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Court of Appeal — Accra ACR 4/2007 24 Jul 2008 CORAM: PIESARE, J.A. (Presiding) YAW APPAU, J.A. ADDO, J.A. YAW APPAU, J.A. Though I did not have the opportunity to read beforehand the elaborate and well elucidated lead judgment of my learned senior colleague Piesare, J.A., I agree with him in all respects that the […]
THE REPUBLIC V. KWABENA AMANING @ TAGOR & ANOR. Read More »
Supreme Court · WRIT NO. J1/7/2006 · 12 Jul 2006 CORAM AKUFFO (MS) J.S.C. (PRESIDING), WOOD (MRS) J.S.C., DR. DATE-BAH J.S.C., PROF. OCRAN J.S.C., ANSAH J.S.C., ASIAMAH J.S.C., ADINYIRA J.S.C.FRANK AGYEI TWUM V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL WOOD (MRS), J.S.C. I have also had the benefit of reading the well reasoned opinion of my learned brother Dr. Date-Bah,
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SUPREME COURT GHANA – ACCRA 8 Mar 2006 CORAM: AKUFFO (MS), J.S.C. (PRESIDING) ,DR. TWUM, J.S.C. , DR. DATE-BAH, J.S.C. , PROF. OCRAN, J.S.C. , ANINAKWA, J.S.C. JUDGEMENT DR. DATE-BAH, J.S.C: This is the unanimous judgment of the Court. This case raises issues regarding inequality in bargaining power and the legal consequences flowing from such
CFC CONSTRUCTION V. RANSOM DIVINE ATTITSOGBE CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/21/2004 Read More »
HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 27 February 2003 COUNSEL: JUDGEMENT OF AMONOO-MONNEY JA On 2 October 2000 the plaintiff sued out a writ of summons against the defendant bank in which he claimed the following reliefs: “(a) A declaration that the plaintiff owns 160,000 paid up shares of the defendant-company. (b) A declaration that the plaintiff
SERBEH-YIADOM vs. STANBIC BANK (GH) LTD [2003-2005] 1 GLR 86 Read More »
SUPREME COURT ACCRA 26 MARCH 1997 CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN, KPEGAH, ACQUAH, ATUGUBA AND AKUFFO JJSC CASES REFERRED TO (1) Taylor v Caldwell (1863) 122 ER 309. (2) Davis Contractor Ltd v Fareham UDC [1956] AC 696; [1956] 3 WLR 37; [1956] 2 All ER 115, HL. [p.748] of [1997-98] 1 GLR 746 (3) Tatem Ltd v
BARCLAYS BANK(GHANA)LTD v SAKARI [1997-98] 1 GLR 746 Read More »
Division: SUPREME COURT, ACCRA Date: 12 MARCH 1997 Before: CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN, AMPIAH, KPEGAH, ACQUAH AND AKUFFO JJSC CASES REFERRED TO (1) Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104. (2) Board of Directors of Orthodox Secondary School of Peki v Tawlma-Abels [1974] 1 GLR 419, CA. (3) Siboen and the Sibotre, The (1976) 1 Lloyds Rep
HEMANS v COFIE [1997-98] 1 GLR 144 Read More »
Court of Appeal · 21 Dec 1995 · (1995) (CA) CORAM AMUAH JSC, FORSTER JA, BENIN JA BENIN JA The accused, now the appellant, was arraigned before the Ashanti Regional Public Tribunal on a charge of stealing under section 124(1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). The particulars of offence read: “Nana Owusu Achiaw
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Bilson v Attorney-General SUPREME COURT ADADE, WIREDU, HAYFRON-BENJAMIN, AMPIAH, KPEGAH JJSC 12 DECEMBER 1994 By his writ filed on 26/8/93, the plaintiff seeks: “(a) A declaration that upon the true and proper interpretation of section 34 of the transitional provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992, only: i. acts or omissions by
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NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY v ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUPREME COURT, ACCRA 8 March 1994 ARCHER CJ, ADADE FRANCOIS, ABBAN, AMUA-SEKYI, AIKINS, BAMFORD-ADDO, HAYFRON-BENJAMIN AND AMPIAH JJSC NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION by the plaintiff, a registered political party, before the Supreme Court under article 2(1) of the Constitution, 1992 for a declaration that the public celebration of 31
NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY v ATTORNEY-GENERAL (31ST DECEMBER CASE) [1993-94] 2 GLR 35—192 Read More »
Date: 18 JULY 1991 CORAM: LAMPTEY, AMPIAH AND ESSIEM JJA JUDGMENT OF LAMPTEY J. A. By an originating motion supported by an affidavit which ran into 26 paragraphs, the two applicants, namely Michael Kwaku Abrokwa and James Adona Mensah, in their capacities as shareholders in Ashanti Furniture Co. Ltd. pursuant to section 218 of the
PINAMANG vs. ABROKWA [1991] 2 GLR 384 Read More »
