John Nicholas Kobina Taylor | |
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Supreme Court Judge | |
In office 1980 – March 1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Nicholas Kobina Taylor 1925 |
Died | 15 August 2008 | (aged 82–83)
Nationality |
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Profession | Judge |
John Nicholas Kobina Taylor (1925-2008) was a Ghanaian judge. He served on the Ghanaian judicial bench for about twenty-one (21) years. He was a Supreme Court judge from 1980 to 1990. [1]
Taylor was born in 1925 and hails from Korankyekrom, Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana.[ citation needed]
Taylor served as a Crown Counsel, State Attorney, [2] Director of Public Prosecutions [3] [4] and also Acting Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in 1969. [1] He joined the bench around the period as a High Court judge. [5] As a High Court judge, he was appointed chairman of the Taylor Assets Commission. [6] The commission's mandate was to investigate the assets of public officials and to ascertain if these assets were legally acquired. [6] After about ten years of service to the High Court bench he was appointed to the Supreme Court without promotion to the Appeal Court. [1] [7] As a Supreme Court judge he was the chairman of a three-member committee appointed to investigate the leakage of examination and other related matters in the West African Examination Council. [8] He retired in March 1990 at the then compulsory retirement age of sixty-five (65) years. [1] He died on 15 August 2008 at the age of 83. [1]
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