Accra, April 1, GNA - Mrs. Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, Chief Justice of Ghana, will leave Accra on Wednesday to attend this years' Commonwealth Law Conference at Hong Kong, China.

A release signed by Dr. Kwapong, Director of Communications, said the Chief Justice would lead a three-member delegation to the forum, dubbed "Dynamics of Law in a Rapid Changing World".

The event that was being organized by the Hong Kong Law Society in collaboration with Commonwealth Association of Lawyers would take place between 5th and 9th April 2009.

The statement said the meeting which was the 16th in series would discuss issues relating to the Judiciary and the Media, how to obtain adequate funding for the Judiciary as well as how to tackle judicial workload.

It said Mrs. Wood would deliver a keynote address on the topic "Democracy Good Governance and the Role of the Legal Profession" at the opening ceremony. The release said other members of the delegation included Mr Justice Isaac Duose, Justice of the Appeal Court and Ms Justice Barbra Ackah-Yensu of the Commercial Court