Judgements

Supreme Court DOT 6 May 2010 CORAM: BROBBEY JSC (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC DOTSE, JSC INTRODUCTION The brief facts of this case are that, the accused/appellants, hereafter referred to as accused had been charged with the offence of Rape, tried and convicted by a Court with jury and sentenced to

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

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

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

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

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