Lawyer Isaac Minta Larbi Releases Book On Civil Procedure Precedents For Lawyers and Judges

Private Legal Practitioner and the Head of Chambers at The Law Office of Isaac M. Larbi, Okore Chambers at  Adweso in the EasternRegion, Lawyer Isaac Minta Larbi, has Released a book on Civil Procedure Precedents which contains the lawyers' practical guide to civil procedure.

Lawyers, especially fresh young lawyers who start engaging in private practice of the law need a lot of help to be able to stand on their feet.

Precedents is what they need to be able to practice the law. Without precedents life is more of a torture for the young lawyer.

There are also lawyers who work in the corporate world and hardly go to court.

However, being lawyers there are times the need arises to appear before the courts. Precedents is what they need to prepare the appropriate process to be able to file in court and represent their clients properly.

Mostly lawyers of the Attorney Generals Department handle lots of criminal cases due to lots of prosecutions.

When the time comes to engage in civil cases Precedents is what they need.

Basically, lawyers in this country need Precedents to be able to practice properly before our courts.

In order to make life easier for lawyers and judges, Lawyer Isaac Minta Larbi has published his book on Civil Procedure Precedents as a source reference book for all lawyers and judges in the country and even beyond to use to prepare the appropriate processes before our courts.

The book has received great endorsements from prominent judges, lawyers and attorney generals.

Civil Procedure Precedents Book is a first in modern time in Ghana’s legal forms and precedents. The book is a powerful toolkit on precedents. 

"Particularly in an era where there exists a wide diversity of style, tone and slants, this book will help in standardisation and perhaps help foster some harmonisation in legal forms and processes issued in ongoing litigation" in the words of Prof. K. A. Abotsi the Dean of the UPSA Law School endorsing the great book.

In a statement, Lawyer Larbi expressed his excitement at the release of the book on Civil Procedure Precedents.

"I am thrilled to release the book on Civil Procedure Precedents, calling on lawyers and judges to patronize the book as it has tons and tons of Precedents which will make their life easier when preparing processes for court.

Even though the Book has Precedents on Civil Procedure the Author has added a bonus Company Secretary Precedents as well as Criminal Procedure Precedents which makes the Book a comprehensive book for the practitioner of the law.

About the author  of the book

Mr. Isaac Minta Larbi is the Head of Chambers at The Law Office of Isaac M. Larbi, Okore Chambers, Adweso, in the Eastern Region established in March 2010. 

He was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2002 and has over 22 years of legal experience practicing as a lawyer in Ghana and beyond. He also has over 14 years managing his private law firm.

Mr. Larbi holds an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC, USA in December 2003.

Before then Mr. Larbi graduated with a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B.) from the Faculty of Law University of Ghana, (2000), and has a Barrister at Law from the Ghana School of Law, (2002).

He was awarded the “Academic Consortium Certificate of Excellence” by the Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone, in October, 2003. This is a Special Court that was set up by the United Nations.

He was also awarded the 2002 Dean Grossman Scholarship in International Law, American University Washington College of Law and the ILSP International Law Scholarship, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, USA. 

Mr. Larbi has participated in many international training programs including Peacekeeping training at the Lester B. Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Center in Nova Scotia, Canada, The Global Alliance for Justice Education World Conference in Durban, South Africa, as well as the American Society of International Law programs in Washington D.C., USA. He is also a product of the International Law Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. 

His area of expertise includes Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Immigration Law, International Project Finance Law, Trade and Investment, Commercial Arbitration, Transnational Litigation, and Intellectual Property Law. 

His previous employment includes working at the Center for International Policy (CIP) as a Legal Researcher and also for the War Crimes Research Office all in Washington DC, USA. 

His legal research at the CIP contributed to the Publication of the Book titled “Capitalism’s Achilles Heel” by Raymond Baker, a then Senior Research Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC. 

The book was voted “One of the Best Business Books in the Year 2005” by the Financial Times of the USA. 

In 2016 Mr. Larbi represented his client before the Administrative Tribunal of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he obtained judgment for his client in 2017 against the African Union. 

Lawyer Larbi was the SRC President of the Ghana School of Law from 2001 to 2002 and engineered the Ghana School of Law’s participation for the first time in the history of the Ghana School of Law in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in the year 2002. He later participated in the same competition as an International Judge in the years 2003 and 2004.

This Moot Court Competition has come to stay and has continued every year since 2002 with many law students and lawyers in Ghana today who have participated and benefitted from the Moot Court Competition.

The Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the legacy of Lawyer Isaac Minta Larbi at the Ghana School of Law.

Mr. Larbi has an authority standing to his credit in the case of “Dennis Torgbenu and 2 Ors Vs. Torgbe Nakakpo Dugbaza VIII (2019) 137 GMJ 202 SC” which is a Supreme Court decision regarding the reckoning of time for the 21 days allowed for interlocutory appeals.

Mr. Isaac M. Larbi has many write ups and publications many of which are available online and has an article titled “International Treaty Obligations v International War Crimes; Analyzing United States Article 98 Agreements of the International Criminal Court in the Context of International Legal Principles”  published in the Law Student Journal tilted “Eyes On The ICC Journal, Vol. 1 No. 1, 177 (2004).”

Aside being a Lawyer Mr. Larbi is a farmer, entrepreneur, writer and also a Trained and Certified Manager with experience in management having worked as a Store Manager in the USA where he was in charge of a high volume store with annual/yearly sales of over US$29 million.