ESSIEM v THE REPUBLIC     Courts—Court of Appeal—Jurisdiction—Cases “pending” before public tribunals at time of their abolition—Chief Justice empowered to transfer cases to appropriate courts—Statutory definition of “pending”—Whether meaning of “pending” embracing both statutory and common law definitions of word—Applicant convicted by Greater Accra Regional Public Tribunal—No appeal filed by applicant with regional or National Public Tribunal—Applicant seeking extension of time to file petition of appeal ten months after abolition of public tribunal system—Whether applicant’s appeal pending before tribunals at time of their abolition—Whether Chief Justice can transfer case to Court of Appeal—Constitution, 1992, Sched 1, s 7(1) and (4) —Courts Act 1993 (Act 459), s 115(11).