Koi Larbi

Koi Oboadabang Larbi was a Ghanaian barrister and judge. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1970 to 1972.[1]

Koi Oboadabang Larbi
Supreme Court Judge
In office
5 August 1970 – 1972
Personal details
Born
Koi Oboadabang Larbil

1914
NationalityGhanaian
Alma materDurham University
ProfessionJudge

Biography

Koi Larbi was born in 1914 in the Gold Coast.[2] He obtained his law degree in 1943 from Durham University[3] working at the West Indian seamen hostel as the warden.[2] While in school, he was a member of the West African Students Union (WASU). He qualified as a barrister at the Middle Temple[4] in January 1944[5] and begun private practice in London.[6] He became a legal advisor to the Gold Coast Farmers' delegation in the United Kingdom in 1945,[2][7] and the following year, he became a legal advisor to the West African National Secretariat (WANS).[7] He was also a member African Progress Association and the chairman of the Committee for the Defence of People of African Descent, a committee that was formed to provide legal support to Black people.[7][8]

Koi Larbi returned to the Gold Coast to resume private legal practice. He was called to the Gold Coast bar in 1946.[9] In 1969 he was appointed member of the Council of State[10] and a year later, he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana on 5 August.[11][12] He was dismissed in 1972 when the Supreme Court was abolished by the National Redemption Council.

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See also

References
  1. "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 1". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. Council for Law Reporting: vii. 1972.
  2. Adi, Hakim (1995). The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Books. p. 140. ISBN 9781873201121.
  3. "The Durham University Journal, Volume 30". The Durham University Journal. University of Durham: 413. 1972.
  4. Amissah, A. N. E (1981). Legends of the Lawless Lord. Ilen Publications. p. 2.
  5. "The law List". Stevens and Norton. 1948: 223. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Killingray, David (6 December 2012). Blacks in Britain. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 9781136300066.
  7. Adi, Hakim (1995). The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Books. p. 140. ISBN 9781873201121.
  8. Adi, Hakim (1998). West Africans in Britain, 1900-1960: Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and Communism. Lawrence & Wishart. p. 146. ISBN 9780853158486.
  9. Ghana (1976). The Supreme Court of Ghana centenary : souvenir, 1876-1976. University Press. p. 74.
  10. Danquah, Moses (1969). The Birth of the Second Republic. p. 33.
  11. Amissah, A. N. E (1981). The contribution of the courts to government: a West African view. Clarendon Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780198253563.
  12. "Ghana News, Issue 1". Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana: 4. 1969.


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