Derick Adu-Gyamfi

Derick Adu-Gyamfi

Consultant Lawyer

Summary Experience

Derick Adu-Gyamfi is a consultant lawyer for the firm’s litigation practice with focus on matters relating to probate and administration, corporate, commercial, criminal and land disputes.

Derick is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics & Mathematics from University of Cape Coast and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

He is currently an assistant law reporter at the Council for Law Reporting, an agency of the Ghana Attorney General’s Department. Derick has extensive experience in handling land litigation, commercial, corporate and criminal matters.

He has authored the following Six (6) legal books-
1. Legal Reference Book volumes 1& 2 (Foreword by His Lordship Justice Batu, then a Supervising High Court Judge in Kumasi, Ashanti-Region (2014 & 2015)

2. Derick on Pleadings in Ghana (2016) (Foreword by His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah, Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana)

3.Handbook on Probate and Administration Practice (With Precedent) (2018) (Foreword by His Lordship Justice Jones Dotse, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana)

4. Law and Practice Relating to Motions and Affidavits in Ghana (With Precedent) (2018) (Foreword by His Lordship Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, Justice of the Court of Appeal and Member of Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences)

5.Handbook on Enforcement of Judgments (Practice and Procedure) (2020) (Foreword by His Lordship Justice Yaw Appau, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana) and

6. Appellate Practice in Ghanaian Courts (Principles and Procedure) (2020) (Foreword by Her Ladyship Margaret A. Dordzie, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana).

Derick has also published articles on different aspects of the law including family law, criminal law, civil procedure, constitutional law and equity& succession. Some of his articles are published on Ghana Law Hub, Dennis Law and Academia.edu

Derick is a member of the Ghana Association of Writers, an assistant law reporter for Ghana Law Reports, a former research assistant for Ghana Monthly Judgments (Law Report of the Superior Courts of Ghana) and he is currently one of the Chief-Editors of the Supreme Court Nuggets (2020), a DennisLaw Publication.

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