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input2/Anderson and Heeley Ltd v Paterson — [1975] 1 All ER 523

Citation pending | 1974-11-05

of Sch 4 to the 1971 Act, since the a daptation of the van had not terminated its suitability as a goods vehicle but had merely decreased it, and the concrete lighting pillars which the van had been carrying were not ‘...

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input2/Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd — [1975] 1 All ER 968

2775160 or any of them are in restraint of trade | 1974-11-05

The a ppellant ( ‘ Amoco ’ ) was a refiner and distributor of petroleum products and the respondent ( ‘ Rocca ’ ) was a motor engineering company incorporated for the purpose of carrying on business as a service...

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REPUBLIC v. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE EX PARTE ADDO [1971

21619/GC/2 NELSON ADDO Service Inquiry | 1974-11-04

Following a service inquiry held into your conduct by Mr. A. A. Asare Assistant Superintendent, in a ccordance with regulation 4 (3) (c) of the Police Service (Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations, 1971, (L.I. 688),...

DANKWAH v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 2 GLR 308-312

42 of 1958 | 1974-11-01

On 13 August 1974, the a ppellant was a rraigned before the Akim Oda District Court Grade I charged with the offence of the use of an uninsured vehicle contrary to section 3 (1) of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party...

ACKOM v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 2 GLR 419-427

Citation pending | 1974-11-01

This appeal is brought against the conviction and sentence of the a ppellant by the District Magistrate Grade I, Sunyani (sitting at Bechem) on one count of careless driving and on many counts for negligently causing...

input2/Ayerst (Inspector of Taxes) v C & K (Construction) Ltd — [1975] 1 All ER 162

Citation pending | 1974-10-28

C & K (Construction) Ltd ( ‘ the taxpayer company ’ ) was a private company with an issued share capital of £100 divided into 100 £1 shares. Ninety-nine of those shares were registered in the name of another company,...

input2/A Schroeder Music Publishing Co Ltd v Macaulay — [1974] 3 All ER 616

Citation pending | 1974-10-16

Held – (i) A distinction had to be made between standard form contracts made freely between parties bargaining on equal terms and a standard form contracts, such as that made between the defendants and the plaintiff,...

OKORIE ALIAS OZUZU AND ANOTHER v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 2 GLR1

GG 196 had been traced and the person found in it had been a rrested. I a ccompanied the senior police officer | 1974-08-02

Crabbe C.J. delivered the judgment of the court. The a ppellants were convicted before Okai J. at the criminal session of the High Court of Justice, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, on 4 August 1972, for the murder of John...

MENSAH v. ESAH [1976] 1 GLR 424-431

Citation pending | 1974-07-30

This is an appeal from the judgment of the high Court, Sekondi. The facts can be stated briefly. By an a mended writ, the plaintiff sought the enforcement of an a rbitration a ward which declared in his favour, title...

BAIDEN v. ANSAH [1974] 2 GLR 407-419

WR 8691 driven by his servant | 1974-07-30

This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi, whereby the court entered judgment for the plaintiff and a warded very substantial damages for damage to his vehicle and

SALIFU AND ANOTHER v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 2 GLR 291-303

Citation pending | 1974-07-30

The two a ppellants were charged and tried jointly at the District Court Grade I, Tamale, for stealing 30 bags of paddy rice valued at ¢240.00 the property of the Ministry of Agriculture, Savelugu. On

input2/Arkwright and others v Thurley and others — [1974] 3 All ER 772

Citation pending | 1974-07-25

Will – Gift – Personal chattels – Articles of personal use – Furniture – Clocks – Collection of clocks – Collection inherited by testator – Collection stored in locked rooms by testator but not a dded to – Whether...

IVANOV v. SPEEDY TRAVEL AND TOUR LTD. AND ANOTHER [1974] 2 1

Citation pending | 1974-07-25

This is a running down case and the plaintiff is claiming damages for the physical injuries which he sustained in the a ccident. It may be noted that judgment in default of a ppearance was entered for the plaintiff by...

ELLIS AND WOOD FAMILIES v. NANA BAFFOUR II AND ANOTHER [1971

Citation pending | 1974-07-22

On 18 June 1974 I dismissed an objection raised by the second defendant's counsel to the jurisdiction of this court to entertain the plaintiffs' action and reserved my reasons which I now proceed to deliver. [p.194]...

input2/Attorney General (on the relation of Bedfordshire County Council) v Trustees of the Howard United Reformed Church, Bedford — [1974] 3 All ER 273

Citation pending | 1974-07-17

By an originating summons dated 15 March 1973 the Attorney General, on the relation of Bedfordshire County Council, claimed (i) an injunction restraining the defendants, the trustees of the Howard United Reformed...

input2/Bahamas International Trust Co Ltd and another v Threadgold — [1974] 3 All ER 428

Citation pending | 1974-07-10

This was an appeal by the plaintiffs, Bahamas International Trust Co Ltd and Harold Revington, the trustees of property known as Bolesworth Estate, against a judgment of his Honour Judge D T Lloyd-Jones given at Crewe...

