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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
Citation pending | 1999-01-29
By originating summons dated 14 October 1994 the plaintiff, the Bank of Cyprus (London) Ltd (the bank), sought possession of 6 Culgaith Gardens, Oakwood, Middlesex, the matrimonial home of the defendants, George Markou...
Citation pending | 1999-01-20
20 January 1999 fence for one month to enable a pplicant refund money -Supervision of sentence unlawful but sentence of eight years' imprisonment lawful -Whether Supervision to be severed from lawful order of...
15/96 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE ACCRA Civil Appeal No. 15/96 THE REPUBLIC VERSUS THE LANDS COMMISSION ... APPELLANT EX -PARTE | 1999-01-13
4/98. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE ACCRA - GHANA CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4/98 THOMAS OKOE ARUNA NELSON ... RESPONDENT VERSUS 1. ROBERT ANUM ... 1ST DEFENDANT 2. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ... 2ND | 1999-01-13
54/98 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE ACCRA CIVIL MOTION NO. 54/98 THE REPUBLIC APPLICANT VERSUS THE COURT OF APPEAL EX -PARTE | 1998-12-02
EDWARD WIREDU, J.S.C.: The Republic, Applicant to this a pplication shall hereafter be referred to simply as the Applicant, whilst the Interested Party (Mr. Benneh) will also hereafter be referred to simply as the...
Citation pending | 1998-11-24
The defendant was a solicitor who a cted for the plaintiff lender in a mortgage transaction. The plaintiff issued proceedings against the defendant in respect of that transaction, but was unable to serve the writ on...
Citation pending | 1998-11-24
also was para 17.4 of the council ’ s terms and conditions of tenancy in I and B ’ s cases. It followed that each of the s 82(6) notices had been properly served at a specified a lternative address at which someone on...
Citation pending | 1998-11-18
Divisional Court – Jurisdiction – Variation of sentence – Justices committing a pplicants into custody for non-payment of fines – Justices a greeing orders should be quashed because of deficiencies in committal...
Citation pending | 1998-11-05
Held – Ordinary use of residential premises was not capable of a mounting to a nuisance, unless it was unusual or unreasonable having regard to the purpose for which the premises were constructed. In the instant case,...
Citation pending | 1998-10-27
Between December 1995 and January 1996 a cargo of fruit was shipped in a vessel owned by the respondents from Seattle and Port Canaveral to Rotterdam. The cargo was carried under three bills of lading on the Congenbill...
Description Acreage | 1998-10-27
In 1975 a farm was sold by a conveyance which delineated the land by reference to the Ordnance Survey map and included field number 6751. In 1985 the defendant bought part of field 6751 which a djoined a field owned by...
Citation pending | 1998-10-15
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 Mercer Alloys Corporation v Rolls Royce Ltd [1972] I AllER 211 at 218 a pplied. Weymouth & Melcqmbe(Regis:C,orp~ration0I.9H) 27,P& CR 468 48 I and Peak...
1 | 1998-09-24
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 (b) Mesne profit from November 1997 On 2nd November 1998, the Circuit Court entered judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant, who though served,...
Citation pending | 1998-07-31
(9) Although the bank is normally entitled to assume that a solicitor who is a sked to a dvise the wife will discharge his duties fully and competently and will not restrict himself to giving an explanation of the...
Citation pending | 1998-07-31
The a ppellant, a juvenile, requested a 13-year-old girl to perform an act of oral sex. Despite the girl ’ s refusal he persisted, a lthough without success. As a result an information was laid against him charging him...
Citation pending | 1998-07-30
In deciding whether an offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence is justified within the meaning of s 1(2)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, the court will usually find it helpful to begin by considering...
9/97 IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Civil Appeal No. 9/97 LESLIE RODNEY NII LANTEY HEWARD -MILLS | 1998-07-29
Citation pending | 1998-07-23
The plaintiff in each of five a ctions was a well-known company possessing registered trade marks, most of which incorporated the company ’ s name and the use of which was such that the plaintiffs owned substantial...
Citation pending | 1998-07-22
Contempt of court – Publications concerning legal proceedings – Substantial risk of prejudice to fair trial – Criminal trial in progress – Newspaper a rticle published about offences in question – Criminal proceedings...
16/94. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Writ No. 16/94 1. FRED EDUKUMA ELLIS HOUSE NO.A23/5 ASHANTI ROAD | 1998-07-22
Atuguba, J.S.C. · Ms. Akuffo, J.S.C. WRIT NO. 16/94. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Writ No. 16/94 1. FRED EDUKUMA ELLIS HOUSE NO.A23/5 ASHANTI ROAD, CAPE COAST LAWFUL ATTORNEY OF THE ELLIS FAMILY OF CAPE COAST 2....
56/97 dated 15th July | 1998-07-15
court for extension of time to dated the 14th of September, 1999 and all subsequent papers including the statements of defendants' cases AMPIAH, J.S.C.: · ADJABENG, J.S.C.: · ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: · OBENG VS. BOATENG (1966)...
2/98. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Criminal Motion No. 2/98 452/91 | 1998-07-14
J.S.C. · Atuguba, J.S.C. · Ms. Akuffo, J.S.C. · MRS J. BAMFORD -ADDO, J.S.C. · HAYFRON -BENJAMIN, J.S.C.: · ADJABENG, J.S.C.: · MS. AKUFFO, J.S.C.: · ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: · enter tain the same. I would however prefer the...
Citation pending | 1998-06-30
Held – Where a landlord and tenant entered into an a greement to obtain possession against a subtenant, and the terms of the a greement were that the landlord would serve a notice to quit and the tenant would refrain...
