130 District Court Magistrates are billed for appointment unto the District Court Bench in accordance with section 45(2) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459).

The disclosure of the appointment of the District Court Magistrates was made during the adoption of the report of the Upper East Bar at the 2026 Annual General Conference of the Ghana Bar Association. The anticipated appointment follows the conduct of marathon interviews by the Judicial Council of applicants for appointment to the Honourable Office of a District Court Magistrate.

Assignment Ongoing

Prior to appointment of the much needed District Court Magistrates, news of the allocation of the soon-to-be Magistrates have been made known to lawyers during the plenary session of the 2026 Bar Conference.

According to Mrs. Afua Ghartey, President of the Bar, upon the entry into a new legal year, all processes pursuant to the appointment of District Court Magistrates shall be at an end, and the 130 marked applicants shall be sworn in and distributed to District Courts across the length and breadth of the Country.

STAR OF THE MONTH - Kwasi Amoako Adjei Esq.

X OXFORD ARBITRATION DAY

Only 1 District Magistrate in Upper East

The news of the appointment of District Court Magistrates in the new legal year was necessitated after the Secretary of the Upper East Bar, the learned Issahaku Dokurugu Tahidu in delivering the report of the Upper East Bar highlighted the deprivation of the Region's 9 District Magistrate Courts with substantive Magistrates.

To reaction from the Bar President, he Mr. Tahidu mentioned the sordid situation of just one District Court Magistrate serving all the 9 District Courts in the Region.

His lamentation drew the Bar President to announce some respite for Justice delivery at the District level by the appointment of some 130 District Court Magistrates.

Across the Board shortage

The situation in the Upper East Region though in a worst state, may not be peculiar to the Region.