HCDHigh Court For Damages For Malicious Prosecution. On Appeal, The Then Supreme Court

GYIMAH v. DONKOR [1974] 2 GLR 237-248

Citation pending | 1974-07-10

The action is for the recovery of ¢10,000.00 as damages for malicious prosecution. The parties come from a town called Maase near Tafo in the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Are a. At the time the cause of action a rose, the...

ADU v. BARCLAYS BANK AND ANOTHER [1974] 2 GLR 134-137

C.27 | 1974-07-08

This is an interpleader proceeding in which the claimant Kofi Adu of Dichemso, Kumasi, claims that as between him and the defendant judgment creditors he should be declared to have a better title to house No. C.27,...

input2/Balogh v Crown Court at St Albans — [1974] 3 All ER 283

Citation pending | 1974-07-04

Contempt of court – Criminal contempt – Jurisdiction – Summary committal – Power of judge on own motion to commit summarily for contempt – Circumstances in which power exercisable – Gross interference with course of...

NKAEGUO v. KUNADU [1974] 2 GRL 150-161

Citation pending | 1974-07-02

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 This is an appeal from the decision of the District Court Grade II, Dunkwa, dated 4 August 1972. That decision dismissed a trespass action by the...

REPUBLIC v. KWAHU TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

D10/Vol. 3/173 of 31 October 1972. | 1974-07-02

This a pplication is for an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Kwahu Traditional Council at its meeting of 23 October 1972 and 24 October 1972. The a pplication originated in the High Court, Accra, on 9...

CHATLANI v. HAROUTUNIAN [1974] 2 GLR 263-272

Citation pending | 1974-06-28

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 6 A counterclaim was put in by the defendant for the shortages discovered after the stock -taking of 1968, and which were the cause of the plaintiff's...

input2/Allen v Allen — [1974] 3 All ER 385

Citation pending | 1974-06-26

Divorce – Property – Adjustment order – Settlement of property – Benefit of other party or children – Matrimonial home – Husband sole owner at law – Exclusion of husband from home – Jurisdiction of court – Husband...

input2/Barnes v Barnes (Ayres cited) — [1947] 2 All ER 326

Citation pending | 1974-06-23

Condonation of a dultery is not the same thing as forgiveness in the ordinary sense of that word. It operates merely as a suspension of the husband ’ s rights to divorce, and that suspension lasts only so long as the...

SAFO-ADU v. BOAMPONG [1974] 2 GLR 107-113

Citation pending | 1974-06-17

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 The original action was a claim principally for a rrears of rent and damages for disrepair under a tenancy a greement, the defendant (hereinafter called...

REPUBLIC v. ADANSI TRADITIONAL COUNCIl

Citation pending | 1974-06-10

The short but important point a rgued in this appeal was whether or not the Adansi Traditional Council was seised with jurisdiction whenless than one half of the total number of its membership sat to hear and determine...

REPUBLIC v. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, HO

2 | 1974-05-31

On 26 November 1973, his honour Judge A. Gogo, sitting at the Circuit Court, Hohoe, had a rraigned before him two gentlemen charged with stealing ¢2,000.00 and ¢40.00 respectively. The property the subject -matter of...

HAPPEE v. HAPPEE AND ANOTHER [1974] 2 GLR 186-192

Citation pending | 1974-05-30

The petitioner in this case is a marine engineer and is a native of the Netherlands whilst the respondent is a Ghanaian by birth. On 21 July 1951 the petitioner married the respondent at the Sekondi District Marriage...

input2/Application des Gaz SA v Falks Veritas Ltd — [1974] 3 All ER 51

Citation pending | 1974-05-22

European Economic Community – Implementation of treaty in United Kingdom – Rights etc created by provisions of treaty – Rights created by provisions of treaty enforceable in English courts – European Communities Act...

STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION v. OPOKU-DARKWA [1974] 1 GLR 431

42 of 1958 | 1974-05-16

This is an a pplication by the State Insurance Corporation (which shall hereafter be referred to simply as the a pplicants) the underwriters of the defendant in this action, to set a side a default judgment obtained by...

input2/Beck and others v Value Capital Ltd and others (No 2) — [1974] 3 All ER 442

Citation pending | 1974-05-13

Writ – Indorsement – Amendment – Additional relief – Leave given to serve notice out of jurisdiction – Subsequent a pplication to a mend writ by claiming a dditional relief – Additional relief such that leave to serve...

input2/Banbury Borough Council v Oxfordshire and District Water Board — [1974] 2 All ER 929

Citation pending | 1974-05-08

Held (Sir Gordon Willmer dissenting) – The board were entitled to require the local authority to make a contribution towards the cost of the 27 inch trunk main for (i) on the true construction of s 37(1) a trunk main...

input2/Andrews v Andrews — [1974] 3 All ER 643

Citation pending | 1974-05-07

The petition was presented on 17 October 1973, and the answer was filed on 1 February 1974. The cause was a ccordingly transferred to the High Court, where it came on for trial before me today. I was then informed that...

