Judicial vacations not new, but timing raises suspicion – Ishaq Ibrahim

, has defended judicial vacations as a long-standing practice in Ghana’s legal system but questioned the timing and manner in which the current decision was communicated.

However, he said the controversy surrounding the current judicial vacation arrangement is largely due to the timing and manner in which the decision was made.

Speaking with Lantam Papanko on Starr Focus, Ishaq Ibrahim said judicial vacations are not a new development, explaining that the practice dates back to the era of former Chief Justice Sir Kobina Arku Korsah and was inherited from the United Kingdom.