Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman (born 22 July 1915) was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1970 and 1972. He was the fourth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation in 1957.[1] He was removed from office by the National Redemption Council, the military government in power after the coup of 13 January 1972 that ended the Second Republic of Ghana.[2]
Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman | |
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| 4th Chief Justice of Ghana | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Akufo-Addo |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Azu Crabbe |
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| Born | 22 July 1915 |
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Biography
Edmund Lanquaye Bannerman was born in Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), on 22 July 1915. His father was Emmanuel Edmund Bannerman, who was an organist and choirmaster of the Wesley Methodist Church in Accra.[3] He was educated at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, England, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1939, after which he entered private practice in Ghana.
His later legal career encompassed being a senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law (1960–64), a visiting lecturer at the University of Ghana (1961–63), a High Court judge in Tanzania (1964–67), legal adviser to Ghana Police and Ghana Airways (1967–70). He became a judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana in 1970, and was appointed Chief Justice of Ghana in 1971, after being acting Chief Justice (1970–71).[4]
References
- "List of Chief Justices". Official Website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
- "13TH JANUARY, 1972–3RD JUNE, 1979: NATIONAL REDEMPTION COUNCIL (NRC)/SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL (SMC) I & II" (PDF). THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION REPORT Volume 4 Chapter 2. Ghana government. October 2004. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
Three judges, Chief Justice Edmund Lanquaye Bannerman, Justices Koi Larbi and J. B. Siriboe were dismissed and deprived of all their terminal employment benefits
- Addo-Twum (editor), J. K. (12 September 1978). "Obituary". Daily Graphic (8676). Graphic Corporation, Ghana. Google Books. Retrieved 20 April 2018.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Africa Who's Who, London: Africa Journal Ltd for Africa Books, 1981, p. 197.
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| Preceded by Edward Akufo-Addo |
Chief Justice of Ghana 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Samuel Azu Crabbe |