DARBAH vs. AMPAH [1990]DLSC574

Date	1990-07-31
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1990]DLSC574

ADADE J.S.C

FRANCOIS J.S.C

AMUA-SEKYI J.S.C.

OFORI-BOATENG J.A

ADJABENG J.A.

W.A.N. ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE APPLICANTS.

ENOCH KOM S.A.G. (WITH HIM GEORGE KOM AND MISS ODOI-SYKES) FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1990]DLSC574
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DARBAH <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>AMPAH <o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1989-90] 2 GLR 103<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
31 JULY 1990<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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W.A.N. ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE APPLICANTS.<o:p></o:p>

ENOCH KOM, S.A.G. (WITH HIM GEORGE KOM AND MISS
ODOI-SYKES) FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADADE, FRANCOIS AND AMUA-SEKYI JJ.S.C.,<o:p></o:p>

OFORI-BOATENG AND ADJABENG JJ.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF AMUA-SEKYI J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>The
applicants brought an action in the High Court, Cape Coast asking for certain
reliefs. The court dismissed the suit and they appealed unsuccessfully to the
Court of Appeal. If they desired to appeal further to this court, they were
required by section 3 (2) of the Courts Act, 1971 (Act 372) as amended by the
Courts (Amendment) Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 191) to seek leave of the Court of
Appeal or of this court. They did not seek leave as required by law, but six
months later they applied to this court for an order of certiorari to quash or
otherwise set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal. This court after
considering the full written submissions on the matter gave a reasoned ruling
refusing the application. The present application is for a review of that
ruling. We have read the written submissions filed by counsel for the
applicants. All that he seems to be saying is that the decision of this court
refusing the application for certiorari was wrong. It is an invitation to us to
receive fresh submissions on the points already canvassed at the hearing and
come to a different conclusion. It seems to us that is to misunderstand the
object of a review which is not to afford the losing party an opportunity to
re-argue matters already adjudicated upon, but to permit the court, in cases
where a patent error has occurred, to correct its mistakes. The present
application does not seek to correct any such error, but is a brazen attempt to
have the original application re-argued. In the circumstances, we cannot do
otherwise than to refuse it.<o:p></o:p>

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