25
Oct
The author of the article, A A Bright Esq, tries to impress his readers with his legal title. However, his article lacks any scholarly or legal merit. He fails to support his argument with proper authority and shows a poor or dishonest understanding of the Common Law. For example, he claims that the common law position was that a new judge must hear a case de novo if the original judge becomes unable to continue. He cites the case of Republic v Adu-Boahene and Kwesi Pratt [1993] DLSC4893 as his authority. However, this case has nothing to do with his…