Ghana Bar Association

**Ghana Bar Association (GBA)** nyɛla *[[Ghana]]* alikaali mini looyanima laɣiŋgu, nti pahi ti ni daa mi shaba  "*solicitors*" mini "*barristers*" la, amaa saha ŋɔ ti pa booni ba la " legal practitioners" nti pahi "magistrates zuɣu. looya kam zaa bɛ ni kpuɣi *Ghana* ni o tum tuma nyɛla ŋun leegi lala laɣingu ŋɔ niriba puuni yino. *Ghana bar association* nyɛla din yina  *Gold Coast Bar Association* puuni, din tuuli zuɣulana daa nyɛ Sierra Leonean lawyer Frans Dove. 

*Ghana Bar Association* nyɛla ban daa ʒini n gbaai bɛ soya ni zalisi yuuni 1958 din nyaaŋa di yi ti pa yaltɔɣ'kpeeni kaman "siyaasa daliri" bɛ nyɛla ban ban ʒiini yuuni kam n gbaari saawara ka piiri bɛ kpamba ban yan niŋ yuuni ko, yuuni maa nyaaŋa kpambi maa mali soli ni tooi lahi zani piibupiibu maa ni. Ghana Bar Association nyala ban dihi tabli ni ni bɛ niŋsim maa nyɛla din che ka *Ghana*  zaa bana n nyɛ laɣingu sheli ban mali  "democracy" n nyaŋ sokam. *Ghana Bar Association* nyala ban mali  "lawyer" bima, zalisi ni saɣi n ti shaba ni be tum "lawyer" tuma Ghana tiŋgbani puuni        

## Di Pilli
Lala yuli ŋo"bar"  ŋo gbunni wuhiya ni di gbunni nyɛla "lawyer" nim zaa nangbanyini  zlgu ni piigi shaba ka bi yina silimiinsi taɣada puuni. Saha sheli ha, "16th century" saha "lawyer" nim biehigu shee daa nyala din pirigi buyi. Shikuru bihi daa nyala ban be yaɣ'yini, ka bɛ karimbanima bee bɛ kpamba mi be yaɣa dini maa. di yi daa ti niŋ ka shikuru bia naaigi o shikuru, o nyɛla ŋun yan yi o shikurubihi taba maa sani n chaŋ n ti pahi kpamba maa zuɣu. Nyaanga na, bɛ daa ti ku kpuɣi li mi ka di nyɛla [taabo] din chihira  ba ni zaŋ n waligiri pol'shɛli di gili alikaale nim maa ʒishɛɛ kootu maa ni, luɣi shɛli dansarika nim ni zaandi ka bɛ kariti ba sariya ni luɣishɛli *barrister* nim ni zaandi n suhiri noli. Saha ŋɔ kootu duri puuni, lala taabo daɣu din taɣi ba           

## Taarihi mini di benibu
*British* jintɔriba daa kpa la *Supreme Court of Judicature* n ti *[[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]* sulinsi nim 1876 yuuni, ka ti ba alikaale kpɛma ni alikaale bihi ban kalinli bɛ gari diba anahi.  1887 yuuni, *John Mensah Sarbah* n daa nyɛ tuuli *[[Ghana]]* ninvuɣiso *Lincol's Inn* bɔŋ la nim ni daa boli alikaale tali tuma maa ni. Bɛ zalkpana maa daa doli la *[[England]]* nim dini, shɛli ni *solicitor* nim tiri zalisi saɣisigu ka lahi namdi zalisi gbana, ka *barrister* nim mi nyɛ ban zandi sariya diriba zaani kootu puuni. Amaa bɛ daa nyami ka *Ghana* nim bɛ zaŋdi lala pirigibu ŋɔ maa n tumdi tuma, ka 1960 yuuni la jintɔriba zalisi la daa kana n ti nyahi lala pirigibu maa. Naɣila bɛ ni daa yihi *Ghana School of Law* la na yuuni 1958, bɛ daa wuhi la bɛ zaa alikaale tuma maa tiŋduya,  bɛ ban daa ka *Inns of Court* din be *[[England]]* maa daa bɛ yaɣilala. 2011 yuuni la saha zaa, alikaale bihi ban na deeri baŋsim daa nyɛla kamani ninvuɣ tusa ayi ni kobisinu 2,500, amaa ka bɛ zaa ka bɛ daa na kpuɣi *Bar Association* maa puuni. 

Amaa ti ni tooi dɔli zalkpana baŋsim tuun'shɛli din be *[[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]* (punpoŋo Ghana) ŋɔ naba n labi 1846 yuma la saha, *Ghana Bar Association* maa ni daa laɣim n nam bɛ tuuli *constitution* 1958 yuuni la ni.

*Ghana Bar Association* daa mali zuɣulan nim pam, amaa gbai yihi bɛ niriba biɛla ban jilima daa yi di ko, kamani Frans Dove,  ban daa gbubi di kpamli maa yuya daa bɛ sabi n dɔya, naɣila 1957 yuuni, saha shaŋa *Bar Association* maa ni daa yi pa mali gomnanti, ŋun sabira, ŋun sɔŋdi be daaʒia, ni bɛ ni daa laɣim n piigi ninvuɣ'shaba n  dɔli Bar Association maa constitution.

Saha ŋɔ *GBA* maa zuɣu lana n nyɛ Efua Ghartey. Ŋuna n nyɛ piligu paɣa so ŋun di *Ghana Bar Association* zuɣulana.

