Yaw Appau is a Ghanaian judge who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from July 2015 to August 2021.
20 Facts About Yaw Appau
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Yaw Appau was born on 2 August 1951 at Badu, a town in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
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Yaw Appau is a tribal Koulango who live mostly in the Bono region of Ghana and the Zanzan district of Ivory Coast.
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Yaw Appau began schooling at the Wenchi West Primary School for his primary education and proceeded to the Bekwai Methodist Middle School for his Middle School Leaving Certificate.
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Yaw Appau was in Prempeh College in 1965 but was unable to complete his studies for his Ordinary-Level certificate due to financial constraints.
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Yaw Appau dropped out of the school in 1967 and enrolled at the Ajumako Teacher Training College, where he obtained his Teachers' Certificate "A".
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Yaw Appau later received his Ordinary-Level and Advanced-Level certificates as a private candidate.
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Yaw Appau was called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in December 1982.
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Yaw Appau became the Regional Coordinator of the then Students and Youth Task Force in the Northern Region after he was called to the bar in 1982.
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Yaw Appau was called to the bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in December 1982.
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Yaw Appau was appointed a member of the National Investigations Committee upon his return in 1984.
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Yaw Appau resigned from the NIC in May 1985 and entered private legal practice at Barimah Chambers, Sunyani.
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Yaw Appau worked as a district magistrate from 1991 to 1995.
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In 2006, Yaw Appau was elevated to the position of an appeal court judge.
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Yaw Appau holds membership in associations locally and internationally, some of which include; the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana.
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Yaw Appau has participated in various national and international conferences and authored a number of papers on key topics.
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Justice Yaw Appau was nominated together Justice Gabriel Pwamang by the then president, John Mahama.
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Yaw Appau was vetted by parliament on 3 June 2015 and approved by consensus on 24 June 2015.
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Yaw Appau was sworn into office together with Gabriel Pwamang on Monday, 29 June 2015.
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Yaw Appau was part of a seven-member panel constituted by the Chief Justice, that heard the 2020 election petition by John Mahama against The Electoral Commission of Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo.