Philip Edward Archer

Philip Edward Archer (born 22 February 1925, Abontiakrom, Tarkwa) was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1991 and 1995.[1] He was the eighth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.[2] He died on 10 May 2002.

Life

Philip Edward Archer was educated at St Peter’s School in Sekondi, Adisadel College, Cape Coast and the University of Nottingham in England. Admitted a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Jurisdiction of England and Wales in 1957, he returned to Ghana and joined the office of the Registrar-General. Appointed Registrar-General in 1959 and Judicial Secretary in 1961, he became a High Court Judge in 1964 and a Supreme Court Judge in 1980. He was Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University of Cape Coast Council from 1979 to 1983. Retiring as a judge in 1983, he was appointed full-time chairman of the Law Reform Commission. Chief Justice from 1991 until 1995, he was made a Member of the Council of State in 1995. In 2000 he was honoured with the Order of the Star of Ghana.[1] He died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on 10 May 2002.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joe Bradford Nyinah, Ex-Chief Justice gets State Honour, <sup class="noprint Inline-Template "noprint Inline-Template"" style="white-space:nowrap;">[check quotation syntax]Daily Graphic, 19 May 2000
  2. ↑ List of Chief Justices
  3. ↑
Preceded by
E. N. P. Sowah		 Chief Justice of Ghana
1991–1995 		Succeeded by
Isaac Kobina Abban