**Zuɣulan shɛba ban pun gari GBA puuni n nyɛ:**
* Robert Samuel Blay  (yuuni 1957 hali ni yuuni 1959 ) n-ti pahi ni ( yuuni 1960 ni hali ni yuuni 1962)
* Archie Casely-Hayford (yuuni 1959 ni hali ni yuuni 1960)
* J. B. Danquah (yuuni 1962 ni hali ni yuuni 1963)
* Victor Owusu (acting 1963–1965) and (1965–1966)
* William Ofori-Atta (yuuni 1966 ni hali ni yuuni 1967)
* Joe Appiah (yuuni 1967 ni hali ni yuuni 1970 puuni )
* Joe Reindorf (yuuni 1970 ni hali ni yuuni 1971)
* Edward Nathaniel Moore (yuuni 1971 ni hali ni yuuni 1972 puuni )
* J. B. Quashie-Idun (yuuni 1972 ni hali ni yuuni 1976 puuni )
* J. K. F. Adadevoh (yuuni 1976 ni hali ni yuuni 1979 ni )
* W. A. N. Adumoah-Bossman (yuuni 1979 ni hali ni yuuni 1981)
* E. D. Kom (yuuni 1981 ni hali ni yuuni 1982 puuni )
* J. K. Agyemang (yuuni 1982 ni hali ni yuuni 1985 puuni )
* Peter Ala Adjetey (yuuni 1985 ni hali ni yuuni 1989 ni )
* Anthony K. Mmieh (yuuni 1989 ni hali ni yuuni 1992 ni?)
* Nutifafa Kuenyehia (yuuni 1992 ni hali ni 1995 puuni ),
* Sam Okudzeto(yuuni 1995 ni hali ni yuuni 1998)
* Joseph Ebow Quashie (yuuni 1998 ni hali ni yuuni 2001)
* Paul Adu-Gyamfi (yuuni 2001 ni ?)
* Solomon Kwame Tetteh
* Nii Osah Mills (yuuni 2007 ni hali ni yuuni 2008)
* Frank Beecham (yuuni 2009 ni hali ni yuuni 2012)
* Nene A. O. Amegatcher (yuuni 2012 ni hali ni yuuni 2015 ni)
* Benson Nutsukpui (yuuni 2015 ni hali ni yuuni 2018)
* Tony Forson Jnr. (Yuuni 2019 ni hali ni yuuni 2021)
* Yaw Acheampong Boafo (yuuni 2021 ni hali ni yuuni 2024)
* Efua Ghartey (yuuni
* 2024- )
Ghana Bar Association nyɛla din pahi International Bar Association din nye andunia yaangi zuɣu lahingu.

## Nangbankpema
Silimin gɔli October 2010 yuuni, lala saha maa "GBA" zuɣulan'paa (Vice President), *Mr. Justice Kusi-Minkah Premo*, daa nyala ŋun  yali "Chief Justice" mini kpamba ni bɛ sɔŋ ka bɛ tuhi n ku  jaaji nima n taɣiri bɛ zalisi ka di pala di tamla kalinli zuɣu, ni be gu'bieri dibu n ti pahi bieh'yoya shaŋa puuni be ni be. Silimiin gɔli April  2011 yuuni, ŋun daa nye bɛ zuɣulana (*National President*)  lala saha maa *Frank W. K. Beecham* daa di fiila n daa gu ka taɣi *Mr Justice E. K. Ayebi*, jaaji niribi suhi ni daa yiɣisi m bahi o zuɣu ka di nya la o yihila ninvuɣ' pia ni anahi shaba niriba ni daa zilsi zaŋ kpa nyevuli dibo polo.

Silimiin goli july, 2011 yuuni "*lawyer*" nima diba anahi daa nyala ban yali, ni jaajinim pam nyala ban diri gu bieri. "GBA" daa nyala ban galim ka fee "lawyer" nima diba anahi ŋo ka yaliba, ni be di yari yaltɔɣa din ka shahira, bi daa lahi yalba, ni bi bolimi jaaji shsba ban diri gu bieri ŋo yuya. "Lawyer" so nyala ŋun daa yali,ni o nyala ninvuɣ'so jaaji ni na min di o gu'bieri. "GBA daa nyɛla ban yali ni shee di doli soya ni zalsi ni wuhi sham n gbaai lala jaaji ŋɔ. lala  "lawyer" nima diba anahi ŋo daa nyala bɛ ni yihi shaba laɣimgu din yuli booni "*Association of Magistrates and Judges*" puuni. Lala looyanima ŋɔ n-ti pahi shaba dabam daa nyɛla ban zaŋ bɛ kpalanzuya gbuni taba ni bɛ ni bɛ kpa bɛ maŋa laɣingu din ŋmani li.. Ghana Bar Association maa daa nyɛla ban ʒini bɛ yuuni yuuni ʒia Cape Coast silimiin-goli September 2011 yuuni,  bɛ ni daa yihi bɛ zalizaaniba  ("magistrates") ayi ban daa bɔri ni bɛ di gubiɛri la nyaaŋa di daa bɛ yuui. GBA zuɣulana lala saha maa Frank Beecham daa yɛliya ni laɣingu maa nyɛla din yɛn zabi kɔrifɔhili ni di balli kam. GBA ni kpa yaɣili din yɛn wumda bee n-deeri lahibaya bee tuuntumsa din jɛndi gubiɛri bee kɔrinfɔhili polo, ka kpaŋ di maŋa ka di darigi ŋun kam tum birigi zaligu taali.

## Lahi nyama

* General Legal Council

## External links

* Official website

## Kundivihira