REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EXPARTE TETTEH APAIN [2004]DLSC15020

Date	2004-04-29
Suit No.	CM 54/2003
Citation No.	[2004]DLSC15020

CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC

KPEGAH JSC

ACQUAH JSC

ATUGUBA JSC

SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC

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color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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COURT, ACCRA; EXPARTE TETTEH APAIN<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:3.4pt;margin-right:0in;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-no-proof:yes">[2007-2008] SCGLR</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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EN-GB">CM 54/2003&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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EN-GB">DATE: 29<sup>TH</sup> APRIL 2004</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC, KPEGAH JSC,
ACQUAH JSC, ATUGUBA JSC, SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">ATUGUBA
JSC delivered the ruling of the court. The applicant applies to this court for
certiorari to quash the rulings of the High Court, Accra, presided over by
Appau J dated 14 February and 16 June 2003. The grounds for the application are
that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">"(a)
the ruling of 14 February 2003 [contains] an error apparent on the face of the
record. It was an error for the trial judge to have held that a stranger to a suit
can enter the suit by a mere motion, contrary to the Court of Appeal directive
in the famous case of Lamptey v Hammond [1987-88] 1 GLR 327; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">(b)
the trial judge</main>