The President of the Ghana Law Society (GLS), Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has announced the postponement of a scheduled press conference following the filing of a lawsuit challenging the society’s legal status and operations.
Addressing the media on Monday, January 26, 2026, Dafeamekpor explained that the decision was taken out of respect for the judicial process, stressing that the society is an association of ethical lawyers that will not litigate matters in the media while a case is before the courts.
According to him, the Ghana Law Society has not yet been properly served with court processes in the suit filed by private legal practitioner Yaw Aning Boadu.
“We are lawyers, and we respect the courts. Until the processes before the courts are completed, we have suspended the press conference until further notice. Everyone will be happy that we have respected the court,” he indicated.
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The press conference was expected to address reports that the General Legal Council (GLC) had granted the Ghana Law Society accreditation to issue professional licenses, including practising, chamber, and pupillage licenses, functions that were traditionally associated with the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).
The accreditation would allow the Ghana Law Society to facilitate the issuance of licenses for legal practice in Ghana.
The Executive Council of the Society had planned to brief the public on this development on January 26, 2026.
Reports followed a recent visit by leaders of the Ghana Law Society to the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, during which they formally expressed their intention to seek recognition and licensing authority from the General Legal Council.
The Chief Justice reportedly welcomed the move as a step towards ensuring that all practising lawyers are duly licensed.
The controversy comes amid ongoing legal action involving the society. The Ghana Law Society President, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking an interpretation of the 1992 Constitution.
The suit asked the court to rule that references to the ‘Ghana Bar Association’ in the constitution should be construed to include all recognised law associations in the country, not only the GBA.
Meanwhile, private legal practitioner Yaw Aning Boadu has filed a separate lawsuit at the High Court against the Ghana Law Society, the Office of the Registrar of Companies, and the General Legal Council.
In his statement of claim, Aning Boadu, who says he is a member in good standing of the Ghana Bar Association, challenged the legality of the registration and operations of the Ghana Law Society.
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He contends that the society has unlawfully presented itself as a professional body with authority to issue and renew practising, pupillage, and chamber licenses.
The plaintiff alleged that the society’s public representations and media engagements are misleading, breach statutory requirements, and undermine Ghana’s regulatory framework for professional bodies.
He argued that the law requires any professional body to represent at least 75 per cent of persons trained and qualified in the profession before it can be legally recognised.
Reliefs sought
Among other reliefs, Aning Boadu is seeking:
• A declaration that the registration of the Ghana Law Society as a professional body is illegal;
• An order directing the Registrar of Companies to expunge the Society from the Register of Professional Bodies;
• An order compelling the General Legal Council to withdraw any purported accreditation or recognition granted to the Society; and
• A perpetual injunction restraining the Ghana Law Society and its members from holding themselves out as a registered or accredited professional body of lawyers in Ghana.
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