SAMSON H.A.V. ODDOYE AND 7 OTHERS vs. THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL

HENRY KWOFIE J.A This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court (Human Rights Division) given on the 31st July 2017. The trial High Court in that ruling, refused the appellants’ application pursuant to Order 42 rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules (C.I. 47) for a review of the Court’s earlier decision made on 26th April 2017 by which the Court dismissed the appellants’ application for mandamus. The facts leading to the instant appeal are that the appellants were part of the students of the Ghana School of Law admitted for the professional law course in the 2015/2016 academic year. They took part in the June and September 2016 professional Law Examination that is the first and second semester examinations. After the second semester examination, the results of both the first and second semester examinations were published. Following the publication of the results for the June and September 2016 Professional Law Examinations, the appellants among other stude...