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Case Law
4493 cases across 17 courts
4493 cases
Citation pending | 1976-11-11
Income tax – Tax a dvantage – Counteracting – Appeal against notice – Statutory grounds of appeal – Taxpayer wishing to question notice on other grounds – Claim for declaratory relief – Notification by commissioners...
Citation pending | 1976-11-05
(i) To establish a bandonment it had to be proved to the court ’ s satisfaction by the person a sserting a bandonment not only that the owner of the right had ceased to use it but also that he intended never to use it...
Citation pending | 1976-11-01
By a voyage charterparty, expressed to be governed by English law, the owners ’ vessel was chartered for the carriage of a cargo of goods to Rotterdam. The charterparty provided that the cargo was to be delivered at...
Citation pending | 1976-09-27
On 19 October 1971 the defendants, Lapid Developments Ltd, leased 104 and 106 Wapping High Street ( ‘ the premises ’ ) to the plaintiffs, Argy Trading Development Co Ltd. By cl 1(4) of the lease the plaintiffs...
Citation pending | 1976-08-16
This case commenced in the High Court, Koforidua where the plaintiff, describing himself as head of family, sued to set a side the sale of a farm by public auction in execution of a judgment obtained against one...
Citation pending | 1976-07-30
The a ppellant was a ratepayer who lived in the London Borough of Hackney. He was also the managing agent of a house in the London Borough of Islington which was in multiple occupation. His duties as agent required him...
Citation pending | 1976-07-20
Held (Lord Wilberforce and Lord Edmund-Davies dissenting) – The defence of duress was not in law a vailable to a person charged with murder as a principal in the first degree. Accordingly the appeal would be dismissed...
Citation pending | 1976-07-12
Judgment – Payment of sum of money – Foreign currency – Jurisdiction to order payment of sum expressed in foreign currency – Proper law of contract English – Currency of account and payment foreign – Whether court...
610/76 | 1976-06-25
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 On 25 June 1976, the plaintiff instituted this action against the defendant claiming: (a) A declaration of title to land at Abeka, Accra, and (b) An...
Citation pending | 1976-06-24
This is a case of conspiracy to commit robbery contrary to sections 23 (1) and 149 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), and dishonestly receiving contrary to section 146 of the said Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). The...
Citation pending | 1976-06-24
There are two a pplications by the defendants a sking, that the order of Aboagye J. dated 31 July 1975 be discharged and also that this court do permit the defendants to sell the raw materials in their possession and...
WE 3564 | 1976-06-21
This is an appeal by the first defendant only (the a ppellant for short) from the judgment of the Takoradi Circuit Court dated 10 March 1971, a warding ¢1,700.00 damages in favour of the plaintiff (the respondent...
Citation pending | 1976-06-14
Held – Although, under para 10(b), an employee had no right to apply to an industrial tribunal for compensation for unfair dismissal and had no remedy if at the date of dismissal he was over normal retiring age or had...
Citation pending | 1976-06-14
This is a claim under the Civil Liability Act, 1963 (Act 176). The plaintiff who was the father of one Efia Ampoma (deceased) claims as personal representative of the deceased from the defendants jointly and severally...
Citation pending | 1976-05-26
was sufficient to constitute ‘ soliciting ’ for the purposes of s 1(1) in the sense of tempting or a lluring prospective clients to come in for the purposes of prostitution. Accordingly the appeal would be a llowed and...
2 | 1976-05-18
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 Francois J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. Until his conviction by the Circuit Court, Kumasi, in June 1969 on charges of conspiracy to steal and...
Citation pending | 1976-05-17
The a ppellants are an insurance company. They had been brought in as third parties in an action a rising out of a motor a ccident. The plaintiff had sued the defendant for the damage done to his car when the...
Citation pending | 1976-05-14
her £2,000 ‘ taking the past and future loss of wages into account ’ . In coming to their decision on the amount of compensation the tribunal stated: ‘ She is 54 years old. We think she will find it more difficult to...
Citation pending | 1976-05-13
The a pplicants herein have been charged before the District Court/Grade II , Cape Coast, with the offence of murder contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). On 3 May 1976, they were all remanded in...
Citation pending | 1976-05-12
On 21 October 1975, the Court of Appeal a llowed an appeal in respect of this case and made the following order. "We also remit this suit to the High Court and direct that it shall be heard and disposed of not later...
45 | 1976-05-10
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 The defendant resisted the plaintiff’s claim and denied that there was any a greement to let the premises to the plaintiff. The case of the defendant...
3 | 1976-05-03
This is an appeal against a disposal order of the District Court Grade I, Goaso, forfeiting two firearms to the State by virtue of the provisions of section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30). The brief...
Citation pending | 1976-04-30
This is an a pplication for an order to restrain the ship, S.S. Pacific Current and her master and crew from sailing out of the territorial waters of Ghana pending the final determination of a suit brought against the...
2 | 1976-04-30
By his writ, the plaintiff -a ppellant instituted an action on 30 April 1976 at the High Court against the first and second defendants -respondents jointly and severally for: [p.1329] "(a) ¢11,717 being the cost of...
Citation pending | 1976-04-14
In this appeal against the judgment of the District Court Grade I, Tarkwa, the a ccused then a ged 22 years was convicted of the charge of a ssault on a girl and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard...
