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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
[2023] GHASC 102 | 2024-01-24
The Supreme Court dismissed Kwesi Kwetia's appeal, upholding lower court rulings that Simon Hopper, representing the Royal Nsona Family, had established rights to use and enjoy Nkanfoa lands. The court found that...
[2023] GHASC 94 | 2023-07-27
This document outlines the background to a legal dispute where Expressway Microfinance Ltd. challenged the Bank of Ghana's 2019 decision to revoke its operating license and appoint a receiver. Expressway Microfinance...
[2023] GHASC 95 | 2023-07-27
This civil appeal concerns the Bank of Ghana's decision to revoke the operating license of Boin Microfinance Ltd. Applicants had challenged this revocation through judicial review, arguing it was unlawful, arbitrary,...
[2023] GHASC 92 | 2023-07-27
This Supreme Court judgment concerns whether the High Court acted within the Economic and Organised Crime Office's (EOCO) legal authority when it confirmed an order to freeze the applicant's assets. The applicant is...
[2023] GHASC 79 | 2023-07-27
This Supreme Court appeal concerns a land dispute, challenging a previous Court of Appeal decision that reversed an earlier High Court judgment. The core issues involve land ownership, the parties' legal standing, and...
[2023] GHASC 90 | 2023-07-26
The Supreme Court is reviewing an appeal by the Defendant against a Court of Appeal decision that had reversed a lower court, granting the Plaintiff title to land, damages for trespass, and a perpetual injunction. The...
[2023] GHASC 93 | 2023-07-26
This Supreme Court appeal challenges a Court of Appeal decision that overturned a High Court judgment regarding the inheritance and administration of a deceased person's estate, including a house. The central dispute...
[2023] GHASC 82 | 2023-07-19
This Supreme Court judgment addresses whether arbitration, as mandated by the Banking and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016, is the sole legal avenue for challenging a banking license revocation, or if...
[2023] GHASC 88 | 2023-07-19
The Supreme Court considered whether a 1964 legal instrument, E.I. 108, affected parcels of land that were already occupied or granted by the Osu Stool, including two plots leased to Barclays Bank. The Osu Stool argued...
[2023] GHASC 98 | 2023-07-19
This case before the Supreme Court concerns a land ownership dispute between Togbe Lugu Awadali IV, representing the Anyigbe Clan, and Torgbui Abordor VIII, who granted a parcel of land to Gloryland Estate. The Court...
[2023] GHASC 80 | 2023-07-19
This case concerns a dispute over land ownership where both parties claimed title and sought various reliefs. While the High Court initially sided with the plaintiff, the Court of Appeal later overturned that decision.
[2023] GHASC 89 | 2023-07-19
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a long-standing chieftaincy dispute and clarifies the jurisdictional boundaries between regular courts and traditional chieftaincy tribunals in Ghana. The case highlights that while...
[2023] GHASC 83 | 2023-07-19
This court judgment addresses an appeal concerning a dispute over the sale of a house between Francis Appiah-Mensah (plaintiff) and Gifty Anane-Wireko (defendant). The plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to...
[2023] GHASC 84 | 2023-07-05
This document details the background and grounds of an appeal filed in the Supreme Court by a defendant. The defendant is challenging a Court of Appeal decision that upheld a trial court's judgment concerning the...
[2023] GHASC 85 | 2023-07-05
NO. J4/72/2021 | 2023-07-05
This Supreme Court appeal addresses a Catholic Church's challenge to a building permit issued by a district assembly, allowing another church to build on land previously zoned for residential use. The Catholic Church...
[2023] GHASC 78 | 2023-07-05
This is an appeal regarding a former employee's claim for unpaid salaries and migration to the permanent payroll of the Youth Employment Agency. The employee alleged victimization for reporting corruption, but his case...
[2023] GHASC 91 | 2023-07-05
This document is the beginning of a Supreme Court judgment concerning an appeal filed by Poultry Equipment Manufacturing Industry and Pouly Equip Farms (the Plaintiffs). The Plaintiffs are challenging a Court of Appeal...
[2023] GHASC 81 | 2023-07-05
This Supreme Court judgment is an appeal by Electricity Company Ltd against a Court of Appeal decision that granted reliefs to its employee, Bernard A. Allotey. The case centers on disciplinary action taken against...
[2023] GHASC 86 | 2023-07-05
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by Kennedy Andam (3rd Defendant) in a land dispute, where Nancy Acquah (Plaintiff) claims ownership of a parcel of land she acquired in 2000. Andam is appealing the High...
[2023] GHASC 68 | 2023-06-28
The Supreme Court quashed a High Court decision that varied a previous order staying the execution of a judgment. The Supreme Court found that the High Court lacked the authority to make this variation while the main...
[2023] GHASC 66 | 2023-06-27
Ecobank Ghana Limited applied to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court decision that upheld a garnishee order against Ecobank's funds. Ecobank argued the High Court improperly allowed enforcement of the...
[2023] GHASC 64 | 2023-06-27
The Supreme Court dismissed an application filed by Brigadier General Augustine Asiedu, providing the reasons for its decision. Asiedu was facing contempt proceedings in a lower court for allegedly using military force...
[2023] GHASC 70 | 2023-06-21
The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal by Yoo Mart Limited challenging a Court of Appeal decision. This prior ruling had reversed a High Court award of interest to Yoo Mart Limited on USD 1,550,000.00 paid for a...
