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]

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John Nicholas Kobina Taylor
Supreme Court Judge
In office 1980 – March 1990
Personal details
Born	John Nicholas Kobina Taylor 1925
Died	15 August 2008(2008-08-15) (aged 82–83)
Nationality	Ghanaian
Profession	Judge

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Taylor was born in 1925 and hails from Korankyekrom, Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana.^{[citation needed]}

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]

• List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ghana
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