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diff --git a/markup/pod/not_without_help.austin_amissah/media/text/en/not_without_help.austin_amissah.sst b/markup/pod/not_without_help.austin_amissah/media/text/en/not_without_help.austin_amissah.sst index 552c8c1..d9886b5 100644 --- a/markup/pod/not_without_help.austin_amissah/media/text/en/not_without_help.austin_amissah.sst +++ b/markup/pod/not_without_help.austin_amissah/media/text/en/not_without_help.austin_amissah.sst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ make: 1~ Preface -{austin_amissah.jpg 354x444 "Austin Amissah" }https://www.amissah.com/ +{nwh_amissah_austin.jpg 319x567 "Austin Amissah" }https://www.amissah.com/ My justification for indulging in these reminiscences is simple. For many years, I have been trying to persuade our older people to write their memoirs. Most of them cannot be bothered to spend their time writing. For one thing, it is not easy to work oneself into that discipline which writing requires. But an even more serious objection they have is to enquire who would be interested in reading about their lives. They consider their recollections trivia. While I was a Trustee of the Valco Fund, I tried to do something about overcoming the first difficulty: if one could not write down regularly what would constitute a memoir, one could from time to time just talk about the events of one's past. With the support of my old teacher and friend, Dr. Modjabeng Dowuona, we got the Trustees to recommend and to fund the purchase of recording equipment and to appoint an editor who would visit the various personalities whose personal lives were to be recorded and get them just to ramble about the past. It was the editor's duty after that to edit what he had got and to make a consistent story about it. This was the beginning of the oral history programme which the Fund introduced. @@ -1520,9 +1520,9 @@ As time went by, I began to wonder whether the Military Government would keep to :B~ Appendix -:C~ Recollections in Hospital +:C~ Misc -1~in.hospital (Recollections in Hospital) +1~in.hospital Recollections in Hospital - short (2001.01.01) @@ -2070,213 +2070,181 @@ MAY HE REST IN PERFECT PEACE AMISSAH - Austin Neeabeohe Evans, died in London on 20th January 2001 aged 70. Services at Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London on Friday 9th February at 2.00pm and at Ridge Church, Accra, Ghana on Tuesday 27th February. No flowers please but donations if desired to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund c/o Chelsea Funeral Directors, 260b Fulham Road, London SW10 9EL, 020 7352 0008. -2~ CURRICULUM VITAE of AUSTIN NEEABEOHE EVANS AMISSAH +2~cv Curriculum Vitae of Austin Neeabeohe Evans Amissah -Occupation: Legal Consultant/Judge. +!_ Occupation: -table{ c2; 15; 85; +_* Legal Consultant/Judge. -Born: +!_ Born: Accra, Ghana; October 3, 1930. -Educated: -Achimota School, Ghana; +!_ Educated: - -St. Bees School, Cumbria, England; +_* Achimota School, Ghana; - -Oxford University (B.A., 1954; M.A., 1959); +_* St. Bees School, Cumbria, England; - -Lincoln's Inn, London (Barrister-at-Law, 1955). +_* Oxford University (B.A., 1954; M.A., 1959); -}table +_* Lincoln's Inn, London (Barrister-at-Law, 1955). -Professional Career: -table{ c2; 15; 85; +!_ Professional Career: -1955-62 +!_ 1955-62 Crown-Counsel/State Attorney, Attorney General's Department, Ghana; -1962-66 +!_ 1962-66 Director of Public Prosecutions, Ghana; 1966 (Feb-Oct) Acting Attorney General; -1966-76 +!_ 1966-76 Judge of the Court of Appeal, Ghana (except in 1969-71, the final appellate court in Ghana); retiring voluntarily from the Court on December 31 1976; -1977-78 +!_ 1977-78 Legal Consultant - dealing with investment and commercial matters; -1979 +!_ 1979 Commissioner (Minister) of Justice and Attorney General, and Commissioner for Local Government, Ghana; -1979 (Oct.) +!_ 1979 (Oct.) resumed as Legal Consultant in Ghana; -1981- +!_ 1981- Judge of the Court of Appeal, Botswana; President of the Court (since Jan.1988); -1982- +!_ 1982- Also pursuing professional activities as Legal Consultant from base in London. -1992-97 +!_ 1992-97 Arbitrator in case between an American corporation as claimant and Republic of Ghana and Ghana Railways Corporation as respondents. -1998 +!_ 1998 Arbitrator, Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal -}table +!_ Other Positions Held in Ghana -Other Positions Held in Ghana - -table{ c2; 15; 85; - -1969-74 +!_ 1969-74 Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana (on secondment from the Ghana Court of Appeal). -1967-82 +!_ 1967-82 Chairman or Sole Commissioner of several Commissions or Committees of Enquiry, on matters including: the organisation and operation of Ghana State Insurance Corporation; the External Loans contracted by Ghana Government between 1977 and 1978; advising the President and Parliament on the remuneration of the principal officers of State; advising on the review of the Master Agreement and other agreements entered into between the Government of Ghana, Valco, the World Bank and governmental agencies in the U.S. and U.K in connection with the financing and construction of the Volta River Project; -1969-75 +!