[2023] GHASC 71 | 2023-06-21
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal regarding the ownership of shares in Pergah Transport Company Limited. The Plaintiff claims sole ownership and alleges the 1st Defendant failed to pay for transferred...
[2023] GHASC 67 | 2023-06-21
This judgment concerns an appeal regarding whether the Research Committee of Ghana's Central Regional House of Chiefs exceeded its legal authority when handling a petition by a traditional leader to elevate his stool...
[2023] GHASC 69 | 2023-06-06
The Supreme Court granted an application to quash a High Court's decision that had struck out a caveat and issued Letters of Administration for an estate, also prohibiting the High Court from further hearing the...
[2023] GHASC 63 | 2023-06-05
This is a Supreme Court civil appeal brought by Ghana Telecommunications Co. Ltd., challenging a Court of Appeal decision that affirmed a High Court judgment. The appeal concerns a dispute over land ownership and the...
[2023] GHASC 23 | 2023-05-31
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a challenge by several civil society organizations against a presidential directive compelling the Auditor-General to take accumulated leave and the subsequent appointment of an...
[2023] GHASC 16 | 2023-05-31
This judgment concerns an appeal in a dispute between a former employee and his employer regarding a claim of unlawful dismissal. The Supreme Court is tasked with determining which of the two lower courts properly...
[2023] GHASC 21 | 2023-05-31
Food Sovereignty Ghana initiated a legal challenge in Ghana's Supreme Court, arguing that various sections of the Plant Variety Protection Act, 2020 are unconstitutional. The organization requested that the court...
[2023] GHASC 19 | 2023-05-31
[2023] GHASC 25 | 2023-05-30
The Supreme Court convicted Dr. Michael Kpessa Whyte for contempt of court after he pleaded guilty. The court then considered his apologies and expressions of remorse before determining a sentence.
[2023] GHASC 17 | 2023-05-03
The plaintiff challenged a presidential directive that allowed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to remain in office after a new presidential inauguration. The plaintiff argued that this...
[2023] GHASC 26 | 2023-05-03
[2023] GHASC 28 | 2023-05-03
A company sued its bank for a refund of funds stolen from its accounts by its general manager, who was later convicted. The Supreme Court is now considering whether the lower courts correctly determined that the bank...
[2023] GHASC 37 | 2023-04-26
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) applied for a Supreme Court review, arguing the court previously made a basic error by implicitly upholding its classification as a "public service." ECG contends that this...
[2023] GHASC 38 | 2023-04-26
This case concerns an appeal to the Supreme Court regarding a land ownership dispute, with the central issue being whether the land falls within Adjiringano or Tesa lands. Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal...
[2022] GHASC 20 | 2023-04-26
This civil appeal concerns a former employee's claim against a mining company for damages, alleging that his chronic glaucoma and optic nerve damage resulted from the company's negligence, unsafe working conditions,...
[2023] GHASC 61 | 2023-03-29
This case involves a land title dispute that progressed from the High Court, which initially sided with Spectrum Industries Pvt. Ltd., to the Court of Appeal, which reversed that decision in favor of Wrangler Ghana...
[2023] GHASC 60 | 2023-03-29
This Supreme Court case concerns a property dispute where the original owner, Tismark Inja, sought to reclaim a property that was confiscated by the state and later de-confiscated to him. The defendants, the family of...
[2023] GHASC 57 | 2023-03-22
This document outlines a civil appeal before the Supreme Court concerning a land dispute over ownership and possession of property. The plaintiffs are appealing a Court of Appeal judgment that overturned a High Court...
NO. J4/70/2022 | 2023-03-22
This judgment addresses an appeal in a dispute between a customer and a bank concerning allegedly unconscionable interest and penal charges on financial facilities. This Supreme Court appeal follows a Court of Appeal...
[2023] GHASC 58 | 2023-03-22
The Supreme Court dismissed the defendant's appeal, restoring the High Court's judgment which had declared title to land for the plaintiff and granted a perpetual injunction.
[2023] GHASC 14 | 2023-03-22
The Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeal decision from 2015 and restored a High Court judgment from 2011, resolving a long-standing land ownership dispute concerning the Numo Nmashie Family and other claimants....
[2023] GHASC 54 | 2023-03-02
A husband initiated divorce proceedings against his wife in Ghana's High Court, with both parties alleging infidelity and agreeing their marriage was broken beyond reconciliation. The High Court subsequently dissolved...
[2023] GHASC 42 | 2023-02-22
The High Court heard a dispute where the plaintiff sought specific performance of a land agreement and ownership of 70% of the land, while the defendant counterclaimed alleging breach of contract. The court dismissed...
[2023] GHASC 43 | 2023-02-22
This ruling addresses an application to review a previous decision regarding a judge's eligibility to continue presiding over a criminal trial after reaching the constitutional retirement age of 70. The original...
[2023] GHASC 51 | 2023-01-24
The Supreme Court considered an application by the Attorney General and Ministry of Roads to overturn a High Court order that allowed a private company to freeze government accounts. The state argued the company's...
[2023] GHASC 50 | 2023-01-24
The Supreme Court dismissed an application by Stephen Kwabena Opuni seeking to quash a High Court ruling and prevent the presiding judge from continuing his criminal trial. Opuni had argued the judge continued to sit...