Bribery scandal - Court begins sitting Tuesday

The High Court assigned to adjudicate all cases filed in respect of the bribery scandal revealed by Tiger Eye P I will begin sitting Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

A Justice of the Court of Appeal, sitting as an addition al High Court Judge, has been appointed to handle all the cases filed so far in respect of the scandal.

A statement, signed by the Judicial Secretary, Mr Justice Alex B. Poku Acheampong, said the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Wood, was in the process of establishing whether there was prima facie case against the high court judges alleged to have misconducted themselves in the events and added that the sitting of the court was part of the process.

It said out of the 12 judges who were in active service, eight had up to Tuesday, September 22, 2015 to furnish the Chief Justice with their responses.

Appellate panel

The statement said an appellate panel had also been constituted to heal all appeals and applicat