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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
Citation pending | 2004-11-25
Man company kept its funds on deposit with B bank. The Jersey company executed a deed of indemnity in favour of B bank in respect of the bank ’ s obligations under its guarantee of the subsidiary ’ s obligations to the...
Citation pending | 2004-11-17
Employment Appeal Tribunal – Grounds of appeal – Appeal on any question of law – Right to a fair trial – Unreasonable delay in employment tribunal promulgating decision – Whether independent ground of appeal –...
BL58/2005 VS. | 2004-11-03
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 The 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants who contested the suit all denied that the house in dispute belonged to the plaintiff at the time of sale. They however...
Citation pending | 2004-10-28
The claimant was engaged to carry out certain works for the defendant under a contract incorporating a JCT standard form. The contract provided for the reference of disputes to an a djudicator. Clause 39A.2 provided...
Citation pending | 2004-10-25
Bankruptcy – Jurisdiction – Jurisdiction to act in aid of another British court – Statutory provision requiring every British court to act in aid of each other in bankruptcy matters – Whether provision having been...
Citation pending | 2004-10-06
The claimant, who was a serving prisoner, was a minority shareholder in a family company. He issued a claim form and particulars of claim seeking a money payment, a lleging unfair prejudice by the defendant majority...
Citation pending | 2004-07-29
The claimant was the sole trustee of a pension fund (the scheme) and the defendants were the principal employer under the scheme, a member of the scheme who was receiving the pension due to her, and a member of the...
Citation pending | 2004-07-02
Will – Option – Option to purchase realty – Will providing for testator ’ s house to be offered for purchase to claimant – Will specifying periods for a cceptance and completion – Claimant a ccepting offer within...
Citation pending | 2004-07-01
The employee was employed by the defendant council as a road sweeper, which was a post graded as manual worker grade 1. As a result of a complication during minor surgery, she became virtually unable to walk and could...
Citation pending | 2004-06-17
Limitation of action – Period of limitation – When time begins to run – Claim made by claimant relating to failure of defendant to a ssess and treat him for dyslexia – Whether claim for personal injury – Date of...
Citation pending | 2004-05-28
High Court – Jurisdiction – Tax a ppeals – Statutory procedure for tax a ppeals to General or Special Commissioners – Taxpayers bringing proceedings in High Court against Inland Revenue claiming damages and restitution...
Citation pending | 2004-05-25
A large fraud was perpetrated on a bank by a group of individuals based largely in Nigeria. As part of the fraud, a sum of $US 8·05m was transferred from the bank to the defendant transferees. Most of that sum was...
Citation pending | 2004-05-24
By a consent order made during the trial of an action brought by the claimant against the defendant, the judge dismissed the action and ordered the claimant to pay the defendant ’ s costs on an indemnity basis subject...
Citation pending | 2004-05-12
Magistrates – Jurisdiction – Trial of information – Validity of information – Laying of information – Laying of information by means of data entries in computer system – Time of laying of information where data entries...
Citation pending | 2004-05-06
The complainant was a male-to-female transsexual who had undergone gender reassignment surgery. Her a pplication to become a police constable was rejected by the chief constable. He considered that as she remained male...
Citation pending | 2004-04-01
The claimant was a teacher employed by the defendant council. The post he held as head of a department was a bolished in a restructuring of staffing and the claimant reapplied for a new post in his subject. In order to...
Citation pending | 2004-04-01
The claimant was the owner of a common to which s 193a of the Law of Property Act 1925 a pplied. Under s 193(4) it was a criminal offence for any person to drive a vehicle on any such land ‘ without lawful authority ’...
Citation pending | 2004-03-29
The claimant, a child of compulsory school age, was one of the pupils suspected of being responsible for a fire deliberately started at his school on 8 March 2001. The head teacher decided that the children should stay...
Citation pending | 2004-03-05
ACQUAH, CJ: The Plaintiff invokes the original jurisdiction of this court, for: — "(c) A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 47(1)(5)(6) and 113 of the Constitution of the Republic of...
Citation pending | 2003-12-01
Bankruptcy – Discharge – Automatic discharge – Application for suspension of automatic discharge – Appeal from dismissal of bankrupt ’ s a pplication to strike out a pplication to suspend automatic discharge – Power of...
Citation pending | 2003-11-28
The a ppellant was a director of a company, The Air Component Co Ltd (the first company), which traded in air compressors. It went into creditors ’ voluntary liquidation in February 1998 and was later dissolved. In...
Citation pending | 2003-11-05
The defendant charity contracted to sell certain freehold property to the second defendant. The contract contained the statement required by s 37(1)a of the Charities Act 1993 that the property was land to which the...
Citation pending | 2003-10-10
Practice – Criminal proceedings – Consolidation of existing practice directions, practice statements and practice notes – Amendment – Appeals against sentence – Provision of notice to the prosecution.
9/2000 KLIMATECHNIK | 2003-07-23
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 4. in answer to paragraph 7, the 1st Defendant a dmits that the formal a greement was never finalised and executed but insists that the draft sub...
Citation pending | 2003-07-16
A social worker made a complaint under the Children and Young Persons Act (New Zealand) 1974 that the father of two daughters a ged seven and five had sexually a bused his younger daughter. That Act imposed on the...
