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[2021] GHASC 83 | 2021-07-28
An association challenged the Bank of Ghana's 2018 Corporate Governance Directive, arguing it is a legislative instrument that was unconstitutionally enacted because it was not laid before parliament or published in...
[2021] GHASC 93 | 2021-07-28
Stephen Kwabena Opuni, who is undergoing a criminal trial, applied to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court ruling that rejected certain evidence. He also asked for an order to prevent the trial judge from...
[2021] GHASC 144 | 2021-07-28
Stephen Kwabena Opuni applied to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court ruling that rejected specific exhibits in his ongoing criminal trial and to prevent the High Court judge from continuing with the...
[2021] GHASC 89 | 2021-07-28
Kweku Quaye, also known as Togbe, is appealing his conviction and 40-year prison sentence for a 2002 robbery that resulted in an Anglican priest being shot. The High Court initially convicted and sentenced him to 45...
[2021] GHASC 140 | 2021-07-28
[2021] GHASC 133 | 2021-07-28
The Association of Finance Houses sued the Bank of Ghana, arguing that the Bank's 2018 Corporate Governance Directive was unconstitutional and void. The Association contended that the directive, being a legislative...
[2021] GHASC 192 | 2021-07-28
The Association of Finance Houses sued the Bank of Ghana, arguing that its 2018 corporate governance directives are unconstitutional. The plaintiff contends that these directives are legislative instruments which were...
[2021] GHACA 35 | 2021-07-22
A pharmaceutical company sued United Bank for Africa (UBA) for negligence and breach of contract after over Ghc100,000, intended for its account, was deposited into an employee's personal account by bank tellers. The...
[2021] GHASC 145 | 2021-07-21
This Supreme Court ruling addresses an application to quash a High Court decision that ordered the National House of Chiefs to re-enter a chief's name into the National Register. The applicants argue that the High...
[2021] GHASC 207 | 2021-07-21
This judgment concerns an application to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court order that compelled the National House of Chiefs to reinstate a chief's name. The Supreme Court clarified that under the...
[2021] GHASC 94 | 2021-07-21
The Supreme Court reviewed a High Court ruling that directed the National House of Chiefs to re-enter a chief's name into the national register, following an application from a party. The central legal question...
[2021] GHASC 90 | 2021-07-21
This ruling addresses the question of whether the Supreme Court of Ghana has the constitutional power to directly enforce its own judgments and orders without referring them to a lower court. This issue arose in a case...
[2021] GHASC 138 | 2021-07-21
This Supreme Court document outlines the background of a land dispute appeal, detailing the decisions of lower courts. The High Court established the defendant's ultimate ownership of the disputed lands, while the...
[2021] GHASC 141 | 2021-07-21
This judgment outlines an application asking whether the Supreme Court has the power to directly enforce its own judgments without referring them to a lower court. It details the background of a property dispute that...
[2021] GHASC 87 | 2021-07-21
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal stemming from a long-running land dispute. The lower courts had previously ruled on the title and possession of two parcels of land, ultimately granting the plaintiff...
[2021] GHASC 139 | 2021-07-21
[2021] GHASC 88 | 2021-07-21
[2021] GHASC 199 | 2021-07-21
The Supreme Court heard an appeal from Kingsley Amankwah, who was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 65 years for robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The judgment began by reflecting on the serious nature of the...
Citation pending | 2021-07-20
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights previously found that Tanzania violated the human rights, including rights to liberty and a fair trial, of two Kenyan nationals, Kennedy Owino Onyachi and Charles John...
Communication 444/13 | 2021-07-19
Justice Thomas S. Masuku filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights against the Kingdom of Swaziland. He alleges he was unlawfully demoted from the High Court and later faced twelve...
[2021] GHASC 86 | 2021-07-07
[2021] GHASC 136 | 2021-07-07
This Supreme Court judgment details an appeal regarding a land ownership dispute between two families. The High Court had previously ruled in favor of the plaintiff's family, declaring them the owners of the disputed...
[2021] GHASC 85 | 2021-07-07
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by David Agbeli against Merchant Bank Ghana Ltd. following his summary dismissal for alleged breaches of the bank's credit policy. Agbeli argued his actions were either...
[2021] GHASC 135 | 2021-07-07
An employee was dismissed by Merchant Bank for allegedly breaching the bank's credit policy by approving facilities above his limit. He disputed the dismissal, contending his actions were either properly authorized or...
[2021] ECWICCJ JUD 24/21 | 2021-07-07
This judgment concerns a dispute between Abel Faton, a former cleaner, and the West African Power Pool (WAPP) regarding the alleged unfair termination of his employment contract. Faton claimed he was underpaid and...
Citation pending | 2021-06-25
This judgment from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights orders the United Republic of Tanzania to pay reparations to Amir Ramadhani, including financial compensation for material and non-material losses, and...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/13/21 | 2021-06-04
This judgment concerns an application to review a previous ruling by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. The original ruling found that the Republic of Liberia violated the applicant's rights to a fair hearing and...
