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4493 cases
5/2000. | 2000-12-04
MRS. JOYCE BAMFORD -ADDO, J.S.C.: On the 4th December 2000 this case was heard at the Supreme Court which delivered unanimous judgment on the same day but reserved the reasons, to be given on the 17th January 2001....
Citation pending | 2000-11-21
Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Title to foreign immovables – Bankrupt owning land in Portugal – English court ordering sale of Portuguese land on a pplication by trustee in bankruptcy – Whether proceedings...
36/2000. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Civil Motion No. 36/2000 NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS | 2000-11-21
J.S.C. · Atuguba, J.S.C. MOTION NO. 36/2000. IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA -GHANA Civil Motion No. 36/2000 NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS, KOKOMLEMLE ACCRA … PLAINTIFF VERSUS: 1. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS...
Citation pending | 2000-11-15
Costs – Order for costs – Discretion – Payment into court – Claimant rejecting defendant ’ s written offer to pay £4,000 in settlement of action – Defendant paying £3,000 into court several months after claimant ’ s...
2/2000. | 2000-11-08
MRS. J. BAMFORD -ADDO, J.S.C.: This is a motion for special leave to a Appeal to the Supreme Court under Article 131(2) of the 1992 Constitution. The Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court can be found in Article...
Citation pending | 2000-10-26
5/98. CA. NO.5/98 ABLORLOR FAMILY per Togbui Ablorlor VI | 2000-10-26
a point that was not a triable issue on the pleadings,” per Crabbe, J.S.C. in MALM V. LUTTERODT · court considered this question and said, per Amissah, J.A. at p. 174, that “where a law requires that a party · TWUMASI...
10/98. In the Applicant | 2000-10-18
Citation pending | 2000-10-18
6/98, I set out the parameters guiding the exercise of the Supreme Court's review jurisdiction. In the light of the Court's decision in that case, there is no doubt in my mind that the instant a pplication offends...
Citation pending | 2000-07-27
was £14,000 each, and the correct measure of damages was the difference between the contract price and the market or current price of the goods at the time when they should have been delivered. Accordingly, the appeal...
Citation pending | 2000-07-27
The defendant, B, had been employed as a member of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1944 to 1961. B had signed an Official Secrets Act declaration at the beginning of his employment, by which he a greed ‘ not to...
134/99. | 2000-07-27
35/99. | 2000-07-20
TWUMASI, J.A.: This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court; Accra delivered on 14th January 1999. The a ppellant purchased a piece of land from the chief of Okponglo sometime in 1992. The evidence showed...
Citation pending | 2000-07-12
Citation pending | 2000-07-12
The events which have provoked this action may be stated as follows: By a letter from the office of the President, dated 20th March, 2000 and a ddressed to the Plaintiff, the plaintiff was informed as follows: “H.E....
Citation pending | 2000-07-10
a pplication for stay of judgment entered against them in the Circuit Court on the 21st of October, 1999. The Court ordered them to And in the MOSI VRS. BAGYINA case, Akufo -Addo, J.S.C. (as he then was) said of void...
Citation pending | 2000-07-06
of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, outside the powers of the Act. B a pplied to have the permission quashed, but the a pplication was rejected by the judge. His decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal which,...
177/99. | 2000-07-06
MRS. WOOD, J.A.: Following the restructuring of the defendant a ppellant Company in 1994, the plaintiff respondents were declared redundant and paid severance benefits in a ccordance with the prevailing collective a...
110/99. | 2000-06-29
This is an appeal against the judgment of His Lordship Justice Sarpong, J.A. (Sitting as an a dditional High Court Judge dated 29th November, 1996. The a ppellants (hereinafter referred to as TURQUI) obtained judgment...
Citation pending | 2000-06-26
M was the ostensible settlor of a purported trust (the C foundation) which had been established in 1976 under the terms of a memorandum of a greement. The memorandum ’ s first recital recorded that the settlor wished...
Citation pending | 2000-06-14
The defendant, A, entered into an a greement with I Ltd, a company controlled by the BCCI group, ostensibly for the purchase of shares in the group ’ s holding company. That a greement, which guaranteed A a return of...
93/98. THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA -GHANA | 2000-06-08
ANSAH, J.A.: I also agree that this appeal must be a llowed. However I have decided to add a few words to the Judgment just read. The facts surrounding this case have already been narrated and I shall therefore save...
94.2004 | 2000-06-01
The Appeal is from the judgment of His Honour A. Oppong Circuit Court Judge Accra, dated 11th day of July, 2002. By the said judgment the trial judge granted all the reliefs sought by the Plaintiff -Respondents...
Citation pending | 2000-05-18
TWUMASI, J.A.: The a ppellant a ppeals to this court against her conviction and sentence by the High Court, Accra on the 22nd February, 1999 upon a charge of contempt of court which had been preferred against her by...
Citation pending | 2000-05-18
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 understood. I will illustrate this point by the case of Addae v. Asante [1974] 2 GLR 288 High Court, Sekondi. issues is rearing its ugly head and the...
127/99. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA -GHANA. TWUMASI | 2000-05-18
This is an appeal from the Judgement of Benin JA, sitting as an a dditional High Court judge given in the High Court, Accra on l9 November 1998. It is a pparent from the said judgement that two suits were consolidated...
