George Lantei Lamptey is a retired Ghanaian jurist and justice of the

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( ...

Early life and education

Lamptey is a native of Jamestown,

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. He was born in Accra on 3 June 1932 to Maa Kowa and Akwete Aku. He had his secondary education at the

Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Non-denominational Christianity, non-denominational Day School, day and Boarding School, boarding Single-sex education, boys' school. It is located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region. The school was establishe ...

from 1948 to 1951 and continued at

Achimota College 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 schoo ...

for his Higher School Certificate. He later proceeded to the

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to pursue further studies at the

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from 1955 to 1958. He had his solicitor's education in

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completing in 1961 and returning to Ghana that same year.

Career

His career begun as an Assistant Registrar General in 1962 at

. He was also a part-time lecturer at the school of administration,

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

from 1962 to 1965. He became a District Court Judge in 1965 and consequently became a member of the Commonwealth Magistrates Association. He rose through the ranks from a District Court Judge to a High Court Judge and later an Appeal Court Judge in 1989. In 1990, he was an external examiner for the

Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only one that provides training for law graduates in the Barrister at Law program. The Professional Law Course is designed for Law Gradu ...

. He was appointed

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on July, 2000. He took his oath of office with Justice Theodore Adzoe on 7 December 2000. He retired on 3 June 2002.

Personal life

He was married Mary Awule Mele Lamptey (''née'' Halm) daughter of W.M.Q. Halm the then Ghana ambassador to the

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at the Washington DC Cathedral, USA. Together they have three children. He is a devoted Methodist and preaches in selected churches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamptey, George Living people 1932 births 20th-century Ghanaian judges Alumni of the Accra Academy Alumni of Achimota School Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana Alumni of King's College, Newcastle 21st-century Ghanaian judges

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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