DANIEL ROCKSON vs. GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION [2010]DLSC4137

Date	2010-02-24
Suit No.	WRIT. J1/9/2009
Citation No.	[2010]DLSC4137

AKUFFO (MS) JSC

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

ARYEETEY JSC

OSAFO BUABENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

THADDEUS SORY FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2010]DLSC4137
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DANIEL ROCKSON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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WRIT. &nbsp;J1/9/2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:
24TH
FEBRUARY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>OSAFO
BUABENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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THADDEUS SORY FOR THE DEFENDANT <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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AKUFFO
(MS) JSC, ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, AND ARYEETEY
JSC<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>ADINYIRA(MRS),
JSC: <o:p></o:p>The plaintiff a citizen of Ghana and a supporter
of Tema Youth Football Club is claiming against the Ghana Football Association
(GFA) per his writ dated 1September 2010, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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&nbsp;“A declaration that article 17.1.11.1- 6 of
the statutes of the Ghana Football Association seeking to oust members and
their supporters from resorting to the law courts to ventilate their grievances
as of right and further purporting to coerce football clubs from associating
themselves with such actions to save themselves from expulsion, in so far as
they constitute acts of the Ghana Football Association, is inconsistent with and
or are in contravention with the letter and spirit of chapter five of the 1992
Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and are thereby void an d have always
been null and void for all purposes. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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&nbsp;An order restraining the Ghana Football
Association, it’s agents and members from requesting any member to file or
publish a disclaimer in respect of an action in Court commenced by a supporter
of a football club in which the said club obviously has an interest in same<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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Such
further or other reliefs that this honorable court may seem meet.”<o:p></o:p>The defendant has raised a preliminary objection
to the jurisdiction of this Court to entertain this action. The objection is
premised on three grounds:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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The plaintiff’s suit raises no issue or matter
falling within the exclusive jurisdiction of this court.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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The reliefs claimed by the plaintiff in this suit
allege a violation of the fundamental human rights chapter of the Constitution
1992 of the Republic of Ghana, a matter within the province of and jurisdiction
of the High Court and not this Court.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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