THE REPUBLIC vs. THE CIRCUIT COURT, TARKWA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, EX-PARTE: NANA ONYEAWORA BIAH NYONWAH PANYING IV AND 6 ORS PETER AKORFUL a.k.a. NANA AWUAH KOANPONG VII

This is an originating motion on notice for an order of judicial review by way of certiorari to quash the decision of the Circuit Court, Tarkwa dated 9th September, 2020 and for any further order or orders as the Court may deem fit to make. The grounds of the application are summed up as follows: 1. That the Circuit Court judge acted unlawfully and in excess of jurisdiction when he declined to hear Applicants’ Motion on Notice to set aside a Writ of Possession and the entire Execution of the Enforcement of an Arbitration Award. 2. That the Circuit Court breached the time tested rule of Natural Justice and Access to Justice when it refused Applicants Lawyer’s right to move the aforesaid application by declining to hear the same. The application is supported by an affidavit with exhibits attached thereto. The relevant parts of the affidavit which capture the case of the Applicants state as follows: “13. That Applicants by their Lawyer on the 27th of August, 2020 filed a Motio...