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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
[2021] GHASC 94 | 2021-07-21
The Supreme Court reviewed a High Court ruling that directed the National House of Chiefs to re-enter a chief's name into the national register, following an application from a party. The central legal question...
[2021] GHASC 90 | 2021-07-21
This ruling addresses the question of whether the Supreme Court of Ghana has the constitutional power to directly enforce its own judgments and orders without referring them to a lower court. This issue arose in a case...
[2021] GHASC 138 | 2021-07-21
This Supreme Court document outlines the background of a land dispute appeal, detailing the decisions of lower courts. The High Court established the defendant's ultimate ownership of the disputed lands, while the...
[2021] GHASC 141 | 2021-07-21
This judgment outlines an application asking whether the Supreme Court has the power to directly enforce its own judgments without referring them to a lower court. It details the background of a property dispute that...
[2021] GHASC 87 | 2021-07-21
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal stemming from a long-running land dispute. The lower courts had previously ruled on the title and possession of two parcels of land, ultimately granting the plaintiff...
[2021] GHASC 139 | 2021-07-21
[2021] GHASC 88 | 2021-07-21
[2021] GHASC 199 | 2021-07-21
The Supreme Court heard an appeal from Kingsley Amankwah, who was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 65 years for robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The judgment began by reflecting on the serious nature of the...
[2021] GHASC 86 | 2021-07-07
[2021] GHASC 136 | 2021-07-07
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal regarding a land ownership dispute between two families. The High Court had previously ruled in favor of the plaintiff's family, declaring them the owners of the disputed...
[2021] GHASC 85 | 2021-07-07
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by David Agbeli against Merchant Bank Ghana Ltd. following his summary dismissal for alleged breaches of the bank's credit policy. Agbeli argued his actions were either...
[2021] GHASC 135 | 2021-07-07
An employee was dismissed by Merchant Bank for allegedly breaching the bank's credit policy by approving facilities above his limit. He disputed the dismissal, contending his actions were either properly authorized or...
[2021] GHASC 182 | 2021-06-02
A debtor asked the Supreme Court to stop further enforcement of a judgment, claiming they had fully paid the outstanding debt, a claim disputed by the creditor. The court previously appointed an accounting firm as a...
[2021] GHASC 81 | 2021-06-02
The Supreme Court considered an application by a debtor claiming to have fully paid a judgment debt, which the creditor disputed. To resolve this, the court had previously directed an independent accounting firm to...
[2021] GHASC 178 | 2021-05-27
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by the defendants over an order to repay the plaintiff US$400,000, US$200,000, and GHC100,000, along with interest, following the termination of several agreements between...
[2021] GHASC 175 | 2021-05-27
This Supreme Court appeal involves Met Capital Group Limited and Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Ltd., arising from a dispute over the issuance of bank guarantees, cash collateral, and awarded damages. Both parties are...
[2021] GHASC 174 | 2021-05-26
This judgment concerns an appeal stemming from a dispute among traders who sought to formalize their occupation of land and build permanent shops. The core issue revolves around a delegation of traders who allegedly...
[2021] GHASC 78 | 2021-05-26
The Supreme Court is considering an application seeking to reverse a High Court judgment that ordered the sale of a property mortgaged to First Atlantic Bank. The dispute centers on a mortgage signed by an attorney for...
[2021] GHASC 179 | 2021-05-26
The Supreme Court heard an application seeking to quash a High Court judgment that ordered the judicial sale of a mortgaged property. The High Court had made this order to recover a debt from a company that defaulted...
[2021] GHASC 180 | 2021-05-26
This is an application to the Supreme Court seeking to nullify ongoing proceedings in the High Court, Sekondi, and prevent that court from continuing to hear a case. The High Court case itself was challenging a...
[2021] GHASC 79 | 2021-05-26
This document details an application asking the Supreme Court to stop the Sekondi High Court from hearing a case that alleges a previous chieftaincy judgment was fraudulently obtained. The applicant, who chaired the...
[2021] GHASC 177 | 2021-05-26
Obeng Gyebi appealed to the Supreme Court against a life sentence for conspiracy and robbery, arguing that the sentence was excessively harsh given the circumstances and his 20 years already served. This appeal follows...
[2021] GHASC 75 | 2021-05-20
This case concerns a party's application to review a previous decision where a single Supreme Court justice adopted settlement terms as a consent judgment. The party, who initially requested the adoption, now argues...
[2021] GHASC 176 | 2021-05-20
This judgment concerns a review application challenging a single Supreme Court justice's authority to adopt a settlement agreement as a consent judgment. The applicant, who originally requested this adoption over six...
