Judiciary
FIFTEEN cases are scheduled for judgement over the next three weeks by the ECOWAS Court of Justice following the resumption of court sessions suspended on March 20, in response to the outbreak of the Covic-19 pandemic, according to the current cause list for the period June 22 to July 10, released by the court.
These will bring the number of judgements delivered by the court since January 2020 to 19.
The court will also deliver one ruling during the period while the remaining 18 cases, including one by Counsellor Kabineh Muhammad Ja’neh, a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia contesting his removal from office, will be heard.
Ahead of the resumption of sessions through virtual technology, the Court has installed the necessary infrastructure and undertaken stakeholders training.
In this regard, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, president of the court, said the court has approved a practice direction on Electronic Case Management and Virtual Court session, a Manual Guide on the use of Zoom for virtual court sessions and Lawyers Guidelines for Virtual Court sessions.
“We were on our way to make a significant dent in the number of pending cases which stood at 139 as at 19th of June 2020 but for the three-month disruption caused by the Coronavirus which affected our momentum,” the president said.
– June 22, 2020 @ 13:49 GMT |
Tags: 15 cases for judgement by ECOWAS Court over three weeks
