2022 ADR week set to launch in Kumasi
The Judicial Service has adopted ADR as part of its adjudication process dubbed “Court-connected ADR”.
The second term of the 2022 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) week is set to be launched in Kumasi today, July 25, 2022.
This follows the declaration by the Chief Justice, His Lordship Kwasi Anin Yeboah, citing the second term of the ADR week for the Legal Year from July 25-29, 2022.
Justice Irene-Charity Larbi, a Justice at the Court of Appeal and the National ADR Coordinator, would as always, address the media in Kumasi on Monday, July 25.
According to a press release from the judicial service, the theme for the second term of this year’s ADR week is “Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Tool for Peace and Stability.”
131 courts would be participating - 33 Circuit Courts and 98 District Courts.
Background
The Judicial Service has adopted ADR as part of its adjudication process dubbed “Court-connected ADR”.
The aim of the programme is to ensure that access to justice in Ghana is made easier, cheaper, non-adversarial, expeditious, and flexible to all.
Pursuant to this, the Chief Justice in a policy directive has instituted an ADR week in every legal year term to give parties the opportunity to settle their cases through mediation and to run programmes and activities to create awareness on the availability of ADR as a compliment to the adjudication process in the courts.
