THE REPUBLIC vs. EXPARTE SPEEDLINE STEVEDORING COMPANY LTD. GLADYS BRENYA [2007]DLSC6756

Date	2007-12-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/9/2006
Citation No.	[2007]DLSC6756

ATUGUBA J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

MRS. WOOD J.S.C.

ANSAH J.S.C.

MRS. ADINYIRA J.S.C.

ASIAMAH J.S.C.

MR. SAMMY OKUDZETO (WITH HIM MR. PETER OKUDZETO

MS. ESINI OKUDZETO) FOR APPLICANT.

MR. ANDREW DANIELS FOR RESPONDENT.

[2007]DLSC6756
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EXPARTE SPEEDLINE STEVEDORING COMPANY LTD.<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>GLADYS BRENYA<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY.)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. J5/9/2006&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;DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2007<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. SAMMY OKUDZETO (WITH HIM MR.
PETER OKUDZETO, MS. ESINI OKUDZETO) FOR APPLICANT. <o:p></o:p>

MR. ANDREW DANIELS FOR RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&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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ATUGUBA J.S.C. (PRESIDING), MRS.
WOOD J.S.C., ANSAH J.S.C., MRS. ADINYIRA J.S.C., ASIAMAH J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ATUGUBA J.S.C. <o:p></o:p>This
is an application for Prohibition and Certiorari directed at the High Court,
Fast Track Division presided over by P.K. Gyaesayor J "prohibiting him
from hearing de novo Suit No. A (iv) 1/05 and also to remove and bring into
this Honourable Court for the purpose of being quashed the Ruling of the said
Accra High Court (Fast Track Division) dated the 10th of April, 2006 in the
matter intituled: <o:p></o:p>Suit
No. A (iv) 1/05: <o:p></o:p>J.K.
DOPHYNE -&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>VS.
<o:p></o:p>1.
S.E.A. BRENYA <o:p></o:p>2.
GLADYS BRENYA &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;DEFENDANTS
<o:p></o:p>3.
SPEEDLINE STEVEDORING CO. LTD &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>This
case originated in the High Court Accra as Suit No. Misc. 768/97 in which the
plaintiff sought and obtained reliefs in which the court made an allocation of
shares, appointed directors for the third defendant company as well as
signatories to its account. <o:p></o:p>These
orders were quashed by this court for lack of jurisdiction, see IN RE SPEEDLINE
STEVEDORING CO. LTD. REPUBLIC VS. HIGH COURT, ACCRA EXPARTE BRENYA (2001-2002)
SCGLR 775. Subsequently to this decision the registrar of the court of Appeal,
where an appeal had earlier been made in the same case upon the interested
party's application and order of transfer by the Chief Justice withdrew the
docket thereof and put it before the Fast Track Court presided over by
Gyaesayor J. The applicants took the objection to the proposed retrial of the
case on the ground that this court's decision reported in (2001-2002) SCGLR 775
had disposed of all the company law issues as earlier set up supra and
therefore could not be retried. In overruling the objection Gyaesayor J held
that the "application did not determine the rights of the parties in
respect of the claim as endorsed .... " <o:p></o:p>It
is trite law that a court order or judgment subsists unless varied or set aside
by a court of competent jurisdiction. This can be done in several ways
including appeal and resort to the supervisory jurisdiction is one of such
ways. The effect of an order made in the supervisory jurisdiction depends on
its nature. If for example the whole trial is quashed the court below may retry
the case all over again if it has jurisdiction over the subject-matter. In this
case it was only the specific orders made on 12 May 2000 and 19th January 2001
respectively that were quashed by this court as being made without
jurisdiction. It was not the whole judgment that was quashed, therefore there
can be no warrant for retrial of the whole case (which comprised two
consolidated actions). <o:p></o:p>It
was contended by Counsel for the respondent that the said certiorari decision
of this court dated the 8th May 2001 (the reasons for which were delivered on
16th June 2001) was a nullity for want of jurisdiction sin</main>