Chief Justice speaks on legal vacation; says it doesn’t stop judges from hearing cases

Read Also: Legal vacation is not lawyers’ vacation — Deputy Attorney-General Justice Baffoe-Bonnie criticised the suggestion that a lawyer could simply inform the Chief Justice that a case should not proceed because counsel had already made other arrangements.

Read Also: Court cannot proceed if counsel is unavailable during legal vacation – GBA to Chief Justice The GBA explained that under the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, CI 47, particularly Order 79, Rule 4, the High Court observes three vacations annually, with the second and longest running from August 1 to September 30.“To write to the Chief Justice to say that the cases should not be adjourned to the vacation, so I am not coming, I have already made arrangements outside, so I am not coming.