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Case Law
4493 cases across 17 courts
4493 cases
Citation pending | 2002-03-11
The claimant, a Premier League footballer with a responsible position at his club, was a married man with children. He had transient a dulterous relationships with the second defendant, C, and another woman, D, who...
Citation pending | 2002-03-01
The complainant brought a complaint to an employment tribunal of unfair dismissal and race discrimination against her former employer. Shortly a fterwards, she wrote to the tribunal to withdraw her a pplication. The...
Citation pending | 2002-02-26
In 1872, C, the owner of an estate in Somerset, conveyed, under s 2a of the School Sites Act 1841, part of the estate to the rector of a local parish to be used for the purposes of that Act, ie as the site for a...
195/2000 | 2002-02-07
WOOD, JA.: I agree with my learned brother that the appeal should succeed. The Respondent endorsed his writ for a number of reliefs including "an order for plaintiff's reinstatement or in lien ¢20 million compensation...
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU v. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER AND ANO. | 2002-01-30
SOPHIA A. B. AKUFFO, J.S.C.: On 7th December 2000, the 1st defendant conducted Parliamentary elections throughout the country. Subsequent to these elections, the results were formally published in Ghana Gazette Number...
Citation pending | 2002-01-17
GBADEGBE, JA: This is an interlocutory appeal from the ruling of an Accra High Court whereby the learned trial judge refused an a pplication at the behest of the a ppellant (to whom I shall for convenience in these...
Citation pending | 2001-12-21
In three separate multi-party a ctions, cost-sharing orders were made under CPR 48.6A, a provision which related to costs where group litigation orders had been made. Each order, inter a lia, defined ‘ individual costs...
Citation pending | 2001-12-20
In the course of an a pplication by the claimant for summary judgment, the master saw certain ‘ without prejudice ’ correspondence in which the defendant stated that it would accept judgment being given for a...
Citation pending | 2001-12-20
The claimant was the trustee of a centralised ‘ industry-wide ’ pension scheme for non-a ssociated employers in the construction industry. The scheme was divided into different sections, with each section representing...
Citation pending | 2001-12-18
Practice – Pre-trial or post-judgment relief – Freezing order – Worldwide freezing order – Pre-trial order – Extra-territorial effect of order – Protection of third parties – Freezing order in standard form – Proviso...
Citation pending | 2001-12-14
Housing – Homeless person – Duty of housing authority to provide a ccommodation – Appeals procedure – Local authority reviewing officer not an independent and impartial tribunal – Applicant having right of appeal on...
Citation pending | 2001-12-14
Housing – Homeless person – Duty of housing authority to provide a ccommodation – Appeals procedure – Local authority reviewing officer not an independent and impartial tribunal – Applicant having right of appeal on...
Citation pending | 2001-12-13
The defendants, M and G, formed a business partnership to acquire and develop properties. In order to pursue that enterprise, they jointly borrowed money from companies in the claimant banking group (the bank). M also...
6/2000 YAW TAWIAH ... PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT VRS. 1. OPANIN KWADWO BAAH 2. OSEI YAW | 2001-12-12
T.K. ADZOE, J.S.C.: Isaac Ottie a lias Agya Atta died on 10th August, 1982. He hailed from Kenkase, Kwabre No. 3 in Ashanti. He left behind a Will dated 26th January, 1982. In the Will he devised houses and farms to...
Citation pending | 2001-11-26
The claimant was an Australian national of Lebanese origin and owned a house in Australia. In February 2000 the claimant, who was then resident in Athens and had no connections with the United Kingdom, brought...
Citation pending | 2001-11-23
The a ppellants, Syed Badshah Nawab Husain and Iqbal Zafar, former employees of the respondent, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (in liquidation) (BCCI), a ppealed with permission of the Court of Appeal...
Citation pending | 2001-11-08
The claimant was the tenant of premises partly occupied by a building which had been erected in a ccordance with cl 2(iii)(a) of a development lease granted by the predecessor in title of the defendant landlord. Clause...
76/2003 | 2001-10-18
The plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter simply referred to as the respondent) is a body corporate based in the state of Nebraska in the United States of America. The defendant/a ppellant (hereinafter simply referred to...
Citation pending | 2001-10-10
The second defendant, as employer, entered into a building contract with the first defendant, as main contractor. In its turn, the contractor entered into a contract with the claimant sub-contractor by which the latter...
Citation pending | 2001-09-21
High Court – Jurisdiction – Injunction – Injunction to protect integrity of a dministration of justice – Attorney General seeking injunction barring vexatious litigant from entering Royal Courts of Justice without...
Citation pending | 2001-09-10
The claimant, A, was a professional footballer and a married man with a family. He had extra-marital a ffairs with two women, C and D, who sold their stories to the defendant newspaper. After learning that the...
14/2000 1. AYAHUASCA ADAMS | 2001-07-25
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 The plaintiff gave evidence and called four witnesses including two members of Manche Ankrah family. The defendant gave evidence but did not call any...
14/2000 25TH JULY | 2001-07-25
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 draw a ttention to the fact that the plaintiff sought a declaration of title and recovery of possession of the land in dispute the defendant and co...
Citation pending | 2001-07-18
Copyright – Infringement – Defence – Right to freedom of expression – Whether court having to consider facts of individual case when determining whether copyright protection infringing right to freedom of expression...
Citation pending | 2001-07-17
The a ppellant, B, was correctly classified at birth as male, but underwent gender reassignment surgery which was completed in 1981. That year B went through a ceremony of marriage with a man who was at all times a...
21 at page 4 is as follows | 2001-07-06
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 one voice in the case of Asia v. Ayevudu and Anor. [1987 -88]1GLR 177 outlined the principle under which a credibility of witnesses, the appeal court...
