Philip Edward Archer (22 February 1925 – 10 May 2002) was the

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between 1991 and 1995.Joe Bradford Nyinah
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'', 19 May 2000 He was the eighth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation. He died on 10 May 2002.

Life

Philip Edward Archer was born 22 February 1925, Abontiakrom,

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. He was educated at St Peter's School in

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, Adisadel College,

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and the

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in England. Admitted a

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of the Supreme Court of Jurisdiction of England and Wales in 1957, he returned to Ghana and joined the office of the Registrar-General. Appointed registrar-general in 1959 and judicial secretary in 1961, he became a High Court judge in 1964 and a

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judge in 1980. He was pro-chancellor and chairman of the

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Council from 1979 to 1983. Retiring as a judge in 1983, he was appointed full-time chairman of the Law Reform Commission. Chief Justice from 1991 until 1995, he was made a member of the

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in 1995. In 2000 he was honoured with the

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. He died at the

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on 10 May 2002.

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