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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
Citation pending | 1971-02-09
On 30 May 1968, the a ppellant was convicted in the Circuit Court, Kumasi, on one count of possessing three forged Bank of Ghana ten new cedi notes, contrary to section 18 (2) of the Currency Act, 1964 (Act 242). He a...
Citation pending | 1971-02-08
Held – In determining whether the defendant was entitled to invoke the defence of volenti the court was not concerned with what was in the innermost recesses of the parties ’ minds nor with what the plaintiff had...
Citation pending | 1971-02-03
The a ppellant pleaded guilty to a charge of a ssault under section 48 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), before the District Court Grade II, Takoradi, and was convicted and sentenced to a fine of N¢50.00 or three...
Citation pending | 1971-01-29
was in fact the particulars of the offence. The offending se ction of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), was not stated. Learned counsel for the Republic while a dmitting this irregularity urged that it was not fatal...
Citation pending | 1971-01-28
Customary law — Arbitration — Setting a side a ward — Principles on which court proceeds. Customary law — Seduction — Son, by — Paternal responsibility — Whether father liable at customary law for son's misconduct with...
AN 906 | 1971-01-25
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 purpose of repairing it. At the date of the hearing of this action, the respondent's vehicle had not been repaired, a lthough it was still standing at...
42 of 1958 | 1971-01-25
The respondent was a passenger in vehicle No. WR 5374 which was involved in an a ccident on 9 March 1964. She sustained injuries from this a ccident. The vehicle was at the date of the a ccident driven by one Kow Sobir...
Citation pending | 1971-01-25
This appeal is from the judgment of the High Court, Accra, which Ollennu J. (as he then was) delivered on 7 May 1962. By that judgment, the court dismissed a claim by the a ppellant for recovery of possession and...
Citation pending | 1970-12-18
It was a rgued for the taxpayer bank that, in order to succeed in its appeal, it was enough for the taxpayer bank to show that a valuable and sufficient consideration for the liability it a ssumed under the deed of...
Citation pending | 1970-12-14
January 1968 up to December 1969 and an order of the court ejec ting the a ppellant from the premises which he had a pparently rented to her. The writ of summons was served on the a ppellant on 16 January 1970 and the...
Citation pending | 1970-12-11
(ii) The proper measure of damages, since it was uneconomic to repair the house, was what the house would have been worth, when the breach was discovered in 1965, if it had been properly built, and the plaintiff was...
Citation pending | 1970-12-11
Passing-off – Trade name – Discontinuance of user – Name of business – Closure of business – Goodwill – Retention of goodwill after closure – Goodwill a ttached to name of business – Action to protect name maintainable...
Citation pending | 1970-12-08
North & South Trust Co issued a writ against Lambert Brothers (Insurance) Ltd ( ‘ Lamberts ’ ) claiming declarations that they were entitled to possession and delivery up or inspection of any documents then or...
23 of 1958 | 1970-12-07
The plaintiff -respondent (hereinafter called the respondent) claimed from the defendants - a ppellants (hereinafter referred to as the a ppellants) the following as a ppears in her writ of summons: "N¢200.00 damages...
Citation pending | 1970-12-07
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 defendant with the writ were unsuccessful, the High Court, Sekondi, on the a pplication of the plaintiff, granted an order for substituted service....
33/1926 entitled Kwame Asante | 1970-12-04
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 The plaintiff had on his writ of summons issued on 28 October 1967 claimed an order for the specific performance of a contract with the defendants to...
1 | 1970-12-03
This was an appeal by the plaintiffs, Beecham Foods Ltd, from an order of Ungoed-Thomas J dated 9 May 1969 and reported [1969] 3 AllER 135, that a liquid manufactured by the plaintiffs under the trade name Ribena was...
Citation pending | 1970-12-02
This was an appeal by the a ppellants, Armstrong Whitworth Rolls Ltd, from a decision of the Industrial Tribunal dated 6 July 1970 whereby it was determined that the a ppellants were liable to pay the respondent,...
Citation pending | 1970-12-02
Shipping – General a verage expenditure – Vessel and cargo in position of peril – Towage contract on UK Standard Towage Conditions giving wide indemnity to tugowners – Contract a general a verage act – Expenditure...
14 | 1970-11-27
[p.73] Under the schedule it is stated that Nai Whetey Ndamkwei IV the Awutu Odefey in the Awutu Traditional Are a was destooled on 31 December 1969, and in his place one George Kwame Osadu had been enstooled under the...
Citation pending | 1970-11-19
‘ We revert to your letter of the 18th June last, … ’— and then later continued —‘ There can be no doubt that the Italian Agreements referred to in the Pleadings, as well as the Italian Judgments, are all governed by...
Citation pending | 1970-11-19
Practice – Summary judgment – Leave to defend – Bill of exchange – Action on bill of exchange by holder in due course – Defence of fraud a ffecting bill set up – Clear evidence of value given in good faith and no...
Citation pending | 1970-11-17
The plaintiff herein claims against the defendants N¢1,200.00 damages for an a lleged a ssault on him on 23 January 1967, by Messrs. J. O. A. Lamptey and J. K. Commey both of whom were prison officers at the material...
Citation pending | 1970-11-13
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 (d) an order of injunction to restrain the defendants from holding the examination scheduled for November 1970; (e) damages for negligence. Looking at...
Citation pending | 1970-11-12
In this case the plaintiffs' claim against the defendant endorsed on the writ of summons is as follows: "(a) An order of the court upon the defendant to subsist and maintain and educate the second and third plaintiffs...
