| John Nicholas Kobina Taylor | |
| Office: | Supreme Court Judge |
| Term Start: | 1980 |
| Term End: | March 1990 |
| Birth Name: | John Nicholas Kobina Taylor |
| Birth Date: | 1925 |
| Nationality: |  Ghanaian |
| Profession: | Judge |
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John Nicholas Kobina Taylor (1925-2008) was a Ghanaian judge. He served on the Ghanaian judicial bench for about twenty-one (21) years. He was a Supreme Court judge from 1980 to 1990.[1]
Taylor was born in 1925 and hails from Korankyekrom, Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana.
Taylor served as a Crown Counsel, State Attorney,[2] Director of Public Prosecutions[3] [4] and also Acting Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in 1969.[1] He joined the bench around the period as a High Court judge.[5] As a High Court judge, he was appointed chairman of the Taylor Assets Commission.[6] The commission's mandate was to investigate the assets of public officials and to ascertain if these assets were legally acquired.[6] After about ten years of service to the High Court bench he was appointed to the Supreme Court without promotion to the Appeal Court.[1] [7] As a Supreme Court judge he was the chairman of a three-member committee appointed to investigate the leakage of examination and other related matters in the West African Examination Council.[8] He retired in March 1990 at the then compulsory retirement age of sixty-five (65) years.[1] He died on 15 August 2008 at the age of 83.[1]
. Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu . Ghana Law Since Independence: History, Development, and Prospects: Collection of Essays to Commemorate the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Ghana's Independence, 6th March, 1957-6th March, 2007 . 2007 . Black Mask for Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon . 978-9988838515 . 147.