_ 1969-75 Chairman, Ghana Law Reform Commission; -1970-82 +!_ 1970-82 Member of several Councils and Committees, including: Council for Legal Reporting (1970-72) - (Chairman, 1974-76); Council of the University of Cape Coast and Chairman, Academic Advisory Committee (1971-76); Legal Class Appointments Board (1968-72) - (Chairman, 1979); Police Council (1979-81); Ghana Medical School Council (1980-82); -1969-81 +!_ 1969-81 Managing Trustee, Valco Fund (Trust fund established by the Volta Aluminium Co. Ltd. of Ghana, subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum of U.S) for the promotion of education, health social welfare etc. in Ghana). -1977-78 and 1981-85 +!_ 1977-78 and 1981-85 Director, UAC (Ghana) Ltd., the largest private commercial concern in Ghana. -}table - -International Activity +!_ International Activity -table{ c2; 15; 85; - -1968-79 +!_ 1968-79 Member, U.N. Expert Group on Tax Treaties between Developed and Developing Countries; (Chairman of Group, 1975-79); -1971-75 +!_ 1971-75 Member, Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association; -1973 (Jan-Dec) +!_ 1973 (Jan-Dec) Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, (based in the Smithsonian Institution Building) Washington D.C, U.S.A. (during period also conducted some seminars and lectures at the Harvard Law School, International Section); -1974 (Jan-June) +!_ 1974 (Jan-June) Visiting Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A; -1974 +!_ 1974 Member of Advisory Committee appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., U.S.A on the future of the Peace Corps; -1974 +!_ 1974 Member of three-man Committee appointed by Commonwealth Secretary General under chairmanship of Sir Roy Marshall (with Professor John Ll. Edwards as third member) to review forms of cooperation in legal matters within the Commonwealth; -1979 +!_ 1979 Chairman of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva seminar on Trade Mark problems in Developing Countries; -1992 (Oct-Dec) +!_ 1992 (Oct-Dec) Leader, Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa; -1993 +!_ 1993 Chairman, Presidential Commission of Inquiry (with Sir Kenneth Keith of New Zealand and Justice Muhammadu Uwais of Nigeria, since then Chief Justice) on the Araly Point Explosion, which resulted in the death of several Senior Military Officers, Sri Lanka. -1994- +!_ 1994- Director, Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC. (U.K) -1996- +!_ 1996- Member, The Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal. -2000 +!_ 2000 Member, Presidential Commission of Enquiry (with Lord Mackay of Clashfern as Chairman and Dr. L. M. Singhvi as the other member) into the Administration of Justice in Trinidad and Tobago. -}table - -Clients provided with Legal Consultancy Services include: +!_ Clients provided with Legal Consultancy Services include: -table{ c2; 15; 85; +Bank of Ghana (1977-78 and 1980); Social Security Bank, Ghana (1977-78); National Investment Bank, Ghana; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana (1978); Ministry of Finance, Ghana (1980); Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana (1980-82) (and again since 1997); African Export Import Bank (Afrexim) (1993-) (pre-inception founding documents); Selmer-Sande A/S of Norway (1980-); FMO, the Netherlands (1981); Nordic Fisheries Management Company (NORFICO) A/S of Norway (1984-); WIPO, Geneva, (1985): consultant on the compilation of The Situation of Industrial Property in the Countries of Africa (published in 1985); African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) General Secretariat, Brussels (ACP) (1987-91) on the development of the General Conditions for Contracts of Construction, Supply and Services for EDF funded projects and the drafting and negotiation with the EEC of the ACP/EEC Arbitration Rules; Elders Resources Finance Limited (ERFL), Australia, through their lawyers Freehill, Hollingdale & Page in Perth, Western Australia: (1988-90); Fidelity Bank of Philadelphia, U.S.A. (1990); - -Bank of Ghana (1977-78 and 1980); Social Security Bank, Ghana (1977-78); National Investment Bank, Ghana; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana (1978); Ministry of Finance, Ghana (1980); Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana (1980-82) (and again since 1997); Selmer-Sande A/S of Norway (1980-); FMO, the Netherlands (1981); Nordic Fisheries Management Company (NORFICO) A/S of Norway (1984-); WIPO, Geneva, (1985): consultant on the compilation of The Situation of Industrial Property in the Countries of Africa (published in 1985); African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) General Secretariat, Brussels (ACP) (1987-91) on the development of the General Conditions for Contracts of Construction, Supply and Services for EDF funded projects and the drafting and negotiation with the EEC of the ACP/EEC Arbitration Rules; Elders Resources Finance Limited (ERFL), Australia, through their lawyers Freehill, Hollingdale & Page in Perth, Western Australia: (1988-90); Fidelity Bank of Philadelphia, U.S.A. (1990); - -1989-90 +!