Facts: In this case, the plaintiffs, members of a registered co-operative union, broke off from the union and formed a limited liability company. The object of the company was to distil locally manufactured gin – akpeteshie. Officers of the co-operative union prevented them from distilling the gin. They were also harassed, and their products were […]
Case Brief: Mensima v Attorney-General 9 [1996-97] SCGLR 676 Read More »
Facts: The plaintiffs, a registered political party, sued in the Supreme Court under article 2(1) of the Constitution, 1992 for a declaration, inter alia, that the Council of Indigenous Business Associations Law, 1993 (PNDCL 312), was inconsistent with and in contravention of some specified articles of the Constitution, 1992 including articles 35(1) and 37(2)(a) and
Case Brief: New Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (CIBA Case) [1996-97] SCGLR 729 Read More »
Statement of Facts: In this case, the plaintiff essentially sought a declaration that a certain agreement -The Defence Co-operation, the Status of United States Forces and Access to and Use of Agreed Facilities and Areas in the Republic of Ghana contravened the constitution because it was not duly executed (unsigned) and that additionally, the provisions
Case Brief: Yaw Brogya Gyamfi vs The Attorney General Read More »
Statement of Facts: Mohammed Addul Rahim Baba Salifa, the applicant, was sent to live with a guardian in Guinea for schooling in 1965. The applicant suffered ill-treatment from his guardian and escaped to Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, he sought the assistance of the Ghana High Commissioner to help him return to his parents in
Case Brief: Republic v. Director of Prisons: Ex Parte Salifa (No 1) Read More »
Statement of Facts: Following the release of Mohammed Abdul Rahim Baba Salifa on the order of the High Court in the Ex Parte Salifa (no 1),[2] the Special Branch of the Police Service rearrested him. This time, he was accused of subversion. His father subsequently filed a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum and prayed
Case Brief: Republic v. Director of Special Branch; Ex Parte Salifa (No 2)[1] Read More »
Statement of Facts: The respondent, a Nigerian citizen resident in Ghana, was arrested by the army authorities on suspicion of having committed the offence of stealing. At the time, the army had the power to arrest and prosecute just like the police. The Attorney-General gave a written consent for the respondent to be detained for
Case Brief: State v. General Officer Commanding the Ghana Army; Ex Parte Braimah[1] Read More »
Ghana Bar Association v. Attorney-General and AbbanStatement of fact: The President of the Republic of Ghana nominated Mr Justice Isaac Kobina Abban, a justice of the Supreme Court for approval by Parliament as the Chief Justice. This was done in anticipation of the retirement of the then Chief Justice, Mr Justice P. E. N. K.
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New Patriotic Party v. Attorney-General[1] (31st December Case) Statement of fact: The Government of the National Democratic Congress on 19th December 1993 announced the observation of 31st December 1993 as a public holiday under an existing law, the Public Holidays Law, 1989 (PNDCL 220). This holiday was in commemoration of the 31st December 1981 revolution
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Tuffour v. Attorney-General [1980] GLR 637-667 [1] With the coming into force of the 1979 Constitution, the incumbent Chief Justice, Mr Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo, was purported to be nominated as Chief Justice by the President of the Republic of Ghana in consultation with the Judicial Council. Parliament purported to vet the said Mr Apaloo
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Re Akoto and 7 Others[1] Statement of Facts: The appellants were arrested and detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1958 issued by the Governor General and signed by the minister of interior. They brought a case before the High Court for writs of Habeas Corpus, but the High Court refused them. They subsequently appealed against
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