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Justice Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah (born 23 September 1921, date of death unknown) was the
Chief Justice of Ghana The Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The chief justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision. In order of state precedence, the chief ...
from 1986 to 1990.


Early life

He was born on September 23, 1921, to James Durnford Sowah to the Royal Stool House of Kpobi We, Kowe, La and Margaret Mansah Quao of Adedinkpo, Accra. He entered
Achimota School Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school wa ...
in 1936.


Career

He presided over the case brought by Amaoako Tuffuor, a Ghanaian citizen, when the
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attempted to replace Justice
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as the Chief Justice of Ghana by vetting him. He ruled that Apaloo was the Chief Justice on the coming into force of the 1979 Ghanaian constitution and was thus the incumbent Chief Justice. He went on to succeed Apaloo in 1986. This was during the era of the military
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(PNDC) government. He was retained as Chief Justice beyond the compulsory retirement age by the PNDC, a move which was controversial at the time.


Personal life

The 2002 book "Who Killed the Judges?" by police officer Jacob Yidana notes that Justice Sowah is deceased, but doesn't state when he died.


Publications

*1981 - Non-Aligned Nations, 13 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 439 (1981)


Notes and references


See also

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Chief Justice of Ghana The Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The chief justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision. In order of state precedence, the chief ...
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List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ghana This is a list of the judges of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Constitution of Ghana provides for the court to be made up of the Chief Justice of Ghana and not less than nine other Justices of the Supreme Court. It shall be duly constituted by a ...
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Supreme Court of Ghana The Supreme Court of Ghana is the highest judicial body in Ghana. Ghana's 1992 constitution guarantees the independence and separation of the Judiciary from the Legislative and the Executive arms of government.1992 Constitution Article 125( ...
1921 births Year of death missing Alumni of Achimota School Ga-Adangbe people Ghanaian Christians 20th-century Ghanaian judges Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana {{africa-law-bio-stub