154/99 IN | 2000-05-11
109/95. | 2000-05-11
This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Tamale delivered on the 25th January, 1993. The a ppellant instituted an action against two defendants claiming: 1) a declaration that House No. 1.147 Tamale was...
Citation pending | 2000-05-05
Held – (1) Section 82(1) of the 1987 Act required no more than the a pplication of its provisions to the facts of a particular situation. A duality of purpose would thus only be relevant if the non-1987 Act purpose was...
13/98. THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA | 2000-05-04
LAMPTEY, JA: On the 18 June 1993, Society De Promotion De La Pache (hereinafter referred to as the “plaintiff co”.) sued the Owners and parties interested in the Ship or Vessel M/V Hilda “A” (hereinafter referred to as...
1998. | 2000-05-04
124/99 | 2000-05-04
Read the judgment of the court at the invitation of Baddoo JA. GBADEGBE, JA.: On the 7th of November 1997, the Respondent herein caused a writ of civil summons to issue against the defendants claiming the refund of the...
Citation pending | 2000-04-19
Held – Where it would be unconscionable for the beneficiary of a general release to rely on its words, a court of equity had power to give relief to the releasor from the unintended consequences of those words. Thus,...
149/99 | 2000-04-13
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court Odumase -Krobo. It would conduce to clarity of thought if the relevant facts are recounted in detail. On the 16th November 1995, the elders of Saisi, a suburb of...
45/2000. | 2000-04-12
EDWARD WIREDU, J.S.C.: This is an a pplication praying this Court to review its judgement given on July 17th, 1999 dismissing the Applicant's appeal. When Rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I. 16) was enacted,...
THE REPUBLIC VERSUS | 2000-04-12
that under Article 143(1) of the 1992 Constitution, a regional tribunal has jurisdiction to try such offences against the state and public interest as Parl iament may by law prescribe. But the offences they were facing...
Citation pending | 2000-04-10
Lloyds Bank Ltd v Dalton [1942] 2 AllER 352 and Ray v Fairway Motors (Barnstaple) Ltd (1968) 20 P & CR 261 a pplied; Williams v James (1867) LR 2 CP 577 distinguished; British Rlys Board v Glass [1964] 3 AllER 418...
Citation pending | 2000-04-05
The respondent chief constable a pplied to the magistrates for the making of a sex offender order against the a ppellent, B, under s 2a of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Such an order could be made if the conditions...
31/2000 | 2000-04-04
ESSILFIE -BONDZIE, J.A.: This is an a pplication for stay of the execution of the Ruling of the High Court delivered on the 15th November, 1999 in which the interpleader summons was dismissed summarily. In considering...
23/99. MADAM ABENA POKUA | 2000-03-23
ESSILFIE — BONDZIE, J. A. : The plaintiff is the respondent in this appeal and the defendant/a ppellant. By her writ of summons the plaintiff instituted an action at the Circuit Court on the 15th July, 1996 claiming...
42/99. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA | 2000-03-21
22/94 | 2000-03-13
The case that culminated in the appeal before this Court was commenced in the High Court dated 5th day of March 1992, the Court found for the plaintiff/respondent (who will hereafter be called the plaintiffs) and being...
5/98 | 2000-03-08
AMPIAH, J.S.C.: It is unfortunate that I have to disagree with my esteemed brothers and sister on their conclusion in this appeal. However, I feel it is extremely desirable that there should be no doubt in the...
Citation pending | 2000-03-01
Vexatious proceedings – Civil proceedings order – Application by Attorney General – Whether Attorney General required to lead evidence that he had authorised a pplication for civil proceedings order – Supreme Court Act...
11/99 THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA | 2000-02-24
MRS. WOOD, J.A.: I agree that the appeal be a llowed. In the a pplication for the order of interim injunction, the a ppellant’s principal prayer, was for the respondents to be restrained from action i.e. operating and...
2/99 | 2000-02-23
AMPIAH, J.S.C.: On 23rd February, 2000, we gave judgment in this appeal and reserved our reasons; we now proceed to give our reasons. The late Amos Thomas Yalley of the Ebiradze Family of Amanful had in his Will...
83/99 | 2000-02-17
BROBBEY, JA.: This action started at the Sekondi High Court where the respondent was the plaintiff and the a ppellant was the defendant. The plaintiff claimed two reliefs. The first was for an order for the payment of...
47/98. | 2000-02-16
ACQUAH, J.S.C.: This is an a pplication for a review of the judgment of the ordinary bench of this court delivered on 20th April 1998. The judgment was by a majority of 3:2 — Adjabeng, Atuguba and Sophia Akuffo JJ.S.C,...
D.767/4 Beach Avenue | 2000-02-16
ATUGUBA, J. S. C. · AKUFFO, J. S. C. · AMPIAH J.S.C.: · KPEGAH, J.S.C.: · ACQUAH, J.S.C.: · ATUGUBA, J.S.C.: · AKUFFO, J.S.C.: APPIAH & 7 ORS [16/2/2000] CM. 42/99. THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE ACCRA CM 42/99 THE...
142/4 Kokomlemle be paid over to the Chief Registrar of the Court as Trustee | 2000-02-14
BENIN, JA.: The late William Bart -Plange (hereinafter called the deceased) who died in 21:3:87 left behind a will, probate of which was taken in May, 1987 by the defendants/a ppellants herein, who are among the...