Why Dafeamekpor, 2 others have dragged the Ghana Bar Association to Supreme Court
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The plaintiffs contend that the “Ghana Bar Association” mentioned in the Constitution is not synonymous with the current GBA, which they describe as merely a “voluntary association of lawyers registered under private law.”
South Dayi MP and legal practitioner, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, together with Israel Tetteh and the Ghana Law Society, has filed a writ at the Supreme Court challenging the monopoly of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) as referenced in the 1992 Constitution and other statutes.
The plaintiffs contend that the “Ghana Bar Association” mentioned in the Constitution is not synonymous with the current GBA, which they describe as merely a “voluntary association of lawyers registered under private law.”
They argue that constitutional references to the GBA should be interpreted as covering all associations of lawyers in Ghana, not just the present body led by Mrs. Efua Ghartey.
Filed on their behalf by Dr. Jennifred Maurice Adjei of Obour, Minta & Co., the writ seeks several declaratory reliefs, including:
Recognition that references to “Ghana Bar Association” in the 1992 Constitution and Legal Profession Act extend to all lawyer associations, including the Ghana Law Society.
A declaration that singling out the current GBA constitutes discrimination and unequal treatment of other associations.
An injunction restraining the GBA from holding itself out as the sole constitutional or statutory body representing lawyers in Ghana.
