Theodore Kwami Adzoe was a

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ian

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Early education

Adzoe had his

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at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Primary School at

Taviefe Taviefe is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is about 15minutes drive East of Ho, the regional capital. It comprises four major sub-towns, namely; Aviefe -Avedome, Avenya, Dzefe, Sreme and Deme. The predominant occupation of the people is ag ...

in the

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of the then

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, now

between 1952 and 1957. He continued with

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at the E. P. Middle School, also at Taviefe. His

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was at the Peki Secondary School also in the Volta region where he passed the

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examinations in 1965. He went on to

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in the Central Region for his

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in 1967. Adzoe then entered the

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where he obtained the

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degree. He completed his professional legal training at the Ghana School of Law in

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Career

Adzoe was called to the Ghana Bar in 1973. He worked as a private legal practitioner for twenty-seven years before being appointed a

by the

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on 26 July 2000. He was sworn in by

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on 28 November 2000. He held this position until his retirement on 31 October 2008. He was one of the judges that sat on the case brought by

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challenging the constitutionality of the Fast Track Courts set up by the

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which was trying him for causing financial loss to the state. In April 2006, Theodore Adzoe's wife, Mrs Joana Abla Adzoe filed a case at the Supreme Court against the

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and the

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as a citizen of Ghana, asking that the court declare that the

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acted against the provisions of the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution in dismissing her husband on medical grounds.

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Early education

Career

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