[2023]DLSC16997November 22, 2023Supreme Court

SAMUEL QUAYE (SUBSTITUTED BY SAMUEL AKWEI ALLOTEY) & 2ORS. vs. OKU OKULEY & 3ORS.

JUDGMENT ASIEDU JSC: INTRODUCTION: [1]. My lords, this appeal is against the judgment of the National House of Chiefs delivered on the 23rd May 2019. The Plaintiffs/Appellants/Respondents/Appellants (hereafter referred to as the 1st Plaintiffs) sued out a writ of summons with an accompanying statement of claim on the 20th February 2007, against the Defendants/Respondents/Appellants/Respondents (hereafter referred to as the Defendants) before the Judicial Committee of the Ga Traditional Council for the reliefs of: (a). A declaration by the Ga Traditional Council that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Defendants by custom and tradition pertaining to Mayera Okuleman have no right to nominate, install or enstool the 4th Defendant as chief of Mayera Okuleman because the said 4th Defendant is not a member of the Okuley Kwao Royal family of Mayera Okuleman. (b). An order restraining the 4th Defendant from acting as the chief of Mayera Okulema...