WARD-BREW vs. GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION (NO 1)

JUDGMENT OF ADJABENG JA. On 17 May 1991 the plaintiff issued a writ of summons against the Ghana Bar Association as the first defendant, and the General Legal Council, as the second defendant. The second defendant-council, however, successfully applied later for the name of the council to be struck out as a defendant in the action. The General Legal Council is therefore no longer a defendant in this action even though before they went out, they had filed a statement of defence. The only defendant presently in this action therefore is the Ghana Bar Association. In the indorsement on his writ of summons, the plaintiff claims nine reliefs, the first six of which are in the form of declarations, while the remaining three are in the form of orders. The plaintiff’s main complaint, it seems to me, can be found in his first relief. In this, the plaintiff claims: “A declaration that the Senior Advocate of Ghana (SAG) scheme as presently constituted by the first defendant, the Ghana...