The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice,\u00a0Godfred Dame, is calling for live telecast of all court cases of national importance apart from election petitions.
This call from the AG is to assist in curbing what he describes as unacceptable practices in the legal fraternity.
He noted that the move will also enable the citizenry to decipher the arguments presented by legal practitioners and why adjudicators make certain judgments.
Dame, speaking at the opening of this year\u2019s Bench, Bar and Faculty Conference on Thursday, indicated that some lawyers, after court rulings, disseminate falsehoods about the judiciary on social media.
Citing the two most popular cases, Re Akoto and 7 others, Tuffour v Attorney-General, Dame explained that even though some lawyers were quick to jump on social media to \u201cpropagate what sometimes, is falsely portrayed as academic critique, they do not engage in a real scholarly examination of judgments of the Superior Courts.
\u201cReflecting on these unhealthy developments I have spoken about, My Lord Chief Justice, sometimes I really think the way to go is to permit more broadcasts of cases of immense national importance and not the election petition alone.
\u201cWhen this is done, the poverty of legal reasoning behind certain cases dismissed by the Supreme Court and in respect of which the state emerges, the victor will be exposed for all to see,\u201d he said.
Godfred Dame\u00a0further advised lawyers who peddle falsehoods to desist from the act.
\u201cSpread of false information by lawyers, disregard for the cherished values of the legal profession and the promotion of instability and violence, apart from being disreputable, poses a far greater threat to cohesion in society if it comes from lawyers.
\u201cSuch conduct should result in promptly inflicted sanctions on the lawyers in question,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n