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4493 cases
Citation pending | 1996-10-21
a rbitration required that disclosure then. The appeal would therefore be a llowed. However, it would be inappropriate to grant the plaintiffs any of the relief they sought, since the client now had the documents...
Citation pending | 1996-10-18
The a ppellant employers a dopted a collective a greement, negotiated with recognised trade unions, which introduced a system of a nnualised pay whereby employees were paid a standard wage (varying a ccording to the...
Citation pending | 1996-10-17
their contract the parties were a ware of facts which indicated to both that the loss, in the event of a breach, would not be the difference between the value of the goods delivered and the market value and a...
13/99 | 1996-09-27
27/98 | 1996-09-23
T.K. ADZOE, J.S.C.: The issues for determination in this appeal are of great interest. They are also not very simple. They include the following which I identify as the major ones. (1) Is the judicial committee of the...
24/99. | 1996-08-21
TWUMASI, JA.: This is an appeal lodged by the Copyright Society of Ghana (COSGA) (hereinafter called the a ppellant) against the ruling of the High Court, Kumasi delivered on October 3 1997 by which the court made an...
Citation pending | 1996-07-31
Mrs D was willing to stand surety for M ’ s indebtedness but merely to ensure that she knew what she was doing and wanted to do it, which she did, having received independent legal a dvice about the nature and effect...
Citation pending | 1996-07-31
Contempt of court – Publications concerning legal proceedings – Substantial risk of serious prejudice to fair trial – Extensive publicity being given to a ccused ’ s violent behaviour and previous convictions prior to...
A void contract is a nullity. It is not a contract. It has no legal effect. It gives rise to no legal obligations. There is no place of performance. If one party claims to recover money paid pursuant to it | 1996-07-30
Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Challenge to jurisdiction – Contracts between parties domiciled in convention countries – Plaintiffs claiming jurisdiction of English court over defendant domiciled in Sweden –...
Citation pending | 1996-07-16
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 TEHN -ADDY v ATTORNEY -GENERAL AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION [1997 -98] 1 GLR 47 Court to order EC to reopen voters register -Constitution, 1992. a rts...
Citation pending | 1996-06-20
The respondent Lloyd ’ s syndicate (the liability insurers) provided professional indemnity insurance under an errors and omissions policy (the E & O policy) for three underwriters who were members ’ a gents for other...
Citation pending | 1996-06-12
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 Per curiam: [T]he principle established [in Republic v Court of Appeal; Ex parte Sidi (supra)] is that the Court of Appeal, and such an a ppellate court...
Citation pending | 1996-05-30
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 8 The facts giving rise to the appeal are not in dispute. Briefly they are as follows: The a ppellants are all in one way or the other connected to the...
Citation pending | 1996-05-16
B, who was severely disabled and lived with her parents in a house owned by them, received income support under the Social Security Act 1986 with effect from 11 April 1988 when it became payable, but was excluded from...
Citation pending | 1996-05-14
The plaintiff sued the defendant claiming the following reliefs: "(a) An order for the recovery of the sum of ¢4,293,604.22 being the total cost of repairs carried out on the defendant company's vehicle. (b) Interest...
Citation pending | 1996-04-25
The partners of a firm committed an act of bankruptcy, but before they were a djudicated bankrupt, one of the partners drew three cheques totalling £11,700 on a joint account held with another partner in favour of his...
Citation pending | 1996-04-25
The respondent, Richard Obeng -Ansong, is the landlord of a premises in Accra which he rented to the a ppellant -company, John Lawrence Chemists Ltd, sometime in 1972. On the expiration of the tenancy the respondent...
Citation pending | 1996-04-25
The respondent, Richard Obeng -Ansong, is the landlord of a premises in Accra which he rented to the a ppellant -company, John Lawrence Chemists Ltd, sometime in 1972. On the expiration of the tenancy the respondent...
Citation pending | 1996-04-25
Benin JA delivered the first judgment at the invitation of Lamptey JA. Five different suits were consolidated by the trial circuit court on 29 October 1979. The plaintiffs in all the five suits were the same persons...
Citation pending | 1996-04-19
By writ issued on 24 May 1991 and statement of claim dated 17 June 1991 the Crown, by the Attorney General, commenced an action against the defendant, George Blake, for breach of fiduciary duty, claiming inter a lia:...
Citation pending | 1996-04-18
Citation pending | 1996-03-29
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 7 afford him a protection. I therefore uphold the first relief indorsed on the writ and declare that the closure of the plaintiff's letter box by...
Citation pending | 1996-03-07
Brobbey JA read the first judgment at the invitation of Wood JA. The second leg of the appeal relates to the sentence of imprisonment imposed on him. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment after his...
Citation pending | 1996-03-06
The settlor made a discretionary settlement dated 16 February 1959 in favour of his children and grandchildren. The terms of the settlement conferred on the trustees a special power of a ppointment which they exercised...
Citation pending | 1996-02-23
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 (1) Cottle v Cottle [1939] 2 AllER 535, DC APPEAL by the a ppellants to the Court of Appeal from the decision of the High Court, Sekondi dismissing...
Citation pending | 1996-02-22
In June 1978 the first defendant ’ s son, D, was born at a hospital run by the second defendant health authority. As a result of the hospital ’ s negligence, D at birth suffered serious brain damage due to foetal a...
