MR. ANTHONY VICTOR OBENG vs. MRS. THERESA H. OBENG

MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A: On 21-4-2004, the High Court, Accra, after dissolving the marriage between the parties made the following Orders: “In conclusion and in exercise of this Court’s discretion under S. 20(1) and (2) of the MCA 1971, Act 367, I make the following awards: 1. Petitioner is hereby ordered to make a lump sum payment of US$80,000.00 to the respondent. This may be made in 5 installments. 2. US$5,000.00 or its cedi equivalent to cover cost of legal representation. 3. Cost of One-way Air-ticket from Ghana to US.” Dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court, the petitioner/appellant appealed to this Court on the following grounds: a. The judgment is against the weight of evidence. b. The order that the petitioner must pay to the respondent the lump sum of US$80,000.00 and US$5,000.00 or its equivalent in cedis as costs of legal representation is excessive and constitutes gross miscarriage of justice. c. That the trial Court failed to take into account ...