Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, lawyer and member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi has caused his lawyers, Davies and Davis, led by the learned Frank Davies to file a writ invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for declarative reliefs targeted at the directive of the Chief Justice for the conduct of trial in some selected cases during legal vacation.

In the writ of Mr. Nkrumah filed today, the 14th day of August, 2026, he seeks declarative reliefs that the directive of the Chief Justice is an affront to the administrative justice rights of parties and lawyers who are being compelled, despite the hollowed legal tradition of legal vacation, to offer representation for trial proceedings in the cases of their clients.

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Per the writ of Mr. Oppong, the directive of the Chief Justice is an anathema to the requirement of the constitution for fair delivery of justice and the administration of justice. He thus seek "A declaration that the action of the Honourable Chief Justice to promote and facilitate the hearing of "special criminal cases" in the legal vacation to the total neglect of other criminal cases tantamount to selective justice which contravenes the letter and spirit of Article 17(1) of the Constitution 1992 and therefore unconstitutional, null and void"

On the health of lawyers and judicial service staff, the writ argues and prays for the relief of "A eclaration that the warrants of the Honourable Chief Justice directing some judges to sit and conduct criminal trials in selected cases during the legal vacation violate the right to health of members of the Bar and judicial service who have been affected by the directive and is inconsistent with Articles 24(1), (2) and 36(10) of the Constitution 1992 and therefore unconstitutional, null and void;"

The Plaintiff-Legislator also seeks "A declaration that Order 79 Rules 1(1) and 2 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (Cl 47) to the extent that they allow the Honourable Chief Justice to select some cases for hearing during legal vacations in the same manner as ordinary court sittings, they are inconsistent with Articles 17(1), (2), 23, 24(1), (2), 36(10) and 296(a) and (b) o f the Constitution, 1992 and therefore unconstitutional, null and void."