REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS LTD [2002]DLSC1246

Date	2002-07-24
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2002]DLSC1246

BAMFORD-ADDO JSC

KPEGAH JSC

ADJABENG JSC

ADZOE JSC

AFREH JSC

R S AGBENOTO FOR THE APPLICANT.

JUSTINA TETE-DONKOR (MISS) (WITH HER LAWRENCE TAGOE HELEN ARNOAH AND JOSEPH MANTEY) FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY-RESPONDENT.

[2002]DLSC1246
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS LTD<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002]
1 GLR 98<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>R S
AGBENOTO FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

JUSTINA
TETE-DONKOR (MISS) (WITH HER LAWRENCE TAGOE HELEN ARNOAH AND JOSEPH MANTEY) FOR
THE INTERESTED PARTY-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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BAMFORD-ADDO,
KPEGAH, ADJABENG, ADZOE AND AFREH JJSC<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Bamford-Addo JSC.
delivered the ruling of the court. This is a motion invoking the supervisory
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, under article 132 of the Constitution, 1992
for the order of certiorari directed to the High Court, Accra to quash its
judgment in a case titled Wor Sea Co (Ghana) Ltd v Expandable Polystyrene
Products Ltd, High Court, Accra, 25 January 2002, unreported.<o:p></o:p>The
ground for this application is that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“The
judgment is null and void because at the time it was given the six-week period
prescribed by the rules for it to be delivered had elapsed.”<o:p></o:p>The
facts are that the present applicant was the defendant in the case of Wor Sea
Co (Ghana) Ltd v Expandable Polystyrene Products Ltd (supra). The plaintiff
therein instituted an action against the applicant seeking the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>(a)
The export value of sea food assessed at Ff 88,318.50 or its equivalent.<o:p></o:p>(b)
Interest at the commercial bank lending rate calculated from the date of first
demand until the date of payment.<o:p></o:p>(c)
Damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>After
the hearing of evidence in the case had been completed, the plaintiff filed its
address on 8 December 1999 and the defendant also filed its address on 28
January 2000. The case was then adjourned for judgment by the trial High Court
which was eventually delivered on 25 January 2002 in favour of the plaintiff
for all the reliefs sought.<o:p></o:p>According
to the applicant, since the judgment was delivered almost two years after the
close of the case in the High Court, instead of the stipulated six weeks as
contained in Order 63, r 2A of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN
140A) as amended by the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 1977
(LI 1107), r 7 the judgment is null and void and ought to be so declared and
quashed by certiorari. The relevant rule relied on is rule 7 of LI 1107 which
amends Order 63 of LN 140A by adding rule 2A to Order 63. Rule 2A as contained
in rule 7 of LI 1107 st</main>