[2008]DLSC18014 • March 12, 2008 • Supreme Court •
ASHLEY vs. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER
The appellant, a Ghanaian, enrolled as a law student at Middle Temple, England in 1959, was called to the English Bar in 1972 without possessing a university degree or completing the course prescribed by the General Legal Council (GLC) in Ghana. He was appointed as a district magistrate grade II in Ghana in 1977, subsequently promoted to district magistrate grade I in 1979 and circuit court judge in 1986. In 1992, he was retired from the bench and his appointment as a notary public revoked on the grounds that he lacked a university degree and was not enrolled on the roll of lawyers in Ghana as required by Ghanaian law.
read moreJUDGMENT Legal profession -Qualification and conditions for enrolment-Educational qualification-Entry on roll of lawyers in Ghana prerequisite for practice in Ghana-NLCD 213 providing from 1 January 1971 only person with university degree who has completed course of study prescribed by General Legal Council (GLC) qualified to be enrolled on roll of lawyers in Ghana-Appellant called to English bar in 1972-Appellant without university degree and has not undertaken course of study prescribed by GLC-Whether appellant qualified to practice in Ghana-Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32), ss 3(-1) and 4-Legal Profession Act (Amendment) (No 2) Decree, 1967 (NLCD 213) para ( a) and (b). Legal profession-Qualification and conditions for enrolment-Educational qualification-Appellante enrolling as law student in England in 1959-NLCD 213 providing from 1 January 1971 only person with university degree who has completed Course of study prescribed by General Legal Council (GLC) qualified to be enro...