Citation pending | 1996-02-14
A quantity of gas oil which was supplied to the Ghana Railway Corporation, Kumasi on 2 March 1989, was found to be short by 1,340 imperial gallons. Six persons, who were all employees of the corporation were, in...
2 | 1996-02-09
The endorsement on the plaintiffs' writ of summons sued out on 3 August 1995, reads: [p.17] "(i) The plaintiffs, as children of the late Patrick Kwaku Anim -Addo, claim from the first to fourth defendants as executors...
10/95 dated 6th February | 1996-02-06
: Within 7 days from conclusion of a ddresses after trial”, the statement is followed by the words “(a dmini strative directions)” — an indication that the Judge is not legally bound by the statement. I find it...
Citation pending | 1996-02-05
Evidence – Expert evidence – Court expert – Action against surveyors in respect of valuations of 51 properties in different locations – Court a ppointing own expert and limiting parties ’ expert evidence to one witness...
Citation pending | 1996-01-25
On 29 August 1994 the a ppellants were indicted at the criminal section of the High Court, Accra of the offences of conspiracy to commit murder and murder. On 29 August 1994 they were convicted of manslaughter upon the...
Citation pending | 1995-12-21
delivered the first judgment at the invitation of Amuah JSC. The a ccused, now the a ppellant, was a rraigned before the Ashanti Regional Public Tribunal on a charge of stealing under section 124(1) of the Criminal...
Citation pending | 1995-12-06
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 BRITISH AIRWAYS and Another v ATTORNEY GENERAL [1997 -98] 1 GLR 55 -75 remedying breaches of human rights in lower courts -Criminal offences to be...
Citation pending | 1995-12-01
Charles Hayfron -Benjamin JSC delivered the first ruling at the [p.593] invitation of Aikins JSC. On 22 May 1996 consequent upon an a pplication by the Bank for Housing and Construction invoking our supervisory...
Citation pending | 1995-11-30
The leasehold owners of a private car park employed the defendants to prevent unauthorised parking on their land. The defendants displayed prominent notices at the entrance and at different points a round the site...
Citation pending | 1995-11-28
Habeas corpus – Warrant – Imprisonment for non-payment of fines – Young offenders – Justices failing to comply with statutory requirements in relation to warrants of commitment – Whether prison governors lacking proper...
Citation pending | 1995-11-17
The plaintiff purchased a car from a dealer, K Ltd, for £7,995 under a conditional sale a greement by trading in his existing car to provide an initial deposit of £3,800 and a greeing to pay the balance by instalments...
Citation pending | 1995-11-14
Immigration – Leave to enter – Refugee – Asylum – Deportation back to third country – Home Secretary issuing certificate that a pplicant ’ s claim that removal from United Kingdom would breach 1951 Geneva Convention on...
Citation pending | 1995-11-10
County court – Practice – Striking out – Failure to comply with automatic directions – No further or different directions being given by court – Practice a dopted by court of ordering pre-trial review upon receipt of...
Citation pending | 1995-11-07
Action – Dismissal – Abuse of process of court – Plaintiff bringing individual action after obtaining judgment in group action – Lloyd ’ s litigation – Judgment in group action in respect of negligent underwriting –...
Citation pending | 1995-11-07
In 1992 B was dismissed from her employment as a part-time teacher at two of the local authority ’ s schools. She lodged a claim with the industrial tribunal seeking a redundancy payment, but did not seek compensation...
Citation pending | 1995-11-03
Crown – Prerogative – Review of exercise of prerogative power by court – Power exercised under prerogative preserved by statute – Policy decision of Ministry of Defence prohibiting homosexual persons from serving in a...
19/99 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ACCRA | 1995-11-02
Citation pending | 1995-10-24
In October 1993 the landlords of a purpose-built block of flats exchanged contracts for the sale of two leases of the block, a 99-year underlease commencing in 1936 and a 1992-year headlease commencing in 1969, without...
145/90. | 1995-10-21
GBADEGBE, JA.: By his action, herein commenced before the Circuit Court, Accra the Plaintiff (a ppellant herein) claimed against the Defendant (respondent herein) the payment of the sum of ¢7.4 million being the value...
Citation pending | 1995-10-19
Magistrates – Witness summons – Material evidence – Committal proceedings – Documents likely to be material evidence – Legal professional privilege – Witness having previously made inconsistent statement to his...
Citation pending | 1995-10-12
tlocal authorities. In respect of each transaction, BMI would enter into a master equipment lease with a local authority and schedules specifying the equipment to be installed and the precise terms on which it was to...
Citation pending | 1995-10-12
The a ppellants were separately tried in the Crown Court for unrelated offences shortly after s 35a of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 came into force on 10 April 1995. That section a llowed the court or...
4/96. | 1995-08-16
EDWARD WIREDU, J.S.C.: This appeal is from the decision of the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the National House of Chiefs dated 16th August, 1995. This judgment by a majority of 3 to 2 a ffirmed the decision of the Ashanti...
11/95 | 1995-07-13
LAMPTEY, J.A.: The plaintiff respondent Ex -Warrant Officer Adu Poku by his counsel obtained leave of the High Court, Accra presided over by Armah, J. on 29th May, 1992, to issue a writ of summons a ccompanied by a...