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input2/Ashcroft v Cambro Waste Products Ltd — [1981] 3 All ER 699

Page 703 of | 1981-03-30

Neil Ashcroft, an officer of the Derbyshire County Council, a ppealed by way of case stated by the justices a cting in and for the petty sessional division of Chesterfield in the County of Derby in respect of their a...

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PIETERSE v. AMANKRAH AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 785-787

Citation pending | 1981-03-27

The first plaintiff witness has given evidence -in -chief to the effect that the plaintiff and the first defendant were recently a rraigned before the district court on charges of careless driving and negligently...

Open case

ESSOUN II v. YEMO AND OTHERS [1982-83] GLR 562-576

14/76 entitled | 1981-03-17

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 7 8. It is seriously contended that the defendants cannot be divested of their absolute title in consequence of any judgment obtained by the plaintiff....

BROBBEY AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC [1982-83] GLR 608-616

Citation pending | 1981-03-04

Twumasi J. On 28 March 1980, four policemen were a rraigned before the District Court Grade 1, Bibiani, on two counts of causing harm, contrary to section 69; one count of causing damage, contrary to section 172; and...

input2/Barnett v Hassett — [1982] 1 All ER 80

Citation pending | 1981-03-02

protected by registration of a Class F charge. Since the husband was not in occupation of the house and did not seek to enter into or occupy the house, within s 1(1)(b)b of the 1967 Act, he was not entitled to register...

input2/Acrow (Engineers) Ltd v Hathaway — [1981] 2 All ER 161

Citation pending | 1981-02-27

the time limit of three months specified by s 67(2) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 for lodging a complaint relating to the dismissal, the employee made a second complaint to the tribunal which,...

REPUBLIC v. BEKOE AND OTHERS0 EX PARTE ADJEI [1982-83] GLR1

C/2 | 1981-02-27

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 "3. That the registrar of the Central Regional House of Chiefs came to Agona Nyakrom on 7 November 1980. He a rrived there about 3 p.m. 4. On his a...

input2/Air Canada and others v Secretary of State for Trade and another — [1981] 3 All ER 336

Citation pending | 1981-02-18

By a summons dated 10 November 1980 the British Airports Authority, the second defendant to an action brought against the authority and the first defendant, the Secretary of State for Trade, by the plaintiffs, Air...

IN RE AMARTEIFIO (DECD.) AMARTEIFIO v. AMARTEIFIO [1982-83]1

Citation pending | 1981-02-10

In his lifetime Bob Amarteifio (deceased) had seven children, it would a ppear by two different wives, the plaintiff being the son of the one wife, and the defendants the children of another wife called Rosina...

AYIAH v. COLEMAN [1982-83] GLR 322-333

L.88 situated at Kokoso -Sankoa quarters | 1981-02-10

By his writ of summons filed at the registry of this court on 12 June, 1979, the plaintiff claims from the defendant: "(a) The total sum of ¢80,174.26 made up as follows: 1. ¢50,000 general damages for breach of a...

CEJContinued Exercise Of Jurisdiction. In Fact, There Is Another Matter Pending Before This Court

REPUBLIC v. STOOL LANDS BOUNDARIES SETTLEMENT COMMISSION E1

Citation pending | 1981-02-09

By a rticle 114 (1) of the Constitution, 1979 the judicial power of Ghana is vested in the judiciary, and no organ or a gency of the executive or legislature has any final judicial, power. The Stool Lands Boundaries...

input2/A J Bekhor & Co Ltd v Bilton — [1981] 2 All ER 565

Citation pending | 1981-02-06

Injunction – Interlocutory – Danger that defendant may transfer a ssets out of jurisdiction – Discovery or interrogatories in aid of injunction – Power to make order for discovery or interrogatories in aid of Mareva...

input2/A and another v C and others (No 2) — [1981] 2 All ER 126

Citation pending | 1981-02-05

The defendants a pplied for the variation of a Mareva injunction granted against them in proceedings brought by the plaintiffs, in order to permit them to pay Out of the a ssets which were subject to the injunction...

input2/Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd v Bluff — [1981] 3 All ER 232

Citation pending | 1981-01-30

Partnership – Dissolution – Death – Partnership at will – Death of partner – Profits – Estate entitled pending final settlement to receive share of profits or interest on deceased ’ s share of a ssets – Executor...

input2/Banque de l ’ Indochine et de Suez SA v Euroseas Group Finance Co Ltd and others — [1981] 3 All ER 198

Citation pending | 1981-01-28

The registered name of a company was ‘ Euroseas Group Finance Company Limited ’ . Two cheques drawn by the company in favour of the plaintiff bore the printed words ‘ per pro Euroseas Group Finance Co Ltd ’ and were...

REPUBLIC v. ACCRA CIRCUIT COURT EX PARTE APPIAH [1982-83] 1

21094501 | 1981-01-12

Pursuant to leave granted on 11 November 1980 the a pplicant a pplies for an order of certiorari "to quash the ruling of his Honour Judge Owusu -Sekyere in the case Republic v. J. E. K. A. Appiah dated 5 November 1980...

REPUBLIC v REGIONAL LANDS OFFICER, HO EX PARTE KLUDZE [1997-98] I GLR1028 - 1038

Citation pending | 1981-01-10

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 2 GLR 448 and dictum of Francois JSC on Kuenyehia v Archer [1993 -94] 2 GLR 525 at 562, SC January 1981, unreported; and of Lord Haldane in Amodu Tijani v...

input2/A Lambert Flat Management Ltd v Lomas — [1981] 2 All ER 280

Citation pending | 1980-12-19

Nuisance – Statutory nuisance – Abatement notice – Noise – Noise emitted by lift and motor in block of flats – Complaint by tenants of flats a djoining lift shaft – Abatement notice served by local authority on...

input2/Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd — [1981] 1 All ER 353

Citation pending | 1980-12-03

By the Gulf Oil Refining Act 1965, an oil company ( ‘ Gulf Oil ’ ) were authorised to construct certain works in connection with an oil refinery they intended to establish at Milford Haven. The preamble to the Act...

input2/Albert v Lavin — [1981] 1 All ER 628

Citation pending | 1980-11-27

Held – It was not a defence to a charge of a ssault that the a ccused honestly but mistakenly believed that his action was justifed as being reasonable self-defence if there were no reasonable grounds for his belief....

JAPAN MOTORS TRADING CO. LTD. v. RANDOLPH MOTORS LTD. [1982-

C.920/3 | 1980-11-26

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 Mr. Randolph failed to pay the purchase price or any part thereof within the stipulated period. And in January 1971 or thereabout he a pproached the...

input2/Allnatt London Properties Ltd v Newton — [1981] 2 All ER 290

Citation pending | 1980-11-20

By a writ dated 11 April 1980 the plaintiffs, Allnatt London Properties Ltd ( ‘ the landlords ’ ), sought as against the defendant, Ronald James Newton ( ‘ the tenant ’ ), a declaration that there existed an...

EWUDZIWA v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL [1982-83] GLR 625-639

GP. 449. Before she boarded | 1980-11-19

lacerations on the upper part of the right tibia with evulsion of the skin, and compound fracture of the right femur. At the time she gave evidence, [p.628] she was still continuing her treatment at the Korle Bu...

input2/Baxendale v Instow Parish Council and others — [1981] 2 All ER 620

Citation pending | 1980-11-14

Per Curiam. In cases stated under the 1965 Act it is the duty of each party to give the other party notice at the earliest possible moment of any new point which was not taken before the commons commissioner, and if...

NAJAT METAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED. v. HANSON AND ANOTHER [1981

Citation pending | 1980-11-14

The plaintiff -company seeks a declaration that it has never been confiscated to the State. It is not challenging the authority which caused the confiscation, but it is saying that the company which was confiscated to...

input2/Alpha Trading Ltd v Dunnshaw-Patten Ltd — [1981] 1 All ER 482

Citation pending | 1980-11-11

The plaintiffs and the defendants were international traders who entered into a contract whereby in consideration of the plaintiffs introducing to the defendants a buyer for 10,000 tonnes of cement at $49·50 per tonne...

BOATENG v. GYAMFUAA [1982-83] GLR 547-551

Citation pending | 1980-11-11

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 deceased under the age of 18 and he quoted a rticle 102, at p.3 of exhibit 4. He a dded that the late Private Hayford Boateng had a wife who is the...

input2/Beard v Beard — [1981] 1 All ER 783

Citation pending | 1980-11-05

from the house, and to decide who should have interim care and control of the children pending determination of the father ’ s summons. The judge ordered, pursuant to s 42(1)a of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, that...

LEVER BROTHERS GHANA LTD. v ANNAN LEVER BROTHERS GHANA LTD1

Citation pending | 1980-10-28

The plaintiff -respondents in the above consolidated suits will, for ease of reference, be described hereafter simply as the plaintiffs and the defendant -a ppellants as the defendants. The plaintiffs were the...

REPUBLIC v. HIGH COURT, KOFORIDUA EX PARTE NSOWAA [1989-90]

42 of 1958 | 1980-10-11

input2/ACT Construction Ltd v Customs and Excise Commissioners — [1981] 1 All ER 324

Citation pending | 1980-10-09

Held – The expression ‘ maintenance ’ in note 2 to Group 8 of Sch 4 to the 1972 Act was to be given its ordinary and natural meaning, and what maintenance meant was a question of law for the court to decide. Having...

REPUBLIC v. CHIEF LANDS OFFICER EX PARTE ALLOTEY AND OTHERS1

412/76 Quarcoo v. Allotey. The main issue in that case was whether or not Quarcoo had been removed as joint head of family. It was held that Quarcoo was still a joint head of family. By this judgment | 1980-08-22

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 was before Abban J. and which was settled and the terms of settlement incorporated into Abban J.'s judgment, dated 23 December 1974. On 18 March 1976,...

IN RE AYAYEE (DECD.) KUKUBOR AND ANOTHER v. AYAYEE [1982-81

C535/3 | 1980-07-31

The plaintiffs are the executors a ppointed under the will of the late Gabriel Quesah Ayayee. The second plaintiff is the daughter of the deceased and the defendant is the brother of the full blood of the second...

