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Case Law
5000 cases across 17 courts
5000 cases
[2022] GHASC 14 | 2022-04-06
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by defendants who are seeking to temporarily halt the enforcement of a lower court's judgment after two previous courts denied their requests. The court is addressing an...
[2022] GHASC 124 | 2022-04-06
The Supreme Court dismissed the defendant's appeal, upholding lower court decisions that affirmed the plaintiff's ownership of a property. The plaintiff had purchased the property at a public auction to satisfy a debt...
[2022] GHASC 16 | 2022-04-06
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Paul Boateng, affirming lower court decisions that upheld Kamaru Jaji's ownership of a property he purchased at a public auction, despite Boateng's claim. The property had been...
[2022] GHASC 15 | 2022-04-06
This case involves a plaintiff seeking constitutional interpretations from the Supreme Court regarding the powers of the Auditor-General and the Attorney-General. The plaintiff questions whether the Auditor-General has...
[2022] GHASC 17 | 2022-04-05
This Supreme Court ruling concerns an application by the first defendant to review previous orders made by the court. The defendant seeks to overturn these orders, arguing that exceptional circumstances have led to a...
[2022] GHASC 76 | 2022-04-05
This ruling addresses an application by James Gyakye Quayson, the 1st defendant, to review previous orders made by the Supreme Court on March 8, 2022. The original case challenged his eligibility as a Member of...
[2022] GHASC 24 | 2022-04-05
This document details a ruling on an application by the 1st Defendant seeking a review of orders made by the court on 8th March 2022. The underlying case involved a plaintiff seeking declarations that the 1st Defendant...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/22 | 2022-03-31
This judgment concerns an application by two human rights organizations against the Republic of Senegal. They challenged a 2011 order banning demonstrations in specific areas, alleging it violated human rights; the...
[2022] GHACA 65 | 2022-03-31
This judgment concerns an appeal of a Circuit Court decision that dismissed the plaintiff's ownership claim over a property and ruled for the defendants' counterclaim. The plaintiff asserts beneficial ownership through...
[2022] GHASC 73 | 2022-03-31
This court judgment details a case where plaintiffs sought a declaration from the Supreme Court that the pensions and gratuities for CHRAJ employees should be paid from the Consolidated Fund, not the Social Security...
[2022] GHACA 92 | 2022-03-31
ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/22 | 2022-03-31
The ECOWAS Court of Justice heard a case brought by human rights organizations against the Republic of Senegal, challenging a 2011 order that banned public demonstrations in specific areas. The organizations argued...
[2022] GHASC 116 | 2022-03-31
The plaintiffs, retired officers of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), sought a Supreme Court interpretation of the Constitution regarding the funding of their pensions and gratuities....
ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/2022 | 2022-03-30
MADO FIDEGNON FREDERIC, a retired officer of the Togolese Armed Forces, brought a case before the ECOWAS Court of Justice against the Republic of Togo. He alleged human rights violations, including arrest, torture, and...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/18/22 | 2022-03-29
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard a case brought by six Nigerian citizens against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its legislative leaders. The applicants challenged a proposed "Hate Speech Bill" in the...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/20/22 | 2022-03-29
The Incorporated Trustees of Center for Peace and Conflict Management in Africa, along with three individuals on death row, sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. They...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/22 | 2022-03-29
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard a case brought by human rights organizations and several individuals on death row against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The applicants alleged violations of their rights...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/18/22 | 2022-03-29
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard a case brought by six Nigerian citizens against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its legislative leaders. The applicants challenged a proposed "Hate Speech Bill," arguing...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/2022 | 2022-03-28
This judgment concerned an application by Sunday Charles Ugwuaba to the ECOWAS Court of Justice, requesting an extension of time to seek a supplementary judgment. Ugwuaba sought to have the Republic of Senegal ordered...
EECW/CCJ/JUD/15/2022 | 2022-03-28
This case before the ECOWAS Court of Justice involves ten former employees of ECOWAS institutions who are seeking the payment of various allowances from the ECOWAS Commission after their contracts ended.
EECW/CCJ/JUD/15/2022 | 2022-03-28
Francis Elie Gnimagnon and nine other former employees of ECOWAS institutions brought a case against the ECOWAS Commission, seeking payment of various allowances after their employment contracts ended.
Citation pending | 2022-03-24
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued a ruling in the case of Rajabu Yusupu against the United Republic of Tanzania. This ruling addressed preliminary objections raised concerning the Court's...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/2022 | 2022-03-24
Mr. Gabriel Messan Agbeyome Kodjo filed an application with the ECOWAS Court of Justice against the Togolese Republic. He claimed that Togo violated his human rights, including the right to a fair defense, freedom of...
