THE REPUBLIC vs. KWAKU OWUSU ADJEI EX PARTE: IVY AUSTIN & 2 ORS

JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION The matter before the Court is a Motion on Notice for an Order for Committal for Contempt of Court, filed at the Registry of this Court on 4th March 2022, pursuant to Order 50 Rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, CI 47, praying for an order of Committal against the Respondent for Contempt of Court. 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 prejudice the outcome; running down the courts and.....