James Coussey

Sir James Henley Coussey QC (1891 – 6 June 1958) was a jurist in Gold Coast (British colony). He was a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, 1944–52, and President of the West African Court of Appeal, 1955–58. He was conferred with a knighthood by King George VI in the 1950 Birthday Honours.

Following the Accra riots of 1948, Coussey was commissioned by the United Kingdom to devise a Constitution for the Gold Coast, chairing the Committee on Constitutional Reform. Known as the Coussey Report, the work of the Committee informed the 1951 Constitution, paving the way for the Gold Coast's ultimate independence in 1957.