EUGENE GUDDAH & ANOR vs. GOLDFEILDS [GHANA] LTD.

KANYOKE, JA By their amended writ of summons issued on the 12th day of October 1999, at the High Court, Tarkwa the plaintiffs/appellants (hereinafter referred to simply as the appellants) claimed against the defendants/respondents (also hereinafter referred to as the respondents), the following reliefs: “(a) A declaration that the plaintiffs and other members of the Kwabedu Farmers Association are entitled to compensation for the disturbance of the right to farms and farming land which have been acquired by the defendants for their mining operations and/or settlement of people. (b) An order for the payment of fair and adequate compensation for farms and crops which have been destroyed and for farming activities which have been frustrated or curtailed by the operations of the defendants.” The facts of the case as disclosed on the pleadings are that a group of farmers called Kwabedu Farmers Association had their farm lands surveyed and their crops enumerated by the Respondent...