Were dates forced on you or agreed upon? - Samson Anyenini asks lawyers amid legal vacation brouhaha (Listen)
Samson Lardy Anyenini, a legal practitioner, questioned on Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem whether lawyers representing former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen and former NAFCO Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab were forced to accept the dates fixed for their cases or agreed to them with the courts. He stated, "We should be asking ourselves whether the dates they agreed on in August, did the judges force the..."
His comments address concerns over the Chief Justice's decision to allow cases to proceed during the legal vacation, despite requests for adjournments until October. Mr. Anyenini noted that the dates for the legal vacation, including court and judge names, were communicated in July. Lawyers typically plan personal, professional, and international commitments around this schedule, as the period is known for conferences and professional events, leading many to travel out of Ghana. Judges not sitting during the vacation also make travel arrangements, making case scheduling during this time normally require coordination.
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Legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini has questioned whether lawyers in high-profile cases agreed to or were forced into court dates during the
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