Background
Justice Acquah was born on 4 March 1942 at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana.
Justice Acquah was born on 4 March 1942 at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana.
He attended Adisadel College at Cape Coast, from 1957 to 1963 for his secondary and sixth form (college) education.
He was appointed as Chief Justice on 4 July 2003 and was the incumbent until his death. His appointment made it three out of four recent Chief Justices who were former students of Adisadel College. The other two being Philip Edward Archer (1991 and 1995) and Edward Kwame Wiredu (2001 and 2003).
He had his basic education in a number of schools, namely Half Assini Methodist School, Cape Coast Methodist School, Ashanti Bekwai Methodist School, Akim Oda Methodist School, Nkawkaw Methodist School and Dunkwa-on-Offin Anglican School.
He was an undergraduate at the University of Ghana, Legon between 1964 and 1967 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Philosophy. In 1970, he obtained the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in Law from the same University.
He then attended the Ghana Law School where he obtained his Professional Certificate in Law and was called to the Bar in 1972. Justice George Acquah was in private legal practice at Cape Coast from 1972 until 19 September 1989 when he became a High Court Judge, working at Ho in the Volta Region.
He rose to become an Appeal Court Judge in June 1994 and then a Supreme Court Judge a year later.
Chairman, Budget Committee of the Judicial Service
Chairman, Judicial Service Reform and Automation Committee
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of the Judicial Service of Ghana
Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Judicial Counci
Chairman, Funeral Committee of the Judicial Service
Chairman, Tender Board of the Judicial Service
Chairman, National Multi-Sectoral Committee on the Protection of the Rights of the Child
Member, Rules of Court Committee
Member, Appointments Committee of the Judicial Council
Member, Africa Regional Council of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Patron, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, London
Honorary Legal Adviser of the International Planned Parenthood Federation;
Editorial Advisor, Banking and Financial Law Journal of Ghana
External Examiner (Law of Evidence) Ghana Law School
Justice Acquah died from cancer on 25 March 2007, aged 65, in Accra.
Member of the Judicial Council of Ghana
Member of the Governing Council of the Ghana Legal Literacy and Resource Foundation.