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Five High Courts to sit on land cases from May 5
Accra, April 10, Ghanadot/GNA – With
effect from Monday, May 5, 2008 five High Courts in Accra
will begin sittings on a daily basis to dispose of land
cases which have been pending before the courts for more
than one year.
The directive of Mrs Justice Georgina Wood, Chief Justice,
was contained in a statement signed by Mr Abdullah Iddrisu,
acting Judicial Secretary.
It said the objective of the exercise was to clear the
backlog of land cases before the establishment of
specialized Land Courts in October 2008.
The statement said the Land Courts would be mandated to hear
only land cases and to that end, selected High Court Judges
were presently undergoing training to deal with land-related
cases.
It said the public was to take note that the Judicial
Service would shortly publish in the media a schedule of
land cases pending before the courts for hearing.
The statement explained that the clearing of the backlog of
land cases and the creation of the specialized Land Courts
were part of measures being taken by the administration of
the Judicial Service to decongest the courts and create the
avenue for expeditious trials.
GNA
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