The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkonoo has opened 12 special courts dedicated to small claims and debt recovery cases.
Eight of these courts are located in the Greater Accra Region while four of them are situated in the Ashanti Region.
The courts were created following an observation of a spike in small claims cases filed at the district court in Ghana. The increase has been attributed to cases filed by a single company Bills MicroCredit.
Justice Esaaba Torkonoo at the opening of the courts noted that ‘the data further revealed that over 70% of the total cases filed by Bills MicroCredit were for claims less than GHC 5,000.”