BENNEH v. THE REPUBLIC AND ANOTHER [1974] 2 GLR 47-97

3 | 1974-05-06

This appeal raises very difficult problems of interpretation, and, in my view, this is the result of the proliferation of over -hasty Decrees which characterised the closing months of the a dministration of the...

TANOR AND ANOTHER v. AKOSUA KOKO [1974] 1 GLR 451-464

Citation pending | 1974-05-06

This appeal raises some interesting questions about the true requirements of a doption of a child in customary law. Although there is some controversy between the parties on the facts, there is also between them, a...

input2/Beck and others v Value Capital Ltd and others — [1974] 3 All ER 437

Citation pending | 1974-05-03

Practice – Document – Detention by court – Inherent jurisdiction – Document material to case – Interests of justice – Document not proved or put in evidence – Document submitted for inspection consequent on order of...

TORTO v. ANKRAH [1974] 1 GLR 363-366

Citation pending | 1974-04-25

This is an appeal against the decision of a district court grade I dated 19 August 1971 setting a side an auction sale on the grounds of an a lleged irregularity. It is necessary to show the background of the matter....

input2/Balen v Inland Revenue Commissioners — [1978] 2 All ER 1033

Citation pending | 1974-04-11

In April 1974 the Inland Revenue Commissioners, a cting under s 460(6)a of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970, notified the taxpayer that they had reason to believe that s 460 might apply to him in respect of...

APETORGBOR AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 1 GLR 347-355

Citation pending | 1974-04-03

Kportorgbe. They Saviour Gawuga could not be found in his bedroom but there were traces of blood on the verandah leading to the bedroom. Three days later, in the a fternoon of 20 April 1969, a school teacher at...

REPUBLIC v. GENERAL COURT

M/11 in Community 5 | 1974-03-28

Criminal law and procedure — Autrefois convict — Plea of — When a vailable — Military disciplinary service tribunal convicting a ccused of fraudulent misapplication and unauthorised use of Armed Forces' vehicle...

input2/Applin v Race Relations Board — [1974] 2 All ER 73

Citation pending | 1974-03-27

claiming (i) a declaration that the a cts referred to in para 4 of the particulars of claim were unlawful by virtue of ss 2 and 12 of the Race Relations Act 1968, and (ii) an injunction restraining the a ppellant and...

OPOKU-DARKWA v. AKYEA [1974] 1 GLR 272-276

GF 7188 | 1974-03-25

The plaintiff, Justice Opoku -Darkwa, a ged 25 years, is a post secondary school teacher earning ¢40.00 a month. He was, prior to the events giving rise to his present action against the defendant, teaching at Asuboi....

input2/Bentley-Stevens v Jones and others — [1974] 2 All ER 653

Citation pending | 1974-03-18

(i) The court would not grant an interlocutory injunction in respect of irregularities which could be cured by going through the proper process. If, for example, the proceedings that followed the board meeting of 28...

COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX v. MAATSCH

Citation pending | 1974-03-18

This is an a pplication for a full bench review of a joint judgment of the Court of Appeal (coram Apaloo, Sowah and Archer JJ.A.) dated 7 December 1970, reported [1971] 1 G.L.R. 213 a llowing an appeal by the...

FOFIE v. POMAA AND OTHERS [1974] 2 GLR 6-12

Citation pending | 1974-03-15

The plaintiffs issued an ordinary writ, a ccompanied by a statement of claim, wherein the claim against the defendant was for: "(a) An order of the court upon the defendant to pay ¢20.00 each month to the first...

REPUBLIC v. CONTROLLER AND ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL

162/1972 entitled The Attorney -General versus Dizengoff | 1974-03-07

The a pplication is for an order of mandamus under Order 59, r. 2 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), to compel the Controller and Accountant -General, the respondent herein, to...

input2/Barton v Commissioners of Customs and Excise — [1974] 3 All ER 337

Citation pending | 1974-03-06

A society was formed to further the knowledge of a lpine plants. The society had members both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Members paid a subscription of £2·50 or, if they were resident overseas, £3. The rules...

NSUO v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 1 GLR 309-315

42 of 1958 | 1974-02-26

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 was that at about 7 p.m. on the day in question the a ppellant was in charge of a timber truck No. AN 8748 which was conveying a caterpillar vehicle...

BECKLEY v. BECKLEY AND ANOTHER [1974] 1 GLR 393-403

C.379/10 | 1974-02-20

The plaintiff, in her originating summons, prayed specifically for the following reliefs, namely: (a) that the court may grant the plaintiff the custody of an infant, Edward Kofi Beckley; (b) that the court may grant...

REPUBLIC v. YEBOAH [1974] 1 GLR 268-271

Citation pending | 1974-02-18

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 (a) that the unknown man is dead; (b) that his death was caused by the a ccused; (c) that the a ccused caused his death intentionally; and (d) that the...