2005
  - *Stephen Alan Brobbey* - Chief Justice 31 July 2004 - 6 Feb 2006. Former Justice of Supreme Court of Ghana
  - *Mabel Agyemang* - Chief Justice Aug 2013 - Feb 2014. She had first served as High Court Judge in Gambia 2004-2008 (Land, Civil, Commercial, Criminal divisions - 365 cases) then Appeal Court Judge 2010-2013 655348404fc1
  
  *Justices of Supreme Court / Court of Appeal / High Court:*
  
  - *Jones Dotse* - Supreme Court Judge in The Gambia, before elevation to Supreme Court of Ghana in 2008
  - *Joseph Bawa Akamba* - Director of Public Prosecutions Gambia 1994-1999, then Justice of The Gambia Court of Appeal 1999-2001, later Supreme Court of Ghana
  - *Avril Lovelace-Johnson* - Served as High Court Judge in Gambia under Commonwealth Secretariat, later Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Ghana
  - *Francis Smith (1847-1912)* - Gold Coast/Ghanaian origin - Chief Magistrate of The Gambia 1879-1887, then Puisne Judge Gold Coast 6553d7a3783f
  
  *Recent Technical Assistance (Barrow Administration):*
  
  - *Alexander Osei Tutu and Francis Apangabuno* - Sworn in as High Court Judges of The Gambia in 2017 as part of technical assistance from Republic of Ghana to clear 20-year backlog
  
  *Why so many?*
  
  1. Gambia had very few indigenous lawyers until 1990s
  2. Commonwealth Secretariat posted Ghanaian judges as "Expert Judges"
  3. Jammeh preferred foreign judges he could dismiss easily - Mabel Agyemang was abruptly removed in Feb 2014 with no official reason, suspected due to her insistence on judicial independence
  
  The total number is over 30 if you include Circuit Judges, Magistrates and DPPs, but at Supreme Court / Chief Justice level, at least *6 Ghanaian judges have been Chief Justice and 8+ have been Supreme Court / Appeal Court Justices*.
  
  Do you want the full list with years for your file?

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