[2021] GHASC 74 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning a land ownership dispute, affirming the High Court and Court of Appeal's concurrent findings. The Court concluded that the lower courts had correctly analyzed the...
[2021] GHASC 173 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning land ownership, affirming the High Court and Court of Appeal's decisions. The Court found that the lower courts had properly analyzed the evidence and issues, and the...
[2021] GHASC 72 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning a land ownership dispute, upholding the consistent factual findings and legal conclusions made by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Court found no...
[2022] GHASC 106 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court case involves an appeal by truck owners whose vehicles were destroyed in a factory fire, seeking compensation from the factory for alleged negligence. The appeal challenges lower court decisions that...
[2021] GHASC 109 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a maritime dispute between Maersk Ghana Limited and B.T.L. Limited, focusing on B.T.L.'s capacity to sue and the quantum of damages for perishable cargo. The dispute arose after...
[2021] GHASC 108 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court appeal concerns In-Petrol Ghana Limited's claim that Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) failed to pay for gasoil according to an agreed credit and payment schedule, causing In-Petrol to suffer losses....
[2021] GHASC 196 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court appeal concerns a dispute between two petroleum companies after a lower court affirmed that Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) failed to pay IN-PETROL Ghana Limited for gasoil sold on credit as per an...
[2021] GHASC 107 | 2021-04-21
The Supreme Court ruled on the competency of an appeal, clarifying that the High Court's dismissal of an entire lawsuit was a final decision. Therefore, an appeal from the Court of Appeal, which had reversed this...
[2021] GHASC 4 | 2021-04-21
This judgment addresses an appeal regarding the ownership of a house, where the High Court dismissed the plaintiffs' claim due to their inability to sue. The Supreme Court ruled that the High Court's initial dismissal...
[2021] GHASC 6 | 2021-04-21
This judgment concerns an appeal regarding an interim application filed during an ongoing divorce case between the parties. The application sought an order to eject one party from the matrimonial home and restrain them...
[2021] GHASC 113 | 2021-04-21
This Supreme Court judgment addresses an appeal concerning temporary orders for one spouse to be ejected from the matrimonial home and restrained from the property, made during a pending divorce case between Tony...
[2021] GHASC 5 | 2021-04-21
This Supreme Court judgment reviews a matrimonial case that originated with a husband's petition for divorce and custody, and a wife's cross-petition for property settlement and maintenance. The High Court dissolved...
J4/06/2021 | 2021-04-21
This document outlines the initial stages of a divorce case concerning a customary marriage. The High Court dissolved the marriage, granting the wife custody of the children, the matrimonial home, and financial...
[2021] GHASC 15 | 2021-04-14
This case involves a dispute between two Ghanaian migrant workers who cohabited in Italy, with the female plaintiff alleging an amorous relationship and financial contributions to the male defendant, who disputed...
[2021] GHASC 163 | 2021-03-31
This court judgment addresses an application by a successful party seeking to introduce fresh evidence on appeal. The party aims to contradict new evidence previously allowed to be presented by the opposing party.
[2021] GHASC 166 | 2021-03-31
[2021] GHASC 161 | 2021-03-31
[2021] GHASC 160 | 2021-03-31
This case concerns an appeal where a defendant was granted an extension of time to file written submissions by the Court of Appeal, despite a certificate of non-compliance being issued against them. The plaintiff...
[2021] GHASC 20 | 2021-03-31
[2021] GHASC 152 | 2021-03-31
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal regarding the enforcement of a prior court order for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to pay C.C.W Limited over US$9 million for waste disposal services. The court is...
[2021] GHASC 162 | 2021-03-31
This judgment considers an appeal regarding the ownership of House No. 29 Volta Avenue, Kumasi. While the High Court found the house belonged to the deceased testator's estate, the Court of Appeal reversed this,...
[2021] GHASC 172 | 2021-03-30
This excerpt outlines the background to a Supreme Court civil motion concerning an application initiated in the Ho High Court. The High Court had issued interlocutory orders restraining the gazetting and swearing-in of...
[2021] GHASC 171 | 2021-03-30
This court document outlines the background of a case where individuals obtained interim orders from the Ho High Court. These orders prevented the gazetting and swearing-in of a parliamentary candidate, based on claims...
[2021] GHASC 206 | 2021-03-30
This document outlines the background to a Supreme Court application concerning High Court orders issued in December 2020. The High Court had granted interlocutory injunctions preventing the gazetting and swearing-in...
[2023] GHASC 76 | 2021-03-24
This court ruling addresses an application by the plaintiff seeking clarification and review of a previous decision. The plaintiff disputes how interest rates and calculation methods were applied to two sums of money...
[2021] GHASC 147 | 2021-03-24