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Case Law
4493 cases across 17 courts
4493 cases
[2024] GHASC 46 | 2024-10-30
This Supreme Court judgment addresses a decades-long chieftaincy dispute over which royal family has the legitimate right to provide the Mantse (chief) for the Great Ningo Traditional Area. The court is tasked with...
[2024] GHAHC 538 | 2024-10-30
Mark Keelson appealed a 39-year sentence he received after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of robbery. He argued the sentence was harsh and sought a reduction based on his remorse and...
[2024] GHAHC 421 | 2024-10-30
Asamoah Boateng, representing his maternal family, sued Yaw Amakye and Kwaku Asarkwa Yiadom to establish ownership and regain control of several pieces of land and a house. The plaintiff argues that the properties...
[2024] GHAHC 524 | 2024-10-30
The court considered an application to appoint a temporary administrator for a deceased person's estate. This appointment was sought to manage and protect the estate's assets while ongoing legal disputes are resolved,...
[2024] GHASC 52 | 2024-10-30
The Supreme Court dismissed an application by Sunlight Engineering Limited to review a prior judgment that held it liable for damages. The company had sought the review, arguing the previous decision failed to address...
[2024] GHASC 45 | 2024-10-30
This Supreme Court appeal examines whether the Court of Appeal correctly overturned a lower court's judgment that had granted the Plaintiffs title and possession of ancestral lands. The Plaintiffs allege the Defendants...
[2024] GHASC 48 | 2024-10-29
This ruling clarifies that the Supreme Court's power to review its own previous decisions is a special jurisdiction. This power is exercised only in exceptional circumstances, such as a fundamental error leading to a...
[2024] GHACC 328 | 2024-10-29
This document details a court's consideration of an application for legal custody of a child, Jada Yaa-Gyafo Sarpong, by her uncle. The child's biological parents have both consented to the uncle's application, stating...
[2024] GHAHC 548 | 2024-10-29
Inusah Issahaka, who was appealing his 20-year sentence for abetment of robbery, requested bail pending appeal due to a serious liver disease. The court granted his application for bail after considering his medical...
[2024] GHAHC 511 | 2024-10-29
This High Court judgment addresses the defendant's challenge to the plaintiff's legal capacity to bring the lawsuit. The court ruled that the plaintiff must establish it is a valid legal entity before the merits of its...
[2024] GHAHC 430 | 2024-10-29
The plaintiffs sought to recover possession of a land plot and a permanent order against the defendant, claiming ownership with a lease and title certificate. The defendant did not appear to contest the claims, but the...
[2024] GHAHC 461 | 2024-10-28
This court judgment outlines the charges against Venus Oil Company Ltd and its Managing Director, Mohammed Lamin, for allegedly failing to pay over GH¢10 million in petroleum product taxes to the Ghana Revenue...
[2024] GHACC 289 | 2024-10-28
Kwame Yeboah was charged with defilement and pleaded not guilty to the accusation involving an eight-year-old girl. The court's judgment began by emphasizing the constitutional principle of presumed innocence and the...
[2024] GHAHC 446 | 2024-10-28
The Ghana Revenue Authority has accused Venus Oil Company Ltd and its Managing Director, Mohammed Lamin, of failing to pay over GHC 10 million in various petroleum taxes and levies. They are charged with failing to pay...
[2024] GHAHC 563 | 2024-10-28
An applicant sought to have a respondent found in contempt of court for allegedly constructing a building on land that was the subject of a pending lawsuit and an injunction motion. The respondent denied the...
[2024] GHACC 422 | 2024-10-25
Naomi Larbi, a house cleaner, was charged with stealing 2,000 Euros and other items from her employer, who alleged the money was taken from a locked safe. Although Larbi initially confessed to taking money and later...
[2024] GHACC 331 | 2024-10-25
Naomi Larbi was charged with stealing from her employer, who reported 2,000 Euros and other items missing from her home. Although Larbi initially confessed to taking money, she later claimed only 19 Euros, but police...
[2024] GHAHC 426 | 2024-10-25
This High Court judgment outlines an appeal filed by Godfred Appiah challenging a District Court's decision. The District Court had dismissed Appiah's claims for title and possession of a building plot, ruling instead...
[2024] GHAHC 437 | 2024-10-24
The court considered the prosecution's request to try two accused persons in absentia after they repeatedly failed to appear for charges of abetment of unlawful damage. The court ruled that such a trial requires proof...
[2024] GHAHC 420 | 2024-10-24
The court considered an application by the defendant to set aside a previous judgment, arguing that the court lacked jurisdiction because he was not properly served with court documents while residing abroad. The...
[2024] GHAHC 414 | 2024-10-24
Police officer D/Sgt Simon Nyaho has filed an application against the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General, claiming he was unlawfully denied promotion despite a Court of Appeal ruling that found...
[2024] GHAHC 469 | 2024-10-24
NDK Financial Services sued Ceekabs Ltd., its directors, and Social Investment Fund, seeking to recover over GHS1.7 million from an alleged defaulted loan of GHS940,000.00. NDK claims the defendants failed to honor...
[2024] GHAHC 561 | 2024-10-24
Former lecturers sued Pentecost University, claiming the university owed them book allowances and wrongfully terminated their employment. They sought payment of the allowances, six months' salary in lieu of notice, and...
[2024] GHAHC 432 | 2024-10-24
This court judgment outlines a dispute between a family head (plaintiff) and the children of a deceased relative (defendants) over the ownership of a cocoa farm. The plaintiff claims the farm was a gift to his family,...
