Judicial Council approves Prof. Frimpong Oppong and Bernasko Essah for SC; billed for parliamentary vetting

The Judicial Council has approved the learned Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Sciences, Professor of Law and brilliant legal academic Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong and his co-nominee, the learned Justice of the Court of Appeal, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah for the Supreme Court Bench.

News of the approval of the two was shared by the President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo during the inauguration of the Governing Board of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre this afternoon, 16th day of July, 2024.

According to the President, the duo are billed for an appearance before Parliament for the constitutionally provided requirement of vetting by Parliament.

Prof. Frimpong Oppong will add to Prof. Mensah-Bonsu as the legal academics on the highest Bench of Ghana.

Prof Frimpong Oppong joins the Bench with a salad of experience of the practice of law in Ghana and on the global stage as an arbitrator among others. He is also a respected teacher of the law with teaching experience in Ghana, Europe and America.

Prof. Frimpong Oppong joins the Bench like his predecessors, Justice Professor Date-Bah and Mensah-Bonsu, with high academic laurels and achievements. Justice Bernasko Essah comes to the Bench having practiced as a State Attorney, private practitioner, a Justice of the High Court and Court of Appeal. She boasts of membership of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ).

Read the profile of Prof. Richard Frimpong Oppong here

Read profile Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah here