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ESSIEN ALIAS BAIDU v. ANGU II AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 60-6

Citation pending | 1983-03-23

The capacity in which the plaintiff instituted this action against the defendant was the ebusuapanyin of the Kukordo Ebiradze stool family of Fijai. The writ was filed on 4 December 1980. It is crystal clear from the...

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ESSIEN ALIAS BAIDU v. ANGU II AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 60-65

Citation pending | 1983-03-23

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ANSAH v. ANSAH [1982-83] GLR 1127-1133

Citation pending | 1983-03-17

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 6 In order to succeed the wife must bring herself within at least one of the six conditions laid in section 2 (1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act...

BOGOLO v. ALIEBO [1982-83] GLR 1170-1189

Citation pending | 1983-03-15

This is an appeal against the judgment of the District Court Grade II, holden at Half -Assini on 23 April 1981, in which the action was dismissed and judgment was entered for the defendant in the suit in which the...

BUAFUL v. CONSTRUCTION PIONEERS [1982-83] GLR 1058-1063

Citation pending | 1983-03-13

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 to represent the Lands Department which they say had a dvised them not to pay any money to the plaintiff. The third party notice was duly served on the...

ADORSU AND OTHERS v. SOKPOLI [1982-83] GLR 1133-1136

Citation pending | 1983-03-11

On 28 May 1982, the defendants herein filed a motion in this court for an order that the plaintiff should provide substantial cash security or enter into a bond with justified sureties to secure the payment of any...

input2/Air Canada and others v Secretary of State for Trade and another (No 2) — [1983] 1 All ER 910

Citation pending | 1983-03-10

Discovery – Privilege – Production contrary to public interest – Class of documents – Documents relating to government policy – Communications between government ministers – Documents prepared for use of ministers in...

AMUKYI v. THE REPUBLIC [1982-83] GLR 1010-1016

Citation pending | 1983-03-01

TWUMASI J. The a ppellant and his wife and one other now at large, were jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud and defrauding by false pretences contrary to sections 20 and 131 respectively, of the Criminal Code,...

ANSAH v. GHARTEY [1982-83] GLR 1189-1196

202 | 1983-02-28

whenever he travelled from Tema to Adiembra on a visit he stayed with the defendant in the said house. When the plaintiff was pensioned he gave notice to the defendant to quit the premises but the latter gave various...

YARO v. DUHO AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 1064-1071

ER 3969 belonging to the second defendant to be impounded in execution of the judgment debt. It was at this point that the | 1983-02-25

High Court in Volta Region for damages for negligence — Whether action properly commenced — High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1954 (LN 140A), Order, 5, r. 1 (6) — High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 1977...

ACQUAYE v. AWOTWI AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 1110-1118

R.3 | 1983-02-23

Mensa Boison J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. This appeal by the defendant is against the judgment of the Circuit Court, Kumasi (G. P. K Twumasi, Esq., presiding) given on 17 November 1980. By that judgment...

FIRST GHANA BUILDING SOCIETY v. ADDY [1982-83] GLR 1089-1093

2 | 1983-02-22

By two separate a ctions the next friend herein, first in his capacity as principal tenant and subsequently in his capacity as caretaker to Kingsley Anyimadu Acheampong, sued the defendants to set a side the sale of...

input2/Austin and others v Hart — [1983] 2 All ER 341

Citation pending | 1983-02-21

Time – Persons entitled to bring action – Fatal a ccident – Action – Dependant of deceased entitled to sue if no action commenced by executor within six months of death – Executors a ppointed by will – Action commenced...

input2/Adsett v West — [1983] 2 All ER 985

Citation pending | 1983-02-18

Held – (1) It was well established that in a claim under the 1934 Act the deceased ’ s estate was entitled to damages on account of his a nticipated earnings in the lost years, but that loss was not to be a warded in...

REPUBLIC v. WESTERN NZIMA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL EX PARTE MFR1

2 | 1983-02-07

This is an a pplication for an order prohibiting the respondents from hearing and determining the suit entitled: (1) Asamoah Ebbah (2) John Mokye v. Aduku Mframra and Others Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the a pplicants' a...

NKRUMAH v. FOLI AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 1046-1058

Citation pending | 1983-01-31

The plaintiff claims against the defendants jointly and severally ¢10,000 damages for unlawful a rrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The facts of the case were that on 21 November 1979, the plaintiff...

ACHIAMPONG v. ACHIAMPONG [1982-83] GLR 1017-1039

2 | 1983-01-26

The appeal is from the judgment of the High Court, Accra, dated 7 August 1981. It was the result of the outcome of proceedings brought under section 20(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367), by the...

MAMUDU WANGARA v. GYATO WANGARA [1982-83] GLR 639-649

AB 18 | 1983-01-24

Abban J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. The appeal is from the judgment of the High Court, Sunyani, delivered on 24 February 1981. The judgment a llowed an appeal from the judgment of the District Court, Dormaa...

input2/Baden and others v Sociéte Générale pour Favoriser le Développement du Commerce et de l ’ lndustrie en France SA — [1992] 4 All ER 161

Citation pending | 1982-12-20

Trust – Constructive trust – Participation in dishonest design – Knowingly a ssisting in fraudulent design on part of trustee – Knowledge – Stranger – Bank – Knowledge required of stranger to trust to make him a...

input2/Attorney General of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen Shiu — [1983] 2 All ER 346

Citation pending | 1982-12-16

In 1976 the respondent entered Hong Kong illegally. He remained there without being detected and became part owner of a factory which employed several workers. On 28 October 1980 a change in immigration policy was a...

IN RE ADJANCOTE ACQUISITION KLU v. AGYEMANG II [1982-83] G1

Citation pending | 1982-12-15

The dispute in this case is about title to a piece of land described by the name Adjancote. This land was a cquired some time ago by the Government of Ghana for the purpose of building a television station for the...

BONSU v. DOE [1982-83] GLR 778-781

Citation pending | 1982-12-14

Jiagge J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. This appeal is from the ruling of the circuit court dismissing an a pplication to set a side its judgment for a liquidated demand in default of a ppearance. The...

OHENE-MENSAH v. SUBIN TIMBERS LIMITED [1982-83] GLR 601-608

Citation pending | 1982-12-09

In pursuance of the Provisional National Defence Council (Establishment) Proclamation, 1981, a law was promulgated entitled Forfeiture of Assets and Transfer of Shares and Other Proprietary Interests (Subin Timbers...

ANDREWS v. HAYFORD [1982-83] GLR 214-220

1153/1952. It was tendered at the t rial as exhibit A. It should be observed that sometime after the sale Dwenin died. That is | 1982-11-25

The land in dispute is situated at Tantri Road, Cape Coast. It formed part of a larger are a bought by one Kwamina Prah (deceased). Kwamina Prah built a house on a portion of the said land. It is the undeveloped...

input2/American Express Co and another v British Airways Board — [1983] 1 All ER 557

Citation pending | 1982-11-24

By a writ issued on 21 February 1980 the plaintiffs, American Express Co, American Express International Corp and Standard Bank of Swaziland, claimed against the defendants, the British Airways Board, inter a lia,...

BENNEH v. NEW TIMES CORPORATION AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 30

Citation pending | 1982-11-23

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 6 dismissed all of them. He also suspended two others on the same day for flouting his orders. Later, Mr. Benneh went to town and recruited labourers to...

input2/Badry v Director of Public Prosecutions of Mauritius — [1982] 3 All ER 973

Citation pending | 1982-11-15

Contempt of court – Court – Commission of inquiry – Inquiry into a llegations of fraud and corruption by a ppellant – Supreme Court judge a ppointed as sole commissioner to conduct inquiry – Abusive and scurrilous...

BOYE v. ACHIMOTA BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED [1982-83] GLR 955-1

350403/166724 of 27 May 1981 | 1982-11-12

(a) Unbleached Kraft Liner (b) First Class Semi -Chemical Real Width -64" Fluting Specifications — Diameter -50" same as in (a) CORE -4" Substance -200 & 150 gm² . . . delivery dates will be highly a ppreciated. Yours...

input2/Allnatt London Properties Ltd v Newton — [1984] 1 All ER 423

Citation pending | 1982-10-28

Held – On the true construction of s 38(1) of the 1954 Act, an a greement purported to preclude a tenant from making an a pplication or request for a new tenancy if the effect of the a greement was in fact to preclude...

IN RE ODONKOR (DECD.) ODONKOR v. ODONKOR AND ANOTHER [1982-

Citation pending | 1982-10-22

The plaintiff on 14 June 1982 issued his writ claiming to be a lawful son and the person entitled to the estate of James Tetteh Odonkor (deceased) and as such to have a grant of a dministration of the estate of the...

IN RE SACKITEY (DECD.) DZAMIOJA ALIAS ASHONG v. SACKITEY AN1

NK. 72 | 1982-09-16

In this case the plaintiff who is an executor of the will of the late J. B. O. Sackitey, claims against the defendants herein for an order for recovery of possession of: "(a) two -storey building No. NK. 72, Koforidua...

ANSU-AGYEI AND OTHERS v FIMAH AND OTHERS [1993-94] 1 GLR 291

Citation pending | 1982-08-24

Delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the decision of the chieftaincy tribunal of the National House of Chiefs. The petitioners in this matter instituted chieftaincy proceedings against the...

input2/Acrecrest Ltd v W S Hattrell & Partners (a firm) and another — [1983] 1 All ER 17

Citation pending | 1982-07-22

In 1971 the plaintiffs, a land development company, employed a firm of a rchitects to design, and a firm of builders to build, a block of flats. The a rchitects ’ specifications required the foundations to be built to...

input2/Banque de l ’ Indochine et de Suez SA v J H Rayner (Mincing Lane) Ltd — [1983] 1 All ER 468

Citation pending | 1982-07-21

The plaintiffs, Banque de l ’ Indochine et de Suez SA, brought an action against the defendants, J H Rayner (Mincing Lane) Ltd, claiming, inter a lia, the return of $US1,010,000 which they had paid to the defendants...

input2/Alexander v Immigration Appeal Tribunal — [1982] 2 All ER 766

Citation pending | 1982-07-08

The a pplicant obtained an entry certificate in Sri Lanka to enter the United Kingdom as a student but on her a rrival in England the certificate was found to be invalid. The a pplicant therefore a pplied to the...

input2/Bergin v Bergin — [1983] 1 All ER 905

Citation pending | 1982-06-28

Husband and wife – Summary proceedings – Financial provision – Magistrates ’ court – Application for financial provision order – Grounds of a pplication – Respondent ’ s behaviour such that a pplicant cannot reasonably...

