The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has known as on Ghanaians to refer disputes to personal Alternative Dispute Decision (ADR) Centres, as a primary possibility in making an attempt to resolve disputes earlier than resorting to the courts, if ADR is unsuccessful.
She defined that due to the confirmed advantages and benefits of ADR, significantly mediation, it has turn into crucial for people and companies to discover the decision of dispute at non-public ADR centres, to safe expeditious, confidential, cheap, and amicable outcomes.
Delivering the keynote handle on the 2025 commencement and matriculation ceremony for the Skilled Executive Grasp of ADR programme of the Gamey and Gamey ADR Institute in Accra on Saturday, the Chief Justice highlighted the transformative influence of ADR in fostering funding, peace, and prosperity.
She significantly highlighted the significance of ADR in addressing land disputes, which steadily stem from customary regulation disagreements.
“If ADR Centres assist to untie the knots relating to which household, clan, or stool truly owns lands in a selected space, the ripple impact on funding, peace, and prosperity will likely be immeasurready,” she said.
Justice Torkornoo underscored the necessity for people and establishments to embrace ADR as a extra environment friendly, much less adversarial, and cost-effective technique of resolving disputes. She reaffirmed the judiciary’s dedication to promoting ADR as a important software in lowering the backlog of circumstances within the courts and enhancing entry to justice.
The occasion, held below the theme: ‘Crafting Peaceable Options: Mastering ADR for a Sustainable Future, and Job Creation,’ marked the commencement of twenty-two college students who had accomplished the 31-week intensive ADR coaching, in addition to the formal induction of about 45 new contributors into the PEM.ADR programme.
The CEO of Gamey and Gamey Group, Mr Austin Gamey, urged the Judicial Service to think about referring not less than 60 per cent of all civil circumstances to ADR to assist events safe environment friendly decision of disputes, and to cut back the burden on the courts.
He gave the reassurance that the Institute would contunue to contribute to the expansion of Ghana’s ADR trade by churning out expert ADR professionals to offer high quality companies, explaining that in over twi a long time, Gamey and Gamey has produced over 650 ADR professionals in Ghana and different West Africa international locations, lots of whom are making outstanding contributions in numerous sectors, together with the Judicial Service, the place some function court docket connected mediators.
The Spokesperson for the Nationwide Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharabutu, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, recommended the Gamey and Gamey ADR Institute for its immense contribution to ADR improvement and battle decision in Ghana through the years, and introduced the intention of the Chief Imam’s workplace to associate the Institute to coach Islamic leaders and muslim teams in ADR.
The president of the graduating cohort, Ms Alberta Aku Agbemordzi, expressed appreciation for the talents they’ve been empowered with to advertise peaceable decision of essentially the most complicated points, including that they acknowledge the duty to make a distinction within the subject of battle decision.
BY TIMES REPORTER
