According to Ghana’s Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, no legal counselor will be authorized to practice in Ghana without a spotless and clear record.
The Chief Justice repeated in a speech delivered on Monday, September 9, at the Annual Bar Conference held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), that lawyers are obligated to work toward just outcomes rather than putting personal or partisan interests first.
On the issue of morals, she despondently alluded to the consistently increasing numbers of lawyers that are referred to the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council for unethical practices against their clients.
“Lawyers are expected to guide their work towards just outcomes and not the other way around. I have very strongly requested the executive of the Bar Association to communicate to all new lawyers that unless there’s a clean and clear record that proves they have conducted themselves ethically, the General Legal Council will not license them to practice law in this jurisdiction. So will it be for all conditions required for renewing licenses,” the Chief Justice stated.
The Bar Conference was a meeting that brought together legal practitioners from across Ghana to discuss pressing issues in the judiciary and the legal profession, with the call for accountability and ethical behaviour taking center stage.
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