BENARD vs WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL [1999]DLHC115

Date	1999-07-12
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1999]DLHC115

HEWARD-MILLS J

KOOMSON OF BARTON AND PARTNERS FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

FREDERICK SELBY FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1999]DLHC115
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color:#00B0F0">WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p>[1999-2000]
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</div>COUNSEL:KOOMSON OF BARTON AND
PARTNERS FOR THE PLAINTIFF.FREDERICK SELBY FOR THE
DEFENDANT.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________CORAM:HEWARD-MILLS J___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________JUDGMENT
OF HEWARD-MILLS J.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in November-December 1995 wrote for the General Certificate of
Examination Advance Level economics examination conducted by the defendant
council.<o:p></o:p>When
the results were published subsequently, he found his name on the notice board
with the word “results withheld” printed against his name. He made several
attempts to find out the reasons, but all to no avail. On 9 September 1996, he
received a letter from the council. It was to inform him that the council had
decided to cancel his entire examination results and to bar him from taking any
examination conducted by the council for three years. His crime stated in the
second paragraph was that “he had impersonated another candidate during the
examination.” As a further punishment, his particulars were going to be given
due publicity. If he attempted to enter any of the council’s examination before
the expiration of the three years, his entry would be null and void and there
would be no refund of fees paid.<o:p></o:p>This
is the record of proceedings of the cross examination of the senior assistant
registrar of the council:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Did you investigate the case against Abaidoo? <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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No. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Did you take a statement from Abaidoo? <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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No.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
evidence disclosed that indeed there was an impersonation, the culprit had been
caught and dealt with. Abaidoo was not involved. As he had stated, he needed to
write that examination himself in order to enter the university so he could not
have impersonated anyone.<o:p></o:p>In
its defence, the second defendant states that the withholding of the
plaintiff’s results was an error which when detected </main>