Lawyer Hansen Kwadwo Koduah
A Court of Appeal has ruled that Kumasi-based lawyer, Hanson Kwadwo Koduah, should be reinstated as a fully qualified and licensed lawyer with all the legal rights to practise and hold himself as a lawyer.
This ruling, given by an Appeal Court presided over by Justice F.G. Korbieh, stays the June 9, 2016 decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council that Mr Kwadwo Koduah should be suspended for a period of three years during which period he would be barred from holding himself as a lawyer.
Justice Korbieh’s ruling means that until the court determines whether or not the action taken by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council was in accordance to law or not, lawyer Hanson Kwadwo Koduah would continue to practise as a fully qualified lawyer.
Sometime in June 2016, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council investigated an allegation brought against Hanson Kwadwo Koduah, in which he was alleged to have inflated the required filing fee for one of his clients from the statutory GH¢748 to GH¢50,000.
The lawyer, however, appealed the decision and prayed the court the decision should be set aside while his appeal is being heard.
Hanson Kwadwo Koduah argued that he is a lecturer at the Law Faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the disciplinary measures taken against him would make him lose his appointment as a lecturer.
Lawyer Kwadwo Koduah said the disciplinary decision would also make his clients withdraw their briefs from his chambers and he considers both to be unfair, especially when he has challenged the decision of the Disciplinary Committee and waiting for the courts to determine the case.
His prayer for the decision to be stayed until the matter is determined was granted.
Lawyer Kwadwo Koduah has been in legal practice for over 15 years and has over the years put his long practical experience for the benefit of students and his faculty.
Hansen’s academic interests are in Property Law and Customary Law.