REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE BULGARIAN EMBASSY (LAND TITTLE REGISTRY & OTHERS INTERESTED PARTIES)

RULING PWAMANG JSC Introduction This is an application invoking our supervisory jurisdiction pursuant to article 132 of the 1992 Constitution praying for an order of certiorari to bring into this court the orders made on 1 September 2014 by the High Court, Accra in Suit No BMISC 995/2014 for the purpose of being quashed. The facts of the case The brief facts are that by a writ of summons in Suit No BC 285/07 dated 28 March 2007, one Theophilus Leighton (deceased) instituted an action against the Bulgarian Embassy (the applicant herein) in the High Court, Accra claiming twenty reliefs, key among which are the following: (i) declaration of title to House No 2 East Cantonments Residential Area, Accra which the defendant has been occupying as a tenant since 1987; (ii) payment of accumulated rent arrears of $598,252.17 by the defendant for its occupation of the said House No 2, East Cantonment Residential Area, Accra; and (iii) an order of ejection and recovery of posse...