CARCourse Of The A Rgument I Threw Hints At Counsel That In My View Order 38 Of The High Court

GENERAL COLD INDUSTRY LIMITED.

15 | 1980-07-31

The issues involved in this suit are in my respectful opinion quite simple and indeed straightforward. Affidavits however have been sworn to by the defendants the effect of which is to give an impression of complexity...

WUSU v. DONKOR AND OTHERS [1982-83] GLR 616-624

DE 19 Mim | 1980-07-29

By his writ of summons the plaintiff claims against the defendants jointly and severally a declaration that the sale and purchase in execution of certain properties were "illegal, null and void ab initio and of no...

BUACHIE v. SAMMAN [1982-83] GLR 797-809

Citation pending | 1980-07-18

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 7 for forgiveness. She further told him that this illicit relationship had existed for some time and that she had met the plaintiff at various places...

input2/and other appeals — [1981] 1 All ER 601

Citation pending | 1980-07-17

could pass that duty over to Slough as the local authority with whom the families had a local connection. Since both families had resided in Slough for some years, Hillingdon and Ealing ( ‘ the notifying authorities ’...

GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK v. BINOO-OKAI [1982-83] GLR 74-81

2 | 1980-07-17

This is an a pplication for summary judgment under the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A), Order 14, r.1. The plaintiff is a financial institution established by statute and transacting commercial...

KANGAH & ANOTHER v. KYERE & OTHERS [1982-83] GLR 649-657

Citation pending | 1980-07-16

Taylor J.S.C. delivered the opinion of the court. This is a chieftaincy suit commenced by a petition headed, "In the Judicial Committee of the Western Regional House of Chiefs." The matter came before the chieftaincy...

input2/Adeoso (otherwise Ametepe) v Adeoso — [1981] 1 All ER 107

Citation pending | 1980-07-15

Injunction – Exclusion of party from matrimonial home – County court – Man and woman who are living with each other in the same household as husband and wife – Parties living in small flat – Parties ’ relationship...

ANNOBIL v. OBOSU AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 585-588

Citation pending | 1980-07-10

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 nevertheless been a dduced without objection, a judge is bound to consider it. Abowaba v. Adeshina (1946) 12 W.A.C.A. 18 and Yartey v. Construction and...

input2/Air-India v Wiggins — [1980] 2 All ER 593

Citation pending | 1980-07-03

Animal – Carriage by sea, air, road or rail – Protection from injury and unnecessary suffering – Jurisdiction of English courts – Carriage of birds from Bombay to London via Kuwait by foreign airline – Delay in Kuwait...

input2/Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster v G E Overton (Farms) Ltd — [1980] 3 All ER 503

Citation pending | 1980-06-26

of the coins at the time they were concealed being unknown, the coins were treasure trove belonging to the Crown. By order dated 29 November 1978 the action was transferred from the Lincoln District Registry of the...

ZAKARI v. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS INC. AND ANOTHER [1982-83] G1

AF 1291 on 9 October 1974. 5. That Union de Transport Aeriens | 1980-06-23

On or about 12 October 1976 the plaintiff issued out of this court a writ against Pan American World Airways Inc. The indorsement on the writ reads: "The plaintiff claims against the defendants the sum of 6,682.55...

input2/Allied Collection Agencies Ltd v Wood and another — [1981] 3 All ER 176

Citation pending | 1980-06-20

Where on an interlocutory a pplication the court intends that one party is to have the costs of that a pplication irrespective of the outcome of the substantive action, the usual form of order is ‘ costs in any event ’...

MUSICIANS UNION OF GHANA v. ABRAHAM AND ANOTHER [1982-83] 31

Citation pending | 1980-06-20

In this a pplication the plaintiffs are a sking for an order of an interim injunction to restrain the second defendants from "(1) making any further releases of the plaintiffs' records, and (2) from making any further...

input2/Benson v Biggs Wall & Co Ltd — [1982] 3 All ER 300

Citation pending | 1980-06-19

(3) Since the deceased had died interstate the widow ’ s and the son ’ s damages under the 1934 Act were to be determined a ccording to the division of the estate on the intestacy. Under the intestacy the widow was...

BRUTUW v. AFERIBA AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 464-479

15/70 entitled Kobena Amoasi | 1980-06-19

By the indorsement on her writ the plaintiff's claim against the defendants is for: "(a) declaration setting a side the judgment of this honourable court dated 26 August 1975 and confirmed by the judgment of the Court...

AGYEMAN VII v. NKUM AND ANOTHER [1982-83] GLR 520-528

Citation pending | 1980-06-19

www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 The plaintiff claims against the defendants a declaration of title to a piece of land with a cocoa farm thereon situate at Mpokuampa, Bibiani and...

input2/Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation — [1980] 3 All ER 161

28 of 1925 | 1980-06-12

Contempt of court – Publications concerning legal proceedings – Court – Inferior court – Local valuation court – Defendants proposing to broadcast television programme on issue pending before local valuation court –...