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Courts ordered to adjourn cases to May, June over COVID-19 lockdown

Chief Justice, Anin Yeboah directed that all legal cases in Accra and Kumasi should be adjourned to May and June 2020 following the restriction of movement of persons resident in those areas in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Although the President exempted members of the Judiciary from partial lockdown, Justice Anin Yeboah said lawyers, litigants and other court users do not fall under the exempt category and must, therefore, stay at home.

“For this reason, registrars are directed to adjourn all cases listed during this period to dates in May and June 2020,” a statement signed by the Chief Justice indicated.

However, some courts in the affected regions have been designated to deal with critical cases such as “breaches arising from the restriction orders and other criminal matters”.

The Supreme Court and Court of Appeal are also available to handle urgent cases as may be determined by the Chief Justice during this period.

Other measures

To reduce the number of workers, support staff who fall in certain categories have already been requested to take their annual leave.

A skeletal staff who will, however, be required to be in place to support the designated courts are registrars, cashiers, court clerks, interpreters, recorders and bailiffs.

Here is a list of the designated courts:

COURTS DESIGNATED IN GREATER ACCRA

COURT	LOCATION
1. General Jurisdiction 3	Accra Law Court Complex
2. Human Rights 2	Accra Law Court Complex
3. Circuit Court 11	Accra
4. Circuit Court 1	Accra
5. District Court, Adjabeng	Adjabeng, Accra
6. District Court 1, Kaneshie	Workers College
7. District Court, Teshie-Nungua	Teshie Nungua
8. District Court 1, Madina	Madina
9. Circuit Court 1, Adentan	Adenta
10. Circuit Court, Amasaman	Amasaman
11. District Court 1, Amasaman	Amasaman
12. High Court 1 Tema	Tema
13. Circuit Court 1 Tema	Tema
14. District Court 1, Tema	Tema
15. District Court, Ashaiman	Ashaiman

COURTS IN GREATER KUMASI

COURT	LOCATION
1. Human Rights Court 8	Kumasi
2. High Court 3	Kumasi
3. Circuit Court 2	Adum
4. Circuit Court KMA	KMA
5. District Court 1, Adum	Adum
6. District Court 2, Asokwa	Asokwa
7. District Court, Mampongteng	Mampongteng
8. District Court, Ejisu	Ejisu
9. District Court, Asokore Mampong	Asokore Mampong
10. Circuit Court, Nkawie	Nkawie
11. District Court, Kuntenase	Kuntenase
12. District Court, Akropong	Akropong
13. District Court, Kodie	Kodie

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