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Court, Trial Division, held at page 460 as follows: - AGENCIES (SOUTHAMPTON) LD. (1953) 3 WLR 426 would expect a prudent carrier to do. Again in THE WASHINGTON (1972) 2 Lloyd’s Law Reports 453 the carriers had a system...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 Quartey v. Nii Boye Quartey & Anor. Dated 23/9/49 (Exh. 8). He tendered in a ddition, Exhibits 9, 10 and 11. The Court of Appeal, [Lamptey, J.A. (as he...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 England, Vol. 14th Edition paragraph 84; Rep. V. Ghana Railway Corp. (1981) GLR 752, at 758; Aryee v. relied on by the Court of Appeal must be...
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS v. THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL
GLR 72, this Court had this to say regarding the nature of our discretion under Rule 79: "... in each case of non -compliance of whatever degree and nature, the decision to waive or not would lie with the court. And...
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Regional House of Chiefs is the 15th day of September, 1998 it would be pointless to do so. A worse impossibility of compliance would In REPUBLIC V. BREW (1992) 1 GLR 14 Kpegah, J. (as he then was) held that where no...
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complaint from the point of view of day of January, 1993. ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: · I have had the privilege of reading before hand the judgments of my learned sister Wood J.S.C. and my · learned brother Brobbey J.S.C. I...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 But in Charles Osenton & Co. v. Johnson [1942] AC 130 Viscount Simon L.C. said — "The law as to the reversal by a Court of Appeal of an order made by a...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 queenmother.” This was expatiated upon in In re Kwabeng Stool; Karikari v Ababio[2001 -2002] SCGLR people outside his paramountcy or division. This is...
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 FLORENCE NAADU LARTEY
ADJABENG, J.S.C.: This is an appeal against the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal which had dismissed the a ppellants' appeal and upheld the decision of the trial High Court dismissing their claim for grant of...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 fusion of jurisdiction in law and equity, in the case of Bou -Chedid v. Yalley [1976] 2 GLR 258. As the enshrined in Chapter 5 of the Constitution, a...
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evidence on record which the which one has to ask and answer is whether the process filed on December 18, 2000 termed “FURTHER J. V. M. DOTSE · J. ANSAH first a ppellate Court, the Court of Appeal could have used to...
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complaint from the point of view of of January, 1993. ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: · I have had the privilege of reading before hand the judgments of my learned sister Wood J.S.C. and my · learned brother Brobbey J.S.C. I agree...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 In POMAA AND OTHERS v. FOSUHENE [1987 -88] 1 GLR 244 -265 S. C, the court declared: that (JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)
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WAS AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE GROUND TWO The Court of Appeal fell into grave error in upholding the judgment of the trial court which judgment was totally against the weight of the evidence a dduced at the trial...
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brother Acquah, J.S.C. delivering the "... in an appeal against findings of facts to a second a ppellate Court like this Court, where a lower a ppellate a dopted by my learned sister Bamford -Addo, J.S.C). Our only...
CCL 73/96 entitled Fofo Rukiya Laryea v Amina Amorkor
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 was given against her in Suit Number CCL 73/96 entitled Fofo Rukiya Laryea v Amina Amorkor tendered in of ¢2million against the defendant and the co...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 irregularity. It was stated in the case of TIMITIMI v. AMABEBE [1953] 14 W.A.C.A. 374, by Coussey J.A. court of competent jurisdiction makes an...
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On February 14th 2001, we unanimously a llowed the appeal herein but reserved our reasons, which we now give as follows: — grounds of appeal in rather prolix terms. These may however, be briefly summarised as follows:...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 local case of GHANA NATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION VRS BAIDEN [1987 -88] 2GLR 163 CA to dissatisfied with the order is to go to the Court of Appeal, which...
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 of THE REPUBLIC VRS. HIGH COURT, BOLGATANGA; EX -PARTE: HAWA YAKUBU [2001 -2002] SCGLR 53. Where a High Court or a Court of Appeal a cts ultra vires the...
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a pplicants kept saying that since the BAMFORD -ADDO, (MRS) J.S.C.: · J.A. BAMFORD -ADDO (MRS) · KPEGAH, J.S.C.: · ADJABENG, J.S.C.: · ADZOE, J.S.C.: Court, Accra: Ex parte Darke XII and Anor. [1992 -93] 3 GBR 1138....
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www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 In POMAA AND OTHERS v. FOSUHENE [1987 -88] 1 GLR 244 -265 S. C, the court declared: that (JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)
[2025] GHASC 46 | 2025-07-23
This ruling addresses an application by the Applicants for special leave to appeal a decision from the National House of Chiefs, seeking an extension of time to file their appeal over a year after the initial decision....
[2025] GHASC 48 | 2025-07-23
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court decision and a subsequent Court of Appeal order because the High Court had made a ruling that affected the applicant's established rights as Ga Mantse without giving him an...
