General News of Sunday, 11 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAnthony Forson Jnr., the President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has disclosed that the GBA members serving on the General Legal Council (GLC) had to intervene on behalf of three lawyers hauled before the Council’s disciplinary committee over comments they made during the 2020 Election Petition trial. Dr Abdul Baasit Aziz Bamba, David Annan and Abraham Amaliba, who were part of the National Democratic Congress’s legal team, were hauled before the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council for making statements that did not go down well with the legal fraternity. In Asaase Radio reportage monitored by GhanaWeb, Forson, who was speaking at the 2021 legal year Bench, Bar and Faculty conference under the theme “Professional Development in a Virtual World – Emerging Trends and Best Practices”, said, the GLC accepted the intervention on behalf of the three lawyers and pardoned them. “Indeed, three others; David Annan, Abraham Amaliba and Dr Baasit, were also hauled before the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council, but the Bar representative on the General Legal Council made an intervention for clemency which was supported by his Lordship the Chief Justice,” the Bar President said. “A healthy relationship between the Bench, Bar and Faculty is a sine qua non [or condition necessary], for the growth of the profession and the confidence of the society in the legal system” the GBA President noted.

Source: GhanaWeb April 11, 2021 06:22 UTC