Citation pending | 2003-06-18
Bankruptcy – Discharge – Automatic discharge – Application for suspension of automatic discharge – Appeal from dismissal of bankrupt ’ s a pplication to strike out a pplication to suspend automatic discharge – Power of...
I mean I was relatively a junior member of staff at that time | 2003-05-21
European Community – European Court of Justice – Jurisdiction – Reference to European Court of Justice – Application of guidance given by European Court of Justice on law to findings of fact made by national court.
Citation pending | 2003-05-19
A complaint was made to the defendant law society against the second claimant law firm and the first claimants, who were partners and former partners in the firm. The law society established a complaints committee and...
5/2000 1. AKUA PREMPEH 2. KWADWO AMOATENG 3. OSEI ASSIBEY 4. AMA KONADU | 2003-05-14
AMPIAH, JSC.: This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal which a ffirmed the decision of the trial High Court. The plaintiffs are the children of one Ama Owusuaa whose mother was Akua Frema, a full...
Citation pending | 2003-05-09
The respondent was the tenant of business premises and entitled to the security of tenure provided by Pt II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. On 7 January 2002, the a ppellant landlord sent by recorded delivery a...
Citation pending | 2003-04-10
The a ppellant wife was correctly classified and registered as male at birth in 1946, but had dressed and lived as a woman since 1975. She underwent gender reassignment treatment, culminating in surgery in 1981. Later...
Citation pending | 2003-04-03
The a ppellant sub-contractor entered into an a greement with the main contractor to supply labour to enable the latter to build a factory for the respondent employer. When a rrears built up on the sums due to it from...
Citation pending | 2003-04-03
(1) An immediate custodial sentence will generally be necessary in respect of a person who has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving. Aggravating factors include (a) consumption of drugs (including legal...
4/2001. | 2003-04-02
7/2000 | 2003-03-12
BROBBEY J.S.C.: Describing his capacity as a citizen of Ghana simpliciter and a person with the duty to defend the Constitution, the plaintiff issued a writ invoking the original jurisdiction of this court. He cited as...
Citation pending | 2003-02-06
Under a settlement, the settlor had a life interest in the property settled. That life interest was subject to an overriding power of a ppointment by the trustee, with the consent of the protector under the settlement,...
Citation pending | 2003-02-03
Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Civil jurisdiction – Special jurisdiction as regards dispute a rising out of the operations of a branch, a gency or other establishment – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch...
5/2002 NANA YAW OSEI .. .. | 2003-01-22
MRS. WOOD, J.S.C.: The a ppellant, who was employed by the respondent company as a mine operator, was subsequently diagnosed with a cardiac disease and therefore retired on medical grounds. Contending that his illness...
1/2003. | 2003-01-22
Citation pending | 2003-01-21
(a) an order striking out the defence of the first defendant, Women ’ s Total Abstinence Educational Union Ltd (the Charity), and (b) a summary order for specific performance of a contract entered into by the Charity...
75/2002 GERTTRUDE AGYEKUM | 2003-01-15
THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA – GHANA ACQUAH, JSC. AKUFFO, JSC. AFREH, JSC SETH TWUM, JSC. CIVIL MOTION NO. 75/2002 GERTTRUDE AGYEKUM : PLAINTIFF/APP/APPLICANT AND AMADU BABA : CO -PLAINTIFF/APP/APPLICANT VRS. 1. AMADU BABA...
75/2002 THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA | 2003-01-15
The issue for determination in this ruling is whether or not a party’sstatement of case filed woefully out of time, can be permitted to be a mended, especially where the defaulting party has not a sked for leave to...
Citation pending | 2002-12-20
Race relations – Proceedings – Assessors – Whether a ssessors in race relations cases having role in decision-making process – Whether views of such a ssessors to be disclosed to parties in course of hearing or...
Citation pending | 2002-12-19
Nuisance – Damages – Repairs to building – Cost of repairs – Flying freehold – Claimant owning freehold of ground floor of property – Defendant owning freehold of upper floors and roof – Defendant a llowing roof to...
The committees | 2002-12-17
[74] Since the above judgment was delivered in private on 11 December, there have been further developments. (a) I have been made a ware that the Department of Health has received recent a dvice from its CJD Therapy...
Citation pending | 2002-12-16
In three cases involving sexual offences against young girls, the Attorney General considered that the sentences imposed were unduly lenient. The first offender had been sentenced after a trial to three years ’...
Citation pending | 2002-12-12
[12] The structure of the judgment here ([2003] AllER (EC) 1) follows a standard layout. Having identified (at 23 (paras 1, 2)) the proceedings in which and the national court from which the reference was being made,...
Citation pending | 2002-12-12
Contempt of court – Criminal contempt – Intention to interfere with course of justice – Breach of injunction by person not party to action – Crown obtaining interlocutory injunction restraining former Security Service...
Citation pending | 2002-11-27
In two unrelated cases, fathers sought orders requiring the mothers of their children to give to them a ppropriate immunisation. Part of the immunity which might have been relevant related to an injection which had...
Citation pending | 2002-11-07
The approach to be a dopted when making an ‘ offer of a mends ’ pursuant to the regime introduced by ss 2 – 4 of the Defamation Act 1996 is one that a ccords with the modern ‘ cards on the table ’ method of litigation...