Judgements

Supreme Court · NO. J5/82/2022 · 1 Feb 2023 · Ghana CORAM DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING) OWUSU (MS.) JSC LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC KULENDI JSC INTRODUCTION The Applicant invokes our supervisory jurisdiction for an order of certiorari to quash the ruling of the High Court (Commercial Division), dated 7th June, 2022. The said […]

SUPREME COURT J5/67/2022 · 30 NOV 2022 GHANA CORAM DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING) AMEGATCHER JSC PROF. KOTEY JSC OWUSU (MS.) JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC OWUSU (MS.) JSC On the 12th of July, 2022, the High Court (Criminal Division) (3) Accra, in the course of hearing the case in which the applicant is the accused person

SUPREME COURT 17 MAY 2023 GHANA CORAM DOTSE J.S.C. (PRESIDING), AMEGATCHER J.S.C., OWUSU J.S.C., TORKORMOO J.S.C., PROF. MENSA-BONSU J.S.C., KULENDI J.S.C., ACKAH-YENSU J.S.C. AMEGATCHER JSC The controversy in this suit centers on the interpretation and enforcement of article 94 (2) (a). The plaintiff invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 2 (1)

SUPREME COURT  1 NOV 2022 · GHANA CORAM DOTSE J.S.C. (PRESIDING), PWAMANG J.S.C., AMEGATCHER J.S.C., PROF. KOTEY J.S.C., OWUSU J.S.C., LOVE-LACE JOHNSON J.S.C., KULENDI J.S.C. KULENDI JSC The Plaintiff, a citizen of Ghana, commenced this action on the 19th day of November 2020, invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court under Articles 2(1) and 130(1)(a)

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 15TH MAY, 1959. Before: VAN LARE J.A. AS.C.J., ACOLASTE J. AND OLLENNU   COUNSEL Appellant in person. Glasgow for respondent (Crown) Appellant heard. The Court calls on Glasgow to argue the following questions: (1) Was not the charge bad for duplicity? (2) Did not the Magistrate treat as

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 5TH MARCH, 1959. Before: MURPHY J. Murphy J.: (His lordship stated the facts, and proceeded):— It is, I think, clear that in considering the case against the appellant there were two separate questions to be decided: (1) was the appellant aware that the 1st accused was not in

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 1ST MAY, 1959. Before: VAN LARE J.A. AS C.J., ACOLATSE J. AND OLLENNU J.   COUNSEL Owusu for appellant. There was no evidence of conspiracy to steal money. If at all, conspiracy was inferred from the act of stealing. On the authorities, such a charge by inference is

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 29TH MAY, 1959. Before: VAN LARE J.A. AS C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. AND ACOLATSE J. JUDGMENT OF GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. Granville Sharp J.A., delivered the judgment of the Court: (His lordship stated the facts, and proceeded:—) Whatever may be the fact as to the purchase of cloth, it

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 23RD NOVEMBER, 1959 Before: VAN LARE J.A. AS C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. AND OLLENNU J. ARGUMENTS OF HAYFRON-BENJAMIN Hayfron-Benjamin for defendant Shang (appellant).The proceedings in the Court below appear to have been carried on with such irregularity as to make the entire trial unsatisfactory. The appellant was not

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1959. Before: OLLENNU J.Held (1) that though extrinsic evidence of transactions which have culminated in a deed are not admissible to prove that the contents of the deed do not represent the true agreement between the parties, the defendant’s evidence of the previous oral