Judgements

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 29 JANUARY, 1964 Before: SOWAH J JUDGMENT OF SOWAH J This is an appeal from the ruling of the learned circuit judge when he held against the appellant that the bail bond which he entered into to secure the appearance of one Uttam Daswani subsisted at the time […]

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 27 JANUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC We dismissed the appeal in this case on 8 January 1964 reserving our reasons for so doing; we now proceed to give the reasons. By his writ of summons the plaintiff claimed £G15,000 and an order

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 27 JANUARY, 1964 Before: SOWAH J JUDGMENT OF SOWAH J In this appeal counsel for the Commissioner of Police has argued that there was no right of appeal from the decision of the circuit court judge in this matter to the High Court and in support of his

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 27 JANUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJSC JUDGMENT OF BLAY JSC Blay JSC delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Land Court, Cape Coast, presided over by S. A. Attoh, Esquire, Commissioner of Assize and Civil Pleas, as he

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 20 JANUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJ.S.C.   JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C. Sarkodee-Adoo J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. The issue for determination in this appeal is whether the transaction between the predecessors of the parties was an absolute sale or a pledge in respect of

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 20 JANUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO, ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND BLAY JJSC JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO JSC The appellant in this action has appealed to this court against the judgment of Mrs. Jiagge J. dated 13 April 1962 by which the learned judge ordered in favour of the respondent company, the recovery of

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 8 JANUARY 1964 Before: DJABANOR J JUDGMENT OF DJABANOR J This is a claim by the plaintiff against the defendants for libel contained in a letter written by the defendants to the plaintiff’s employers – who acting upon the said letter dismissed the plaintiff from their employment. There

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 4TH JUNE, 1962 Before: KORSAH, C.J., VAN LARE AND SARKODEE-ADOO, JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C. Sarkodee- Addo J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment of Adumua-Bossman, J., (as he then was) sitting in the Land Court, Cape Coast, whereby he dismissed the

High Court · 29 Mar 1962 · Ghana CORAM APALOO J. In this case, there is a comfortable area of agreement between the case of the prosecution and defence. The accused was at the material time a student nurse at the Central Hospital, Kumasi. He was described by Mr. Doku (P.W.6) as a good student

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 16TH NOVEMBER, 1961 Before: OLLENNU, J.   JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. The respondent, plaintiff in the Accra West Local Court, claimed declaration of title as owner to the whole of Sempe stool lands in Accra. The immediate cause of action as disclosed in paragraph 1 of his writ