{"id":240420,"date":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240420"},"modified":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","slug":"george-loh-shoots-down-amidus-analysis-of-montie-3-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/george-loh-shoots-down-amidus-analysis-of-montie-3-case\/","title":{"rendered":"George Loh shoots down Amidu’s analysis of Montie 3 case"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the lawyers for the Montie trio, George Loh, has disagreed with former Attorney General, Martin Amidu\u2019s assertions that\u00a0they failed their clients<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with a poor defence in their contempt case before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n Martin Amidu, held that since the trio\u2019s contempt was committed outside the jurisdiction of the court, the Justices could not have heard the case in the manner that led to their conviction thus contravening several Articles<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”EnFm9oWRS9QOfx0bOSTC3Kn3TDKAKSqV”]But according to Mr. Loh, the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction in the matter hence there was no need for them as lawyers to challenge the procedure being used by the panel of the apex court.<\/p>\n Speaking to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku, the lawyer\u00a0also intimated that, Martin Amidu\u2019s conclusion on the quality of their advocacy was ill-informed.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe Martin Amidu did not pay attention to the proceedings from day one. I am sure if he had, and if he had spent some time analyzing the whole length, he would not be saying the things that he is saying. I have read what he posted and I disagree with him when he says that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Loh explained that, Supreme Court justices have the locus to invoke inherent jurisdiction under common law, adding that, “they didn\u2019t invoke any legislation. They invoked their inherent jurisdiction to bring you before them to answer and I don\u2019t see how anybody would say that the court was wrong for them to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n