OFORI-ATTA vs. THE STATE [1967]DLHC1525

Date	1967-05-02
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1967]DLHC1525

AMISSAH J.A.

S. A. OKUDZETO FOR THE APPLICANT.

C. H. A. TETTEY SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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153">OFORI-ATTA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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153">&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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153">THE STATE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">[1967] GLR 304<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">S. A. OKUDZETO FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">C. H. A. TETTEY, SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY, FOR THE
RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">CORAM:
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yes"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">JUDGMENT OF AMISSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">I agree
that this application is misconceived. None of the judges of the High Court
made the order which is sought to be reviewed. It is embodied in a Decree, i.e.
the Kwame Nkrumah Properties Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 154), which has the force
of an Act of Parliament. The application is brought under Order 39 of the
Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), which requires
that a review be made by the judge who made the original order. No such judge
exists in the courts. If the claim is that the amount to be paid has already
been recovered from one of the persons made jointly and severally liable, then
the applicant no doubt will seek advice as to the remedy for recovery of any
property of his taken in excess of the amount. I have taken this application
because I do not agree that Apaloo J.A. is the proper judge to do so. As I have
already indicated no judge of the court is entitled to grant the review sought.
The motion for review is therefore dismissed. The motion for a stay of execution
pending the review is also dismissed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>

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