The Judicial Service says effective March 25, 2024, eight selected courts will begin a pilot of a Court Shift System pointed towards “optimizing the use of existing court resources to reduce the volume of cases before the Courts.”
“The rationale for the Court Shift System stems from the fact that, findings from a physical count of dockets undertaken in all Courts nationwide demonstrated that a number of identified Courts have colossal caseloads with some more than 600 forthcoming cases,” a circular to staff of the service explained.
The eight courts piloting the shift system are;
High Court’ 1′, Adentan
High Court ‘2’, Adentan
High Court 1, Amasaman
Circuit Court, Weija
District Court, La
District Court, Teshie
District Courts A&B, Madina
High Court, Nsawam
The morning shift runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. while the afternoon session will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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The circular signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cyra Pamela C. A. Koranteng, which announced the introduction of the Court Shift System by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, expressed the hope that its implementation will reduce the overabundance of cases in the predetermined courts, improve accessibility to justice for citizens by offering flexible court hours that accommodate diverse schedules, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the judicial system.
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