Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, the prominent lawyer and co-founder of Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, has passed away after a short illness, close associates have announced.
He died at 73.
“He set out to improve the legal system itself by building Datacenta into the pre-eminent digital legal publishing house, publishing the law reports of Ghana as well as legislation and subordinate legislation,” said Professor Victor Essie in a message reposted by Bentsi-Enchill’s business partner Ace Ankomah on his own Facebook wall.
“He even completed a legal dictionary for Ghana. Kojo was a scholar, a lawyer’s lawyer & kind hearted. I would visit with him in Accra whenever I travelled to Ghana.
“I will miss him. May his soul rest in peace.”
Read the full, unedited post below:
Kojo [Bentsi-Enchill] must be no more than 73 years. We were class mates together with D. K. Letsa at the Legon Law Faculty. Kojo however joined our class after obtaining his first degree in political science in 1971.
We were buddies at the Law School & when he was in NYC in the early 80s. He worked with Ford Foundation as an international human rights program Officer & then later with Sherman & Sterling as a foreign associate for 2 years.
He never tried to get a green card. He was determined to relocate to Ghana to make a difference which he did. He started his own firm with his debating partner at Legon, Kwaku Letsa.
His father, Justice Kwamina Bentsi-Enchill, the author of The seminal work, Ghana Land Law, had in his earlier legal career, established the still existing law firm, Naoferg Chambers, which was inherited by Enoch D. Kom, famous for using his civil procedure wizardry to overcome his adversaries at the bar.
Incidentally, Naoferg Chambers was named for Kojo’s paternal grandmother, Naomi Ferguson. Instead of joining his father’s old law firm he chose to set up his own modern law firm. By all accounts, it is arguably the best law firm in Ghana.
He set out to improve the legal system itself by building Datacenta into the preeminent digital legal publishing house, publishing the law reports of Ghana as well as legislation & subordinate legislation. He even completed a legal dictionary for Ghana.
Kojo was a scholar, a lawyer’s lawyer & kind hearted. I would visit with him in Accra whenever I travelled to Ghana. I will miss him. May his soul Rest In Peace.
Prof. Victor Essie
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