THE REPUBLIC vs. ALEX KWAME ASARFO-ADJEI , EX-PARTE: DR. BARBARA SWANZY

JUDGMENT The Applicant on the 14th June, 2021 brought the present application for committal for contempt against the Respondent. Her claim is that the Respondent while the matter was pending at the Court had demolished structures on her land. APPLICANT’S CASE The Applicant’s case as contained in the affidavit in support stated that the Applicant is the 4th Defendant in the case instituted by the Respondent with Suit No. LD/0945/2019 at the High Court (Land Division) in Accra. This suit is the genesis of the present contempt proceedings. According to the Applicant she acquired a land in 2009 from an entity called Overtaken Ltd after which acquisition she took possession and appointed a caretaker. The Respondent’s suit against the Applicant and four others was instituted on 1st July, 2019 and the area for which the Respondent claimed title to included the Applicant’s land. In fact the reliefs claimed by the Respondent in the suit ...