{"id":11802,"date":"2025-07-22T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11802"},"modified":"2025-07-22T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T22:50:08","slug":"lawyer-stole-mobile-phone-in-court-acting-cj-raises-unethical-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11802","title":{"rendered":"lawyer stole mobile phone in court \u2013 Acting CJ raises unethical concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile jeg_sticky_nav\" data-mode=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_mobile_bottombar jeg_mobile_midbar jeg_container normal\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_row\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_grow\">\n<div class=\"item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_item jeg_mobile_logo\">\n<div class=\"site-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/\" aria-label=\"Visit Homepage\"><img 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-21-at-12.05.01_2b6566a3-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-21-at-12.05.01_2b6566a3-360x180.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_share_top_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_button clearfix\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_stats\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_sharelist\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_button share-float jeg_sticky_share clearfix share-monocrhome\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_float_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"496\">The Acting Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has expressed grave concern over the increasing incidence of ethical misconduct among legal practitioners, highlighting a recent case involving a lawyer accused of stealing a colleague\u2019s mobile phone at the Tema Court.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"689\">According to Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, the lawyer in question even participated in the search for the missing phone, feigning ignorance, until he was caught attempting to sell the stolen device.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"950\">Speaking at the commissioning of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School Moot Court on Monday, July 21, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie emphasized the need for stronger systems to prepare students for the ethical demands of the legal profession.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1316\">\u201cJust as you feel disgusted by students dressing shabbily to come to school, you must be wondering how a lawyer manages to pass through the school. I happen to be the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, and the sort of infractions and ethical breaches that appear before us make you wonder where the world is heading,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1500\">Justice Baffoe-Bonnie urged legal education institutions to not only focus on academic excellence but also instill strong ethical values to safeguard the integrity of the profession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting CJ raises alarm over rising ethical breaches among lawyers byFauzu Masawudu \u00a0July 21, 2025 Reading Time: 1 min read The Acting Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has expressed grave concern over the increasing incidence of ethical misconduct among legal practitioners, highlighting a recent case involving a lawyer accused of stealing a colleague\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3717,41,3718,1],"tags":[3719],"class_list":["post-11802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-general-news","category-legal","category-uncategorized","tag-justice-baffoe-bonnie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11804,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802\/revisions\/11804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}