Seth Twum is a former Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 2002 to 2007.

Seth Twum
Supreme Court Judge
In office
November 2002 – 20 March 2007
Appointed byJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born
Seth Twum

(1937-03-20)20 March 1937
Died2022
NationalityGhanaGhanaian
Alma materAchimota School
ProfessionJudge

Biography

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Twum was born on 20 March 1937. He had his secondary education at Achimota School.[1]

He was nominated in July 2002[2] and was vetted in September that same year.[3] A month later, he was approved by parliament[3] and was sworn into office in November that year together with Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, Justice Stephen Alan Brobbey and Justice Samuel Glenn Baddoo by the then president John Agyekum Kufour.[4] He retired on 20 March 2007 at the mandatory retirement age of seventy (70) years.[5]

Twum died in 2022. He was buried on 1 July 2022.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Courts to blame for land disputes – Fmr. ICC Judge". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "NDC Attacks Kufuor On Supreme Court Nominations". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Ghana Now Has 13 Supreme Court Judges". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Supreme Court Judges sworn in". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 2". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. Graphic Corporation: vi. 2007.
  6. ^ Ghana, R. I. P. "Home". R.I.P Ghana. Retrieved 2022-07-04.