Report coming in is that Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has been shortlisted to take over the position of Chief Justice after Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah retires.

These are unconfirmed reports as President Akufo-Addo is yet to officially communicate his appointment.

Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah is expected to retire from office as he turns 70. A new Chief Justice will be appointed by President Akufo-Addo to steer the helm of affairs from May 24, 2023.

Should the new Chief Justice be Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as reported, she will become the third female Chief Justice in the history of Ghana, following the footsteps of Justices Georgina Theodora Wood and Sophia Akuffo.

Profile of Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo

Justice Gertrude Torkornoo who turns 62 in September this year completed her Professional course in law at the Ghana School of Law in 1986.

After law school in 1986, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo did her national service with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Legal Aid Center in Accra.

Her pupillage was with Fugar & Co, where she went on to become an Associate and later, a Director of the firm. In January 1997, she set up Sozo Law Consult and became the Managing Partner.

After 18 years of law practice, Justice Torkornoo was invited to join the judiciary in 2004 as a Justice of the High Court of Ghana.

In October 2012, she was promoted to the Court of Appeal and rose to become a Justice of the Supreme Court, the apex court, in 2019 after her appointment by President Akufo-Addo.

She is well known for being one of the Supreme Court judges who presided over the 2020 presidential petition case between John Dramani Mahama and the Electoral Commission and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

She holds an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA and a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in International Law and Organizations from the then International Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Netherlands.

Source: The Independent Ghana