UK judge to train Ghanaian judges
Gilbert Boyefio
20/09/2008
At the invitation of the Judicial Service of Ghana, the first non-white person to be appointed a Judge in the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, Justice Dame Linda Penelope Dobbs, has arrived in Ghana to do pro bono work for the Service.
She will be in the country for one week. During that period, she will teach judicial ethics at the Judicial Training Institute in a special training session arranged for judges and magistrates in the continuing training programme of the Judicial Service.
Justice Linda Dobbs has been involved in international pro bono work for the last 15 years, both as a lawyer and currently as a judge. She has advised, assisted, participated and put together legal training in professional ethics, judicial ethics, human rights, money laundering and assets seizure, corruption, criminal law and procedure, advocacy and judge craft.
According to a press release issued by the Judicial Service and signed by its Director of Communication, D A Kwapong, among many credentials, Justice Linda Dobbs is a member of the Gray's Inn and a Queen's Counsel and currently chair of the Magisterial Committee of the Judicial Studies Board, Senior Liaison Judge for Diversity and sits on the Attorney-General’s International Pro Bono Committee.
At her first meeting with Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, in Accra Wednesday, the two justices discussed possible interactive e-learning for judges and mobile library for judges and magistrates in the country.
Also in the office of Her Ladyship the Chief Justice was a United Kingdom Legal Service Trade Mission which is in the country to discuss with its Ghanaian counterparts potential areas for the UK business and investment, and to share the UK’s experiences in key areas such as oil and gas, financial and legal services.
Her Ladyship invited them to join the team of development partners in the areas of infrastructural development and judicial training. The visit was jointly organized by the Law Society of England and Wales and the UK Trade and Investment section of the British High Commission in Accra.
20/09/2008
At the invitation of the Judicial Service of Ghana, the first non-white person to be appointed a Judge in the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, Justice Dame Linda Penelope Dobbs, has arrived in Ghana to do pro bono work for the Service.
She will be in the country for one week. During that period, she will teach judicial ethics at the Judicial Training Institute in a special training session arranged for judges and magistrates in the continuing training programme of the Judicial Service.
Justice Linda Dobbs has been involved in international pro bono work for the last 15 years, both as a lawyer and currently as a judge. She has advised, assisted, participated and put together legal training in professional ethics, judicial ethics, human rights, money laundering and assets seizure, corruption, criminal law and procedure, advocacy and judge craft.
According to a press release issued by the Judicial Service and signed by its Director of Communication, D A Kwapong, among many credentials, Justice Linda Dobbs is a member of the Gray's Inn and a Queen's Counsel and currently chair of the Magisterial Committee of the Judicial Studies Board, Senior Liaison Judge for Diversity and sits on the Attorney-General’s International Pro Bono Committee.
At her first meeting with Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, in Accra Wednesday, the two justices discussed possible interactive e-learning for judges and mobile library for judges and magistrates in the country.
Also in the office of Her Ladyship the Chief Justice was a United Kingdom Legal Service Trade Mission which is in the country to discuss with its Ghanaian counterparts potential areas for the UK business and investment, and to share the UK’s experiences in key areas such as oil and gas, financial and legal services.
Her Ladyship invited them to join the team of development partners in the areas of infrastructural development and judicial training. The visit was jointly organized by the Law Society of England and Wales and the UK Trade and Investment section of the British High Commission in Accra.
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