_ 1989-90 Commonwealth Secretariat, Technical Assistance Group, London: advised the Government of Swaziland in negotiations with foreign companies and the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) over transfer/acquisition of shares and public policy issues involved in the ownership of Usutu Pulp Co. Ltd., the largest single industry in Swaziland; -1991 +!_ 1991 Commonwealth Secretariat assignment as Senior Legal Consultant to advise the Preferential Trade Area of Eastern and Southern African States (PTA) with respect to its Tribunal for the settlement of disputes between Member States and with respect to its Appeals Board for the hearing of appeals of staff members from the administrative decisions of the Secretary-General; -1992-94 +!_ 1992-94 Engaged on USAID funded project to provide legal infrastructural support for financial sector in The Gambia, involving drafting of financial and commercial legislation (together with Dr. Albert Fiadjoe of the Law Faculty, Barbados, University of West Indies); -1993 +!_ 1993 Also engaged as Consultant to review the scope and functions of the Ministry of Justice, The Gambia. -1994 +!_ 1994 Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat on South African constitutional matters. -1994 +!_ 1994 Engaged by Commonwealth Secretariat (ELAS) (with Professor Ross Cranston of the London School of Economics) to review the Ghana Companies Code in relation to the legislation of the Ghana Stock Exchange. 1995-96 Engaged by the Commonwealth Secretariat (ELAS) to join Dr. K. Date-Bah and Mr. Makbul Rahim of ELAS to do a diagnostic survey of the commercial laws which impede investment in Ghana. -1996-97 +!_ 1996-97 Consultant in a GTZ funded project to look into the reorganisation of the Attorney-General's Chambers of Namibia. 1997- Consultant to the Volta River Authority of Ghana. -1997- +!_ 1997- Member of a Consultancy selected by the Government of Ghana, for a World Bank funded project on human resource development and law library facilities in the legal sector. -}table - -Membership of Professional Organisations etc. - -table{ c2; 15; 85; +!_ Membership of Professional Organisations etc. -Member: - +!_ Member: - Ghana Bar Association; - British Institute of International and Comparative Law; - American Society of International Law; - International Bar Association; - Commonwealth Lawyers Association; - London Court of International Arbitration - President of its Pan African Council; -Member: - +!_ Member: - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; -Member - +!_ Member - WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panel -Fellow: - +!_ Fellow: - Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. -}table +!_ Publications include: -Publications include: +_* Criminal Procedure in Ghana (Sedco Press) (1982): Winner of the NOMA Award for Publication in Africa, 1983 (venue of presentation-Harare, Zimbabwe); also winner of the Ghana Book Award, 1983; -table{ c1; 100; +_* The Contribution of the Courts to Government: A West African View (Clarendon, Oxford University Press) (1982); -Criminal Procedure in Ghana (Sedco Press) (1982): Winner of the NOMA Award for Publication in Africa, 1983 (venue of presentation-Harare, Zimbabwe); also winner of the Ghana Book Award, 1983; +_* Arbitration in Africa (joint editor with Judge Cotran) (Kluwer Law International) (1996). -The Contribution of the Courts to Government: A West African View (Clarendon, Oxford University Press) (1982); +_* Several articles in Legal Journals and books on various topics, including the history of the Courts of Ghana, the administration of justice, arbitration and patents. -Arbitration in Africa (joint editor with Judge Cotran) (Kluwer Law International) (1996). +!_ Personal Status -Several articles in Legal Journals and books on various topics, including the history of the Courts of Ghana, the administration of justice, arbitration and patents. +Married, 1956, to Stella (nee Mattsson); one son, Ralph, and two daughters, Tonesan (Amissah-Furbert), and Juliet. -}table - -Personal Status - -table{ c1; 100; - -Married, 1956, to Stella (nee Mattsson); one son, Ralph, and two daughters, Tonesan (Amissah-Furbert), and Juliet. Address: - -1 Westgate Terrace, London SW10 9BT, England. - -Telephone: (44)-71-370 6991 Fax: (44)-71-370-5895 - -}table +-{ Address: 1 Westgate Terrace, London SW10 9BT, England.}- 2~ From Stella to Austin +{nwh_amissah_austin_and_stella_1.jpg 560x425 "Austin & Stella Amissah" }https://www.amissah.com/ + Tomorrow And tomorrow the sun will shine again and on the path I follow it will unite us again in our happiness in the midst of this earth which breathes the sun... @@ -2285,6 +2253,8 @@ And to the broad shore, blue with waves, we shall walk down, slowly and quietly; John Henry Mackay set to music, in German, by Richard Strauss +{nwh_amissah_austin_and_stella_2.jpg 560x420 }https://www.amissah.com/ + % CHECK % Sam & Jessie Annie or Anie ?? |