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AG cannot represent Chief Justice in vacation trial case — Frank Davies questions AG’s role

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Lawyer for Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Frank Davies, has maintained that the Attorney General should not be representing Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie in a suit challenging administrative warrants directing selected High Court judges to sit during the legal vacation. Mr Davies argues that because the Chief Justice has been named substantively as a defendant, he should have separate legal representation. Speaking after Thursday’s proceedings at the Supreme Court, he said that allowing the Attorney General, an arm of the Executive, to represent the head of the Judiciary raises concerns about the constitutional principle of separation of powers.