[1971] GLR 161 | 1970-10-30
In this a pplication, the defendant is a sking for an order striking out the writ of summons or dismissing the suit either under Order 25, r. 4 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), or...
Citation pending | 1970-10-27
Per Lord Reid. If the present problem had a risen while the pre-1949 law was still in force I am very much inclined to think that the court would have held that it was contrary to the general intendment of the Statute...
Citation pending | 1970-10-19
Members of an a ssociation, including all the manufacturers of large transformers in the United Kingdom, entered into an a greement ( ‘ the original a greement ’ ) whereby restrictions were placed on the prices at...
Citation pending | 1970-10-19
Sowah J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. Amadu Fulani was on the 20 January 1967 after a summary trial by the Circuit Court, Accra, convicted of the offences of conspiracy, unlawful entry and stealing property...
Citation pending | 1970-10-16
This was an a pplication by the plaintiff company, Beachway Management Ltd, claiming a declaration that certain property, in the name of the defendants, Leslie Jim Wisewell and Barbara Grace Wisewell, was charged in...
Citation pending | 1970-07-31
Divorce – Foreign decree – Recognition by English court – Competence of court granting decree – Competence a ccording to municipal law – Court irregularly constituted – Judge not fulfilling conditions precedent to...
Citation pending | 1970-07-24
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 could not be enforced. The Evia Luck No 2 [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 319; Pall On v Lau Yill Long [1979] 3 All coerced into selling his house. Accordingly,...
KC 5001 with those goods which are worth over N | 1970-07-17
This a pplication is brought under Order 34, r. 2 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), a sking for an order staying certain proceedings that are now pending before the Lartebiokorshie...
Citation pending | 1970-06-24
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 sale was repudiated by the Krobos. They said that a lthough an amount of ¢5,000 was paid this was in respect of costs in certain litigation between Kojo...
Citation pending | 1970-06-16
(c) the plain purpose of the provisions contained in s 8(6) of the Act and cl 31(b) of the deed of union was to achieve finality in the interpretation of the doctrine of the Methodist Church for which task the...
Citation pending | 1970-05-28
On 6 December 1968, the plaintiffs, who carried on business as hirers and sellers of gaming machines, and had recently sought to acquire a controlling interest in Butlin ’ s Ltd, a big entertainment company, brought a...
Citation pending | 1970-05-28
On 12 February 1971 I a llowed the appeal against the conviction of the a ppellant by the District Court Grade II, Nkawkaw, on a charge of stealing contrary to section 124 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29)....
Citation pending | 1970-05-27
Trust and trustee – Trust for sale – Realty – Express trust – Trust in will to sell and divide proceeds among beneficiaries – Nature of beneficiaries ’ interests – Tenants in common of proceeds of sale – No interest in...
Citation pending | 1970-04-22
This was an action by Andrew Charles Baker, claiming damages against his employers, F Rendell & Sons Ltd, for injuries sustained on 30 March 1966, while he was employed as an a pprentice bricklayer. The facts are set...
Citation pending | 1970-04-17
This a pplication seeks an order of certiorari to quash the proceedings in a suit instituted before the judicial committee of the Ahanta Traditional Council. The a pplicant is the chief of Takoradi [p.234] and it would...
91 | 1970-03-23
defendant is for: "(a) A declaration that he be declared elected member of Parliament for Chiana -Paga constituency. (b) An injunction against the defendant, from holding an election in the Chiana -Paga Constituency...
Citation pending | 1970-03-12
(i) as to the s 42 charges, there was no lottery because the participants had not made any payment or contribution, either towards the prizes themselves, or towards funds, ie profits, out of which prizes were provided...
Citation pending | 1970-03-06
Income tax – Appeal – Appeal against a dditional a ssessment under Sch E – Adjournment of appeal – Assessment made in respect of unexplained increase in taxpayer ’ s wealth – Increase a lleged by Crown to represent...
Citation pending | 1970-03-03
This was an appeal by B S Brown & Son Ltd against an interlocutor of the First Division of the Court of Session (the Lord President (Lord Clyde), Lord Guthrie and Lord Migdale) dated 10 July 1969 and reported [1969]...
Citation pending | 1970-02-16
This was a transferred suit from the Anlo State A and Native Appeal Court, Keta, to the Lands Court, Accra. Pleadings were ordered and filed, but upon the establishment of a High Court at Ho, the case was further...
Citation pending | 1970-01-28
Injunction – Ex parte injunction – Jurisdiction to make – Court ’ s inability to hear full a pplication – No fault of plaintiff or defendant – Prima facie case showing irreparable damage likely to plaintiff.
2 | 1970-01-27
Amua -Sekyi J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the majority. On 4 May 1988, the High Court, Cape Coast gave judgment for the plaintiff, Kojo Mensah, for: (a) declaration that Accra Standfast Football Club (Standfast) are...
6 Block P | 1970-01-22
The a ppellants are rogues. They were found by the learned trial judge, Koranteng -Addow. J., to have fabricated a case and to have suborned witnesses to put that case to the court. They do not complain about that....
C 1 | 1970-01-19
On 20 December 1969 I gave a decision dismissing the motion filed on behalf of the a pplicant and I reserved the reasons for the said decision. I now proceed to give the reasons for my so dismissing the motion. On 12...
2 | 1970-01-13
The plaintiff -respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) brought this action in the High Court for the following reliefs: "(1) Declaration of title, and recovery of possession of all that piece and parcel...