[2024] GHASC 47 | 2024-10-23
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal over a land dispute where the High Court initially ruled in favor of the defendants, granting them title and possession of the land. The Court of Appeal later reversed...
[2024] GHAHC 434 | 2024-10-23
The Methodist Church Ghana is suing five individuals, seeking a declaration of ownership over a specific parcel of land, damages for trespass, and recovery of possession. The Church claims it acquired the land in 1903...
[2024] GHACC 419 | 2024-10-23
Joseph Ankomah was charged, alongside an accomplice (at large), with conspiracy to steal, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage, and stealing from an office. Ankomah pleaded not guilty, and the prosecution presented...
[2024] GHASC 44 | 2024-10-23
[2024] GHACC 334 | 2024-10-23
The Republic brought charges against Joseph Ankomah and James (at large) for conspiracy to steal, unlawful damage, unlawful entry, and stealing. Ankomah pleaded not guilty, and the prosecution presented evidence,...
[2024] GHACC 418 | 2024-10-22
In The Republic v. Isaac Marfo, the accused was charged with attempted stealing, unlawful damage, and unlawful entry to commit stealing after allegedly cutting a fence and trying to steal plywood from an uncompleted...
[2024] GHACC 335 | 2024-10-22
The Circuit Court heard charges against Isaac Marfo for attempted stealing, unlawful damage, and unlawful entry, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecution presented evidence alleging he cut a hole in a fence to...
[2024] GHAHC 462 | 2024-10-22
This document details an application seeking to hold the respondent in contempt of court for allegedly re-entering a property despite a previous court order for possession and attachment. The respondent denied the...
[2024] GHAHC 523 | 2024-10-22
This court document, part of a ruling on an application for probate for the estate of Michael Lantey Lamptey that is opposed by a caveat, defines the legal concept of a caveat. It explains that a caveat is a notice...
[2024] GHACC 317 | 2024-10-21
The court ruled on an objection to admit photographs as evidence, which the defense argued were inauthentic due to a lack of visible dates and locations. The court found that the investigator's testimony, which...
[2024] GHAHC 411 | 2024-10-21
This case concerns a dispute where the plaintiff, Emmanuel Clottey, seeks to recover $23,000 from the defendant, Derek Boateng, alleging the defendant spent $25,000 entrusted to him in 2013 to send to the plaintiff's...
[2024] GHAHC 530 | 2024-10-21
This case details a dispute between two professional footballers over an alleged unpaid sum of $23,000. The plaintiff claims he entrusted $25,000 to the defendant to send to his uncle, while the defendant asserts the...
[2024] GHAHC 470 | 2024-10-21
The Plaintiffs are suing the Defendant to recover an outstanding balance of US$35,596.43 and penal charges related to the purchase of a house. The Defendant admits not paying the full amount, arguing the Plaintiffs...
[2024] GHAHC 463 | 2024-10-21
[2024] GHAHC 433 | 2024-10-18
The plaintiff's family seeks a declaration of exclusive ownership and recovery of possession for a specific plot of land, alleging the defendant trespassed and developed it. The defendant claims the land was lawfully...
[2024] GHACC 426 | 2024-10-14
Jeremiah Afotey Otu was charged with causing harm after allegedly injuring a scrap dealer, Fuseini Alhassan, with a cutlass during a dispute over a stolen television set. Otu pleaded not guilty, and the court began...
[2024] GHACC 344 | 2024-10-09
This court judgment details the charges against Adjoa Nyarko, who is accused of conspiring with others and defrauding a complainant of GHC129,000.00 by falsely promising to secure employment in the Ghana Revenue...
[2024] GHACC 329 | 2024-10-07
This judgment concerns The Republic v. Richard Benson, who was charged with defrauding by false pretence. He allegedly took GHS66,000 from a businessman with a false promise to secure Canadian visas, then failed to...
[2024] GHACC 416 | 2024-10-07
This Circuit Court judgment details the charges against Bismark Gyamfi for three counts of stealing beer tax stamps, valued at over GH¢2 million, from Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited. Gyamfi pleaded not guilty, and...
[2024] GHAHC 384 | 2024-10-07
This court document outlines the claims in a divorce case between Festus Anim Addo and Eva Anim Addo, where both parties are seeking the dissolution of their marriage. The petitioner requests custody of one child,...
[2024] GHACC 293 | 2024-10-07
A petitioner sought a divorce and child custody from her husband, alleging maltreatment and infidelity accusations. Due to the respondent's failure to participate in the court proceedings, the court deemed the...
[2024] GHACC 403 | 2024-09-30
This judgment concerns Daniel Apav, who was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of narcotic plant material. He pleaded guilty to one charge, which was previously handled, and the document details the...
[2024] GHACC 372 | 2024-09-27
Emmanuel Kwaku Pillingo was charged with stealing three cameras from a rental office after applying for a cleaning job there. The prosecution presented evidence, leading the court to find a preliminary case against him...
[2024] GHACC 383 | 2024-09-27
Joseph Nii Akai Baddoo was charged with defrauding by false pretence and pleaded not guilty. The prosecution alleges he repeatedly sold the complainant parcels of land he did not own, causing the complainant to lose...
[2024] ECOWASCJ 18 | 2024-09-25
[2024] GHAHC 438 | 2024-09-24
This document outlines an application seeking to imprison the respondent for defying a court order. The applicant claims the respondent continued construction on a disputed property despite an injunction, while the...