Citation pending | 2001-07-05
Practice – Pre-trial or post-judgment relief – Freezing order – Worldwide freezing order – Pre-trial order – Extra-territorial effect of order – Protection of third parties – Proviso protecting third parties in respect...
Citation pending | 2001-06-28
Held – The right found to exist by the judge was not capable of being an easement. The claimant had no use of the land for parking during the whole of the time that parking space was likely to be needed. Moreover, his...
Citation pending | 2001-06-28
the social security appeal tribunal rejected B ’ s claims, but they were a llowed by the social security commissioner. His decision was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and B a ppealed to the House of Lords.
Citation pending | 2001-05-17
empowered by law; it formed part of the church by law established; and its functions included the enforcement through the courts of a common law liability to maintain its chancels resting upon persons who need not be...
15/2000. | 2001-05-16
3/2000. | 2001-05-09
judgment of the trial High Court. The brief facts are that the plaintiff a businessman doing business under the name of Attieh Agencies issued a writ at the High Court against Koglex (Gh) Ltd and its Managing Director,...
768/97 issued a writ at at the Accra High Court against Mr. Brenya as 1st Defendant | 2001-05-08
REASONS FOR JUDGEMENT 2001. We reserved our reasons which we now proceed to deliver. Towards the latter part of the 1980's J ohn K. Dolphyne took out a writ of summons at the Sekondi Circuit Court against Speedline...
768/97 issued a writ at at the Accra High Court against Mr. Brenya as 1st Defendant and Mrs. Brenya as 2nd Defendant. Speedline Stevedoring Co which was 2nd plaintiff in this suit was removed and made a 3rd defendant. The reliefs claimed by Mr. Dolphyne were | 2001-05-08
Mr. Antonio Casto Barcom and Mr. J.K. Dolphyne should take over the management of the · J. A. BAMFORD -ADDO (MRS) STEVEDORING COMPANY [19/06/01] CM 16/2001. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA — GHANA THE REPUBLIC VRS. THE HIGH...
Citation pending | 2001-05-03
Judgment – Alteration – Variation of decision after judgment delivered – Judge ’ s power to recall and change judgment – Whether exercise of power dependent on existence of exceptional circumstances.
Citation pending | 2001-04-11
The a pplicant Italian bank, C, was a creditor of the first respondent, BNC. For many years, BNC was the central bank of Cuba. As such, it enjoyed immunity in English law from process of execution on any of its a ssets...
Citation pending | 2001-04-09
The claimant, A, was the director of a charity which owned and operated an a rts centre in Cardiff. The charity formulated plans to build a new a rts centre, and a sked ACW, a non-departmental public body which...
Citation pending | 2001-03-23
[27] The facts of this case closely parallel those of the ‘ Spycatcher ’ case, and Silber J founded largely on that decision in his conclusions. The following passage from his judgment contains the essence of his...
Citation pending | 2001-03-22
The complainants, who were of black African origin, were students at, and members of, the respondent university. They were engaged to serve as full-time salaried officers of the university ’ sstudent union for a...
Citation pending | 2001-03-01
In 1990, following an extensive reorganisation of its worldwide business, the a ppellant bank made redundant a number of its employees, including the respondent, N. The redundancy notice stated that N would receive a...
4/2000. | 2001-02-21
ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: The facts of this case, briefly stated, are that on the 14th day of April, the plaintiffs/respondents/respondents entered into a contract of carriage with the Carriers, G & C Lines, the defendants/a...
33/2001. | 2001-02-20
ARYEETEY, J.A. · J. I. ODZEYEM · judgment read by Apaloo, J.A. (as he then was) commented on the right of the employer, the a ppellant in · Apaloo, J.A. (as he then was) had this to say at pages 313 and 314 of the...
A352/15 Dansoman | 2001-02-08
BROBBEY J.A.: This is an appeal against the decision of an Accra High Court in which summary judgment was given against the defendant for certain sums of moneys in both Cedis and American Dollars which were owed to the...
12/98 EBUSUAPANIN KOFI ASIEDU | 2001-02-07
AMPIAH, J.S.C.: This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal which a ffirmed the decision of the High Court. In his Writ of Summons, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff)...
174/99. | 2001-01-25
BENIN, J.A.: The plaintiff is a banking institution incorporated in Ghana. The 1st defendant is a limited liability company registered in Ghana to do business. The 2nd defendant is the Managing Director of the 1st...
2/2001 THE REPUBLIC | 2001-01-24
VERSUS: 1. THE HIGH COURT, ) BOLGATANGA ) …… 1ST RESPONDENT 2. HAJIA FATI SEIDU …… 2ND RESPONDENT EX -PARTE: HAWA YAKUBU REASONS FOR DECISION On Tuesday, 15th January, 2001, we unanimousl y granted the prayer of Madam...
Citation pending | 2000-12-25
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 The clear legal principle established in the case of R v. Onufrejczyk [1955] 1 Q.B. 388 is that in a trial The court of Appeal, rightly in our view, in...
Citation pending | 2000-12-18
Contempt of court – Refusal to disclose source of information – Journalist – Disclosure necessary in interests of justice – Hospital employee giving confidential information about patient to journalist via intermediary...
Citation pending | 2000-12-14
The claimant, A, was a Member of Parliament and the former leader of the Liberal Democrats. For many years he kept confidential diaries and other records of his experiences. In October 1997 he dictated a minute of a...
Citation pending | 2000-12-13
[2] The claims the subject matter of this trial are not in negligence, but are put against the defendants by way of ‘ strict ’ or ‘ objective ’ liability by virtue of the CPA, which implemented in the United Kingdom...