ANTHONY OSEI AMEYAW vs. MICHAEL ANDOH

RULING The applicants herein are calling upon this Court to make an order of Interlocutory Injunction against the respondents. The respondents vehemently opposed this move by the applicants. The main feature of an order of Injunction is that it may issue only when it is just or convenient to do so. Order 25 r 1 (2) of CI47 expressly provides: “The Court may grant an injunction by an interlocutory order in all cases in which it appears to the court to be just or convenient to do so, and the order may be made either conditionally or upon such terms and conditions as the Court considers just.” In the American Cyanamid Co. vrs. Ethicon [1975] 1 ALL ER 540, HL, the House of Lords introduced what has been described as a “sea change” of approach to the grant of interlocutory injunction. Various factors thus come into play in deciding whether it is just and convenient to grant or deny an Interlocutory Injunction. The decision of the court must depend on the facts, the relevant rul...