Sir James Henley CousseyKBE QC (1891 – 6 June 1958) was a jurist in Gold Coast (British colony). He was a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, 1944–52,[1] and President of the West African Court of Appeal, 1955–58.[2] He was conferred with a knighthood by King George VI on 8 June 1950.[3]
Following the Accra riots of 1948, Coussey was commissioned by the United Kingdom to devise a Constitution for the Gold Coast, chairing the Committee on Constitutional Reform.[4] Known as the Coussey Report, the work of the Committee informed the 1951 Constitution, paving the way for the Gold Coast's ultimate independence in 1957.
^The London Gazette, 17 March 1944, Issue 36430, p. 1286.
^Ibhawoh, Bonny (2013). Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court. Oxford University Press. p. 41.
^The London Gazette, 2 June 1950, Issue 38929, p. 2776.
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