[2021] GHASC 182 | 2021-06-02
A debtor asked the Supreme Court to stop further enforcement of a judgment, claiming they had fully paid the outstanding debt, a claim disputed by the creditor. The court previously appointed an accounting firm as a...
[2021] GHASC 81 | 2021-06-02
The Supreme Court considered an application by a debtor claiming to have fully paid a judgment debt, which the creditor disputed. To resolve this, the court had previously directed an independent accounting firm to...
[2023] GHACA 76 | 2021-05-27
The Court of Appeal considered an appeal by Tullow Ghana Limited, which challenged a High Court decision to allow Enablis Entrepreneurial Network Ghana to continue its lawsuit. Tullow had argued that Enablis lacked the...
[2021] GHASC 178 | 2021-05-27
This Supreme Court judgment concerns an appeal by the defendants over an order to repay the plaintiff US$400,000, US$200,000, and GHC100,000, along with interest, following the termination of several agreements between...
[2021] GHASC 175 | 2021-05-27
This Supreme Court appeal involves Met Capital Group Limited and Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Ltd., arising from a dispute over the issuance of bank guarantees, cash collateral, and awarded damages. Both parties are...
[2021] GHASC 174 | 2021-05-26
This judgment concerns an appeal stemming from a dispute among traders who sought to formalize their occupation of land and build permanent shops. The core issue revolves around a delegation of traders who allegedly...
[2021] GHASC 78 | 2021-05-26
The Supreme Court is considering an application seeking to reverse a High Court judgment that ordered the sale of a property mortgaged to First Atlantic Bank. The dispute centers on a mortgage signed by an attorney for...
[2021] GHASC 179 | 2021-05-26
The Supreme Court heard an application seeking to quash a High Court judgment that ordered the judicial sale of a mortgaged property. The High Court had made this order to recover a debt from a company that defaulted...
[2021] GHASC 180 | 2021-05-26
This is an application to the Supreme Court seeking to nullify ongoing proceedings in the High Court, Sekondi, and prevent that court from continuing to hear a case. The High Court case itself was challenging a...
[2021] GHASC 79 | 2021-05-26
This document details an application asking the Supreme Court to stop the Sekondi High Court from hearing a case that alleges a previous chieftaincy judgment was fraudulently obtained. The applicant, who chaired the...
[2021] GHASC 177 | 2021-05-26
Obeng Gyebi appealed to the Supreme Court against a life sentence for conspiracy and robbery, arguing that the sentence was excessively harsh given the circumstances and his 20 years already served. This appeal follows...
[2021] GHASC 75 | 2021-05-20
This case concerns a party's application to review a previous decision where a single Supreme Court justice adopted settlement terms as a consent judgment. The party, who initially requested the adoption, now argues...
[2021] GHASC 176 | 2021-05-20
This judgment concerns a review application challenging a single Supreme Court justice's authority to adopt a settlement agreement as a consent judgment. The applicant, who originally requested this adoption over six...
[2021] GHASC 74 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning a land ownership dispute, affirming the High Court and Court of Appeal's concurrent findings. The Court concluded that the lower courts had correctly analyzed the...
[2021] GHASC 173 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning land ownership, affirming the High Court and Court of Appeal's decisions. The Court found that the lower courts had properly analyzed the evidence and issues, and the...
[2021] GHASC 72 | 2021-05-19
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal concerning a land ownership dispute, upholding the consistent factual findings and legal conclusions made by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Court found no...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/21 | 2021-04-30
The ECOWAS Court of Justice delivered a judgment in a case where former Nigerian Air Force Aircraftwoman Beauty Igbobie Uzezi sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She sought relief for alleged fundamental human rights...
[2022] GHASC 106 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court case involves an appeal by truck owners whose vehicles were destroyed in a factory fire, seeking compensation from the factory for alleged negligence. The appeal challenges lower court decisions that...
[2021] GHASC 109 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court judgment concerns a maritime dispute between Maersk Ghana Limited and B.T.L. Limited, focusing on B.T.L.'s capacity to sue and the quantum of damages for perishable cargo. The dispute arose after...
[2021] GHASC 108 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court appeal concerns In-Petrol Ghana Limited's claim that Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) failed to pay for gasoil according to an agreed credit and payment schedule, causing In-Petrol to suffer losses....
[2021] GHASC 196 | 2021-04-29
This Supreme Court appeal concerns a dispute between two petroleum companies after a lower court affirmed that Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) failed to pay IN-PETROL Ghana Limited for gasoil sold on credit as per an...
ECPV/ CCJ/JUD/ 09/2 I | 2021-04-26
Kodjo Alain Victor Claude filed an application against the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. He alleged that his prolonged pretrial detention violated his rights to liberty,...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/08/21 | 2021-04-26
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard a case brought by the Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. SERAP alleged that Nigeria violated the human rights of...