James Coussey

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Sir James Henley Coussey KBE QC (1891 – 6 June 1958) was a jurist in Gold Coast (British colony). He was Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, 1944–52, and President of the West African Court of Appeal, 1955–58. He was conferred with a knighthood by King George VI on 8 June 1950. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Sir James Henley Coussey KBE QC (1891 – 6 June 1958) was a jurist in Gold Coast (British colony). He was Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, 1944–52, and President of the West African Court of Appeal, 1955–58. He was conferred with a knighthood by King George VI on 8 June 1950. Following the Accra riots of 1948, Coussey was commissioned by the United Kingdom to devise a Constitution for the Gold Coast, chairing the Committee on Constitutional Reform. Known as the Coussey Report, the work of the Committee informed the 1951 Constitution, paving the way for the Gold Coast's ultimate independence in 1957.
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