UPHOLD IMAGE OF JUDICIAL SERVICE — JUSTICE OWUSU-ANSAH (PAGE 42, MAY 17, 2010)

THE Cape Coast Supervising High Court Judge, Mrs Justice Francesca Owusu-Ansah, has tasked members of the bench and staff of the judiciary service to uphold the image of the service at all times.
Mrs Owusu-Ansah said the judiciary service, as the arm of government entrusted with the dispensation of justice to all manner of people, had the onerous duty to be fair and impartial in the administration of justice.
Launching a revised code of conduct for the bench and staff, she said people therefore looked up to the institution as sacrosanct whose sanctity must be preserved.
Mrs Owusu-Ansah therefore advised members of the bench and the staff not to do anything to undermine the judiciary.
She said her outfit would not hesitate to apply the necessary sanctions against anyone who flouted the code for his personal interest.
The Supervising High Court Judge further advised them to change their attitude which sometimes gave wrong perception about the bench and avoid interference as well as behaviour which undermined and tarnished the image of the service.
She urged them to uphold the confidentiality, trust and impartiality expected of them.
Mrs Owusu-Ansah said the code had been revised to meet modern trends and technological development, as well as recruitment of new hands due to retirement, resignations, among other things.
On the deplorable situation of the court building in Cape Coast, she said the building would need a major rehabilitation to make work more conducive.
According to her, land had been acquired at Fourth Ridge for a new court complex, since the old building was in the centre of the town and therefore did not augur well for smooth work.