Citation pending | 1976-04-12
A barony was created by letters patent in 1881. In 1918 the eldest son ( ‘ the third baron ’ ) of the second baron, who had succeeded to the barony in 1884, married Christabel. Although the third baron cohabited with...
3 | 1976-04-06
In this appeal from the ruling of the District Court Grade II, Tarkwa, dated 27 November 1974, disallowing a motion for a review of the court's judgment dated 7 August 1974, counsel for the respondent has in this court...
355243/469095 dated 22nd January 1974 for | 1976-04-06
On 11 June 1975 the a ppellant was a rraigned before the Circuit Court, Tamale, charged with the following offences: "Count One Statement of Offence Issue of false cheque, contrary to section 313A (1) (b) of the...
Citation pending | 1976-04-05
The plaintiff -a pplicant hereinafter referred to as the a pplicant sued the defendant -respondents hereinafter referred to as the respondents at the Kwahu Traditional Council for a declaration that she, the a...
42 of 1958 | 1976-04-05
This appeal raises the somewhat novel but interesting questions as to what legal privileges diplomatic a gents enjoy in this country and how their immunity from the domestic jurisdiction of our courts is proved. But...
Citation pending | 1976-03-29
By a writ issued on 29 May 1973 and indorsed with a statement of claim, the plaintiffs, A R Dennis & Co Ltd, brought an action against the defendant, Brendan Campbell, claiming the sum of £1,000 and interest thereon by...
Citation pending | 1976-03-29
In about the month of October 1964, the respondent to this present appeal visited a farm which had customarily devolved upon him, following the deaths of his uncles Kwabena Sarkodee and Kwaku Tawiah. He found some...
Citation pending | 1976-03-29
This appeal involves two legal points (a) whether an equitable owner in possession can maintain an action in trespass and claim damages, and (b) whether the personal representative of the deceased from whom the...
Citation pending | 1976-03-29
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 6 A strained relationship had existed between the parties for some time. This stemmed mainly from a constitutional difference a rising from the purported...
2 Mov Port Tema was improperly found in possession of the following items | 1976-03-29
The a ppellant was tried summarily by a disciplinary service tribunal and was convicted on two counts of fraudulent misapplication of property contrary to section 52 (1) (a) of the Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105). He...
Citation pending | 1976-03-29
Major Yaokumah was convicted by a General Court Martial of smuggling, a bsenting himself without leave and using a vehicle of the Armed Forces for an unauthorised purpose. He was sentenced by the court to eight years'...
Citation pending | 1976-03-28
This appeal is from a ruling by Anterkyi J. refusing to commit the managers of the Tema and Republic House branches of the [p.223] Ghana Commercial Bank (hereafter called the bank for convenience) for contempt of...
C. 159/4 | 1976-03-24
This is an a pplication by E. A. Mahama (who shall hereafter be referred to simply as the a pplicant) to set a side a default judgment obtained against him on 11 February 1976 in an action commenced by Messrs. Soli and...
Citation pending | 1976-03-17
On 18 December 1975 this court gave judgment (reported sub nom. Pan African Trading Co. v. Holland West Africa [1976] 1 G.L.R. 237) for the plaintiffs against the defendants for ¢55,135.21 with fifteen per cent...
17 of 1958 | 1976-03-17
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 7 stating the grounds of the detention of the a pplicant. I made this order in compliance with the provisions of section 2 of the Habeas Corpus Act, 1964...
Citation pending | 1976-03-12
2. Shortly stated the questions for the commissioners ’ decision were: (a) whether the deceased, being a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, was a ‘ citizen … of that other Contracting Party ’ , that is of the...
Citation pending | 1976-03-12
Kingsley -Nyinah J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. In the expert opinion of Dr. Emmanuel Doe -Doosey, the pathologist who carried out a post -mortem examination of the mortal remains of Akua Nsiah (herein after...
Citation pending | 1976-03-10
In 1972 A, G and R, together with other people, formed an a ssociation to provide conveyancing services at a costless than usually charged by solicitors. None of them was qualified within s 20a of the Solicitors Act...
1337 | 1976-03-09
This appeal came before us by virtue of section 3 sub -section (2) (d) of the Courts (Amendment) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 101). The circumstances giving rise to the appeal may be briefly stated. On 24 November 1960, a...
2 | 1976-03-05
The plaintiff brought an action against the defendant in District Court Grade II, Takoradi, for slander. The words complained of were that the plaintiff was a witch and that by her witchcraft she had killed Atta Maame...
Citation pending | 1976-03-03
This was an appeal by the plaintiffs, Amalgamated Investment and Property Co Ltd, against the judgment of Plowman V-C on 5 March 1975 whereby on the trial of an action by the plaintiffs against the defendants, John...
Nevertheless | 1976-03-03
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 6 defendant denied this. And the trial circuit court judge, Miss C. A. Gaisie, believed the defendant on this issue. The learned judge dismissed the...
O.O. 32 | 1976-02-27
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 Sowah J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. On 19 November 1975, we reversed the ruling of the High Court, Kumasi, in which it dismissed the a...
Citation pending | 1976-02-24
This is the second appeal in a succession suit originally heard and determined in favour of the plaintiff -a ppellant herein (called in this judgment simply the plaintiff) by the district magistrate grade II sitting in...
GE 6148 | 1976-02-24
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 a ppellants filed a defence in which they denied negligence. They said the deceased crossed the road in a curve so suddenly that it was impossible to...