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Chief Justice Georgina Wood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Chief Justice, Mrs. Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has stressed the importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as an enduring feature of Ghana\u2019s legal system and one that promises an improved and qualitative access to justice for all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

The Chief Justice made this assessment when she delivered the keynote address on \u201cAlternative Dispute Resolution in Africa: The Ghana Experience\u201d, at an awards dinner hosted by the Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR) and Pan African Studies at the California State University, Sacramento where she was honoured with the Centre\u2019s 2011 Peace Award.<\/p>\n

The award is the Centre\u2019s highest recognition of individuals whose work has contributed to peace-building and justice in\/on Africa or the Diaspora in exceptional ways.<\/p>\n

A statement issued in Accra by the Judicial Service said the award underscored the Chief Justice\u2019s exemplary public and national leadership in promoting and integrating Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the reform of Ghana\u2019s judicial system and improving access to justice.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Justice Wood said in 2003, under the auspices of the National Governance Programme (GNP), a judiciary ADR Task Force developed the voluntary Court-Connected ADR model which was operational in all courts apart from the commercial courts which practiced a mandatory model.<\/p>\n

\u201cMediation thus serves as the primary alternative to litigation for the many ordinary citizens who access the courts for justice and yet lack the financial resources to engage in endless litigation, so to speak. It thus works well in the lower courts in particular where the caseload is higher and more amenable to out of court settlement,\u201d the CJ said.<\/p>\n

The most successful model of the court connected ADR is found in the commercial court.<\/p>\n

The courts which were established in 2005 afford investors in particular, the timely disposal of commercial and other investment related disputes.<\/p>\n

As part of the practice and procedure of the court, parties are mandated at the pre-trial settlement conference to explore the possibility of full or partial settlement of their dispute.<\/p>\n

The Chief Justice said despite the success of ADR as an adjudicatory tool, its implementation still faced challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cChallenges include the apathy of a legal fraternity that owing to the kind of legal education members had received, tends to prefer litigation to ADR. We do have judges and magistrates who in spite of the effectiveness of ADR as a case management tool, tend not to invest time in promoting and encouraging its appropriate use.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chief Justice has provided ADR training locally for judges, lawyers, the Ghana-American Chamber of Commerce and also Civil Society Organisations.<\/p>\n

Her expertise in the subject has also been utilised externally. She co-authored the Practice Manual on the Gambian Court-Connected ADR Programme and also provided training for the Gambian Bench, Bar and court officials.<\/p>\n

The Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana, in celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 1999, at which it conferred on her an honorary award for her outstanding judicial career, cited for special mention her pioneering role in the establishment of ADR as part of Ghana\u2019s judicial system.<\/p>\n

The statement said prior to addressing the awards dinner, the Chief Justice attended the 20th Annual Africa\/Diaspora Conference hosted by the Centre at the California State University, Sacramento from April 28-30.<\/p>\n

The conference is a signature event in the western United States that examines critical issues of strategic importance to Africa and the African Diaspora.<\/p>\n

Source: GNA<\/p>\n\n

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