THE REPUBLIC vs. DAVID NOYE AND NEWLAND ANSAH EX PARTE - FRANK AMOAKO ATUOBI

THE REPUBLIC (PLAINTIFF) vs. DAVID NOYE AND NEWLAND ANSAH EX PARTE - FRANK AMOAKO ATUOBI (DEFENDANT) [HIGH COURT, ACCRA] SUIT NO. CR/0357/2022 DATE: 27TH JANUARY 2023 COUNSEL PROSPER YAW NTOW, ESQ. – COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT G. H. QUIST ESQ, - COUNSEL FOR THE 1ST & 2ND RESPONDENTS CORAM HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CONSTANT K. HOMETOWU JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION In the case of the Republic v. Mensa-Bonsu & Others; Ex Parte Attorney- General [1995-96] 1 GLR 377@403, the learned Adade JSC (as he then was) stated as follows: “There are different forms of contempt. Underlying all of them, however, is one basic notion, that the roadways and highways of public justice should at all times be free from obstruction. Conduct which tends to create such an obstruction constitutes contempt. Thus, interfering with witnesses or jurors; frightening off parties to litigation; refusing to answer questions in court; commenting on pending proceedings in such a manner as to...