AMOAKO v. TAKORADI TIMBERS LIMITED [1982-83] GLR 69-73

Citation pending | 1982-06-28

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 The plaintiff is a timber merchant trading under the name and style of Temaco Supply Co., Ltd., and under a trade mark TSC. The defendants are also a...

input2/Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd and others v Total Oil GB Ltd — [1983] 1 All ER 944

Citation pending | 1982-06-24

(a) it had not been obtained by economic duress on the part of the defendants, ie by commercial pressure which had coerced the plaintiffs ’ will and vitiated their consent to the transaction, since the plaintiffs had...

ADJI & COMPANY v. KUMANING [1982-83] GLR 1382-1397

1 | 1982-06-23

The appeal is from the judgment of the Circuit Court, Koforidua. In the said judgment dated 24 November 1980, the learned circuit judge dismissed the claim of the a ppellants (hereinafter referred to as the...

SAM v. NOAH [1982-83] GLR 1122-1126

Citation pending | 1982-06-11

"the plaintiff sues the defendant to show cause why the defendant should instruct Kweku Amoah who is a tenant on the plaintiff's farm land to pay ¢40 to the defendant being a nnual fee on the plaintiff's farm and being...

MANSU v. ABBOYE AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 1313-1323

Citation pending | 1982-06-10

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 of the town committee, and therefore he had every authority to grant a licence to the defendant to tap and uproot palm trees, perhaps in the better...

input2/Bennett v Markham and another — [1982] 3 All ER 641

Citation pending | 1982-05-21

John Bennett, the director of trading standards for West Yorkshire, a ppealed by way of case stated by F D L Loy Esq, stipendiary magistrate a cting in and for the petty sessional division of Leeds in the county of...

ADA CO-OPERATIVE FOOD FARMERS UNION LTD. v. ABODEI AND OTHE1

GL 3067 | 1982-05-20

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 [p.1146] It also claims recovery of possession of the said farm tractors and equipment; ¢330,000 damages for loss of use; ¢70,000 as general damages and...

input2/A M & S Europe Ltd v Commission of the European Communities — [1983] 1 All ER 705

17/62 empowers the Commission to check and copy all correspondence and other business papers of a firm or a ssociation of firms | 1982-05-18

was privileged. The a pplicant a pplied to the Court of Justice of the European Communities for (i) a review of art 1(b) of the Commission ’ s decision and (ii) a declaration that it was void or, a lternatively, a...

DATSOMOR v. LANG [1982-83] GLR 206-209

Citation pending | 1982-05-18

Wiredu J.A. delivered the ruling of the court. On 5 November 1975, the plaintiff -respondents to this appeal (hereafter referred to simply as the plaintiffs) took out a writ of summons in the High Court, Accra [p.207]...

DZADE v. ABOAGYE [1982-83 ]GLR 209-213

1883/1975. The defendant | 1982-05-17

This is an appeal from the judgment of his Honour the Circuit Judge, Mr. Dove, as he then was, when he granted to the [p.211] plaintiff -respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) a declaration of title to a...

MANU AND ANOTHER v. YEBOAH [1982-83] GLR 34-46

SNT. 75 after | 1982-05-11

On 22 September 1962, a house at Sunyani, numbered SNT. 75, previously owned by the second a ppellant was offered for salt at a public auction to satisfy the judgment debt and costs incurred by her in a land suit. The...

OBADZEN II v. ONANKA II [1982-83] GLR 46-57

1197/1968 in the Lands Registry | 1982-05-11

This dispute relates to the common boundary of two Teshie families. It is a contest essentially to determine the true boundary between the quarter lands of the Agbawe and Kle Musum families of Teshie. The suit...

FIRI v. FRIMPONG [1982-83] GLR 176-195

D.16 | 1982-05-11

The parties to this appeal are members of the Adaati family of Takyiman in the Brong -Ahafo Region. The family owns a stool the occupant of which is the linguist to the Takyimanhene. The respondent to this appeal is...

DAABOA DAGARTI v. DORNIPEA [1982-83] GLR 594-601

Citation pending | 1982-05-11

This appeal is from the decision of the Circuit Court, Wa, dated 2 April 1980. The decision upheld a claim by the plaintiff -respondent (hereafter referred to simply as the plaintiff) for the custody of a child he...