| Koi Obuadabang Larbi | |
| Office: | Supreme Court Judge |
| Term Start: | 5 August 1970 |
| Term End: | 1972 |
| Birth Name: | Koi Obuadabang Larbi |
| Birth Date: | 1914 |
| Nationality: |  Ghanaian |
| Children: | Madonna Larbi |
| Alma Mater: | Durham University |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
| Grandchild(Ren): | Kwesi Otto |
Koi Obuadabang Larbi was an activist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1970 to 1972.[1]
Koi Larbi was born in 1914 in the Gold Coast.[2] He obtained his law degree in 1943 from Durham University[3] working at the West Indian seamen hostel as the warden.[2] While in school, he was a member of the West African Students Union (WASU). He qualified as a barrister at the Middle Temple[4] in January 1944[5] and begun private practice in London.[6] He became a legal advisor to the Gold Coast Farmers' delegation in the United Kingdom in 1945,[2] [7] and the following year, he became a legal advisor to the West African National Secretariat (WANS).[7] He was also a member African Progress Association and the chairman of the Committee for the Defence of People of African Descent, a committee that was formed to provide legal support to Black people.[7] [8]
Koi Larbi returned to the Gold Coast to resume private legal practice. He was called to the Gold Coast bar in 1946.[9] In 1969 he was appointed member of the Council of State[10] and a year later, he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana on 5 August.[11] [12] He was dismissed in 1972 when the Supreme Court was abolished by the National Redemption Council.