[2025] GHASC 47 | 2025-07-22
The Supreme Court, by a majority decision, cancelled a warrant of arrest that the High Court had issued against Kevin Ekow Taylor. The High Court had sought Taylor's arrest for contempt of court, alleging he made...
[2025] GHASC 43 | 2025-06-25
Universal Merchant Bank applied to the Supreme Court to overturn an interim judgment made by the High Court. The bank argued that the High Court lacked jurisdiction and made fundamental legal errors in its decision,...
[2025] GHASC 40 | 2025-06-25
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a land dispute where Dr. Osbert Nyarko Adjei claims Daniel McKorley trespassed on land Dr. Adjei leased in 2006 and built a fence wall. Dr. Adjei alleges that Mr. McKorley's...
[2025] GHASC 36 | 2025-05-28
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an application by the Lady Chief Justice for an interlocutory injunction to halt constitutional processes related to petitions for her removal from office. The court reiterated...
[2025] GHASC 38 | 2025-05-27
This document outlines a legal dispute over a house that was ordered to be restituted to Misyl Energy Company Limited after a money laundering conviction. A third party, Kwasi Osei Ofori, who claimed prior ownership of...
[2025] GHASC 34 | 2025-05-21
A civil society organization has filed a suit in the Supreme Court, seeking to declare the President's actions regarding petitions for the Chief Justice's removal and suspension as unconstitutional. The organization...
[2025] GHASC 37 | 2025-05-20
This ruling details an applicant's request for the Supreme Court to quash a High Court decision that led to his imprisonment for contempt of court and "scandalizing the court." The applicant alleges that the High...
[2025] GHASC 39 | 2025-05-06
This ruling's background outlines a case where a plaintiff challenges the constitutional process for removing the Chief Justice, arguing the Chief Justice must be notified and respond to a petition before the President...
[2025] GHASC 30 | 2025-04-30
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a civil appeal where Larry Blackmore is challenging lower court decisions that favored Bernard Klutse in a dispute over land ownership and alleged encroachment. Blackmore claims...
[2025] GHASC 27 | 2025-04-29
This Supreme Court appeal considers whether a company struck off the register has the legal capacity to initiate a lawsuit, and the implications if it is later restored. The case arises from an aircraft leasing dispute...
[2025] GHASC 33 | 2025-04-02
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a land ownership dispute, specifically recounting a previous related case between the same plaintiff and another party. In that earlier case, the High Court dismissed the...
[2025] GHASC 25 | 2025-04-02
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal regarding the ownership and possession of a house. The Plaintiffs claim ownership as children of the deceased original owner and seek to recover the property, while the...
[2025] GHASC 31 | 2025-04-02
This Supreme Court judgment addresses an appeal concerning a US$28 million tax assessment by the Ghana Revenue Authority on Maersk Drillship IV Singapore Pte Ltd. for petroleum operations. The case requires the court...
J3/11/2023 | 2025-04-02
[2025] GHASC 28 | 2025-04-02
This is an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging lower court decisions in a dispute between two family heads, the Kona and Nsona families. The core issue is whether both families belong to a wider "Dubua Ando...
[2025] GHASC 24 | 2025-04-02
This case concerns a dispute over land where the plaintiff claimed a prior interest based on a sale agreement with the first defendant. The second defendant, who later purchased the same land from the first defendant,...
[2025] GHASC 26 | 2025-04-02
The Supreme Court of Ghana affirmed lower court judgments that found a bank negligent for delaying the payment of a banker's draft, leading to the cancellation of a credit facility for its client. The client, a company...
[2025] GHASC 23 | 2025-03-20
The applicant sought an extension of time to file an application challenging a High Court decision regarding vehicle custody. The Supreme Court stated that its rules do not allow an extension if the request is made...
[2025] GHASC 17 | 2025-03-19
This Supreme Court judgment addresses an appeal concerning a personal injury claim where a plaintiff sought damages for injuries sustained in a vehicle accident caused by the defendant's employee. The appeal challenges...
[2025] GHASC 19 | 2025-03-19
This Supreme Court judgment explains the rules for a family member to represent their family in court to protect family property, based on both customary law and codified rules. A key issue in the appeal concerned the...
[2025] GHASC 18 | 2025-03-19
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal concerning a former employee's claim for medical expenses and repatriation after sustaining injuries while working for the defendants in Liberia. The Court of Appeal...
[2025] GHASC 14 | 2025-03-19
This Supreme Court judgment outlines an appeal concerning property ownership, where the 1st Defendant is challenging a Court of Appeal decision that affirmed a trial court's ruling in favor of the Plaintiff. The appeal...
[2025] GHASC 15 | 2025-03-19
This Supreme Court judgment addresses an appeal concerning whether the Court of Appeal had the authority to grant a stay of execution when the application was initially filed there and the full appeal record was not...
[2025] GHASC 13 | 2025-03-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal, confirming a lower court's decision to order a new trial in a dispute over unpaid legal services. The court found that the original trial judge unfairly deprived the defendant of...