HON. JOE BAIDOE-ANSAH vs. GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION GROUP & 4 ORS

Counsel for the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent has raised a legal objection to the Applicants’ application for Leave to Amend Notice of Appeal to include Additional Grounds of Appeal, on the ground that Grounds (1), (2) and (3) infringe Rule 8(6) of C. I.19. The Rule reads thus: “(6) No ground which is vague or general in terms or which discloses no reasonable ground of appeal shall be permitted, except the general ground that the judgment is against the weight of the evidence; and any ground of appeal or any part of the appeal which is not permitted under this rule may be struck out by the court of its own motion or on application by the respondent”. Counsel cited the case of Ofosu-Addo vrs. Graphic Communications Group Ltd [2011], 1 SCGLR 355, to buttress his point. Counsel for the Applicants however contended that Rule 8(6) should not be looked at in isolation, but rather read together with sub rules (4) and (5) of Rule 8. I have looked at the Judgment which was subseque...