Citation pending | 2022-03-24
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights considered an application from Magweiga Mahiri, a Tanzanian national convicted of murder and serving a life sentence, against the United Republic of Tanzania. The Court...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/22 | 2022-03-23
The ECOWAS Court of Justice heard a case brought by Ekundayo Idris against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She alleged that Nigeria violated her human rights by failing to ensure a speedy and effective trial against...
[2022] GHACA 17 | 2022-03-23
ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/22 | 2022-03-22
This judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice considered an application by Tahirou Djibo and others to revise a previous judgment against Niger State. The applicants sought revision, arguing the court had not adequately...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/22 | 2022-03-21
The ECOWAS Court of Justice heard a case brought by a Nigerian non-governmental organization and three activists against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The applicants alleged that Nigeria violated their rights to...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/22 | 2022-03-21
This judgment concerns an application by Ms. Rose Breivogel and Ms. Elizabeth Baumerich against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They allege their brother died shortly after being taken into custody by state agents,...
[2022] GHASC 134 | 2022-03-09
This Supreme Court ruling addresses an application by a Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, to quash a Court of Appeal decision. The Court of Appeal had previously refused to refer to the Supreme Court a...
[2022] GHASC 74 | 2022-03-02
This Supreme Court ruling addresses an application by Jeleel Company GH. Limited seeking to prevent the immediate enforcement of a Court of Appeal judgment. The Court of Appeal's earlier decision had been in favor of...
[2022] GHASC 21 | 2022-03-02
This ruling addresses Jeleel Company GH. Limited's request to the Supreme Court to prevent Trassacco Furniture Limited from enforcing a Court of Appeal judgment that had ruled in Trassacco's favor in October 2021. The...
[2022] GHASC 72 | 2022-03-02
Beneficiaries of an estate sued to invalidate the sale of an inherited property, arguing it was improperly used as collateral before being legally transferred to them. The High Court dismissed their claim, ruling that...
[2022] GHASC 7 | 2022-03-02
This court document details an appeal before the Supreme Court where AJ FANJ Construction is challenging a ruling that dismissed its lawsuit against GHACEM Limited. The Court of Appeal had dismissed AJ FANJ's suit,...
[2022] GHASC 71 | 2022-03-02
This Supreme Court judgment reviews a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Ghacem Limited, finding that the matter had already been legally decided and the current proceedings were an abuse of court...
[2022] GHACA 103 | 2022-02-24
[2022] GHACA 105 | 2022-02-24
[2022] GHACA 81 | 2022-02-24
This judgment is an appeal by AngloGold Ashanti (Gh) Ltd challenging a High Court decision that found their dismissal of former employee Job Kingston Boakye-Mensah for alleged connivance with illegal miners to be...
[2022] GHACA 165 | 2022-02-03
This Court of Appeal judgment concerns an appeal by FBN Bank (UK) Ltd. against a High Court ruling that dismissed its application to set aside a lawsuit brought by Mansell Ghana Limited. FBN Bank (UK) Ltd. argued that...
[2022] GHACA 87 | 2022-02-03
This judgment concerns an appeal by FBN Bank (UK) Ltd. against a High Court decision that refused to set aside a lawsuit filed by Mansell Ghana Limited. FBN Bank argued the High Court should have dismissed the case due...
[2022] GHACA 88 | 2022-02-03
[2022] GHACA 153 | 2022-02-03
The Defendants appealed a High Court ruling that issued a temporary order preventing them from burying non-family members in the Mantse Ankrah Royal Mausoleum and from other actions related to the Mantse Ankrah Family...
[2022] GHACA 106 | 2022-01-27
This appeal concerns the fairness and equity of a property settlement between divorcing spouses. The petitioner argues that the respondent improperly registered his properties in Uganda in her sole name and collected...
[2022] GHACA 83 | 2022-01-27
[2022] GHASC 40 | 2022-01-26
The Supreme Court is reviewing an appeal from a plaintiff whose land dispute was dismissed by lower courts on the grounds that the issue had already been legally decided in a previous case. The plaintiff contends that...
[2022] GHASC 3 | 2022-01-26
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal regarding a land dispute initiated by James Dawda against Nana Akosua Mfrasie II. Dawda is challenging the Court of Appeal's decision, which upheld a lower court's...
[2022] GHASC 5 | 2022-01-26
This Supreme Court judgment outlines an appeal by Bright Kwasi Manu against a Court of Appeal decision that affirmed a High Court ruling in a divorce case involving Linda Akoto. The appeal primarily challenges the...
[2022] GHASC 42 | 2022-01-26
[2022] GHASC 39 | 2022-01-20
[2022] GHASC 2 | 2022-01-20