Citation pending | 1998-06-24
RSC Ord 13, r 1 provides that, if a writ is indorsed with a claim for a liquidated demand only and the defendant fails to give notice of intention to defend, the plaintiff may, after the prescribed time, enter judgment...
3/97 | 1998-06-24
Citation pending | 1998-06-18
Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Challenge to jurisdiction – Reinsurance contract – Defendant insurance company domiciled in Greece reinsured by English reinsurers – Reinsurers issuing proceedings in England seeking...
Citation pending | 1998-06-17
In 1956 G began to work for H on the latter ’ s farm, and continued in H ’ s employment until 1995. Over the years H indicated an intention to leave the bulk of his estate to G, and he made that intention known to G...
CA | 1998-06-17
7/93 IN THE SUPREME COURT | 1998-06-17
AMPIAH J.S.C.: I have had the opportunity of reading before hand the opinion of my brother Acquah, J.S.C. and I am in a greement with him that the appeal should be dismissed. I however have this short comment to make...
2/97 | 1998-06-06
C. HAYFRON -BENJAMIN, J.S.C.: MR. JOSEPH HENRY MENSAH was on the 7th December, 1996 elected the Member of Parliament for the SUNYANI EAST Constituency in the nationwide Parliamentary elections. On the 25th February,...
Citation pending | 1998-05-20
Arbitration – Stay of court proceedings – Grant of stay – Building contract – Employer claiming damages against contractor and a rchitects for breach of contract and negligence – Building contract providing for...
Citation pending | 1998-05-20
The defendants carried on insurance and reinsurance business in London. They reinsured Lloyd ’ s Syndicate 947 under a continuous contract of reinsurance incepted in 1957. It was a 50/50 proportional reinsurance, with...
Citation pending | 1998-05-20
Counsel – Negligence – Immunity – Pre-trial deliberations – Advice on prospects of appeal – Counsel instructed to a ppear at civil trial on behalf of plaintiff – Judgment entered against plaintiff – Counsel a dvising...
Citation pending | 1998-05-13
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 IN RE MOSHIEHENE OF KUMASI; ABDULRAHMAN v ABUBAKARI [1999 -2000] IGLR180 -194 Whether a pplication/l for review of order of Supreme Court to be granted...
2 | 1998-05-13
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 And in the celebrated case of Mosi v. Bagyina [1963] 1 GLR 337, the Supreme Court held (as stated in The decision of the court (reported as Republic v....
Citation pending | 1998-05-08
Arbitration – Award – Appeal – Evidence – Agreement containing a rbitration clause – Applicant contending that it was not a party to a greement – Arbitrator on preliminary hearing finding it was and that he had...
Citation pending | 1998-05-06
Following the death of the general superintendent of the Saviour Church of Ghana two of his children, the caveinors, obtained letters of a dministration in respect of his estate. Subsequently, the two a pplicants...
INVESTIGATIONS | 1998-04-22
INVESTIGATIONS (BNI) [22/04/1998] C.M. NO. 21/96 IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA - GHANA 21/96 . ABEL EDUSEI ... PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT VERSUS: 1. THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL 2. THE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS (BNI)
Citation pending | 1998-04-02
A a pplied for a sylum in the United Kingdom. Under art 1A(2)a of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the term ‘ refugee ’ a pplied to any person who ‘ owing to well-founded fear ’ of being persecuted...
8/98 IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA CIVIL MOTION NO. 8/98 THE REPUBLIC VERSUS | 1998-03-18
Amissah J.A. wrote in the SALLAH case, supra, "to give power to a · oaths of its members render justice to all without fear or favour, good will or illwill. As Amissah J.A. put it in · In the ex parte Pennington (D.C.)...
Citation pending | 1998-03-12
The plaintiff building society brought an action against the defendant a rising out of a transaction in 1990 in which the defendant had a cted as solicitor for the plaintiff and its borrower in connection with the...
Citation pending | 1998-03-03
The a ppellants were the registered proprietors of premises which they ran as a post office, newsagent and off-licence. The business was purchased with the a ssistance of a loan of £160,000 from the respondent bank,...
Citation pending | 1998-02-20
The tenant ran a restaurant from premises held by him under a 20-year lease dated 14 January 1974 to which Pt II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 a pplied. On 4 October 1993 the landlords served a notice under s 25...
2/90. | 1998-02-04
6/96. | 1998-01-28
L 725/95 entitled Rainsford A. Adotey VRS | 1998-01-15
FRIDAY THE 15TH day OF JULY, 2011 BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP MR. JUSTICE S. H. OCRAN J. version incredible or impossible. Dicta of Ollienu J. (as he then was in Trifo VRS. Dua VIII (1959) GLR 63 at SUITNO.725/95 RAINSFORD A....
Citation pending | 1997-12-19
court, and that plea was unsustainable. The appeal would therefore be a llowed and the injunction originally granted made final (see p 146 e f j to p 147 b g h, p 148 j, p 149 a b f, p 151 c, p 153 j and p 154 b, post).
Citation pending | 1997-12-19
Legal aid – Order for costs – Award of costs against a ssisted person – Enforcement of order – Court of Appeal, following appeal from county court, making order for costs against a ssisted person, not to be enforced...
Citation pending | 1997-12-18
B worked full-time for the respondent bank from July 1979 until February 1990, when she went on maternity leave. She returned to work in October 1990 on a part-time basis, but ceased employment in April 1993 after a...
Citation pending | 1997-12-17
17 December 1997 devising family property under his will to his children -Whether disposition valid. [pg 832] JBA and his brother IRA a cquired a house as joint tenants. On the death of JBA, the house became the sole...