BORKETEY LOGOJO vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LANDS COMMISSION [2011]DLHC4177

Date	2011-11-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL 170/10
Citation No.	[2011]DLHC4177

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH

GABRIEL PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

VERONICA ADIGBU ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT

SLYVIA ADUSU PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE CO-DEFENDANT

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="633" style="width:474.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;margin-left:-4.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:
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 <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:29.25pt">
  <td width="633" valign="top" style="width:474.75pt;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;
  height:29.25pt">
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
  0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
  color:#0070C0">BORKETEY LOGOJO</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
  0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
  color:#0070C0">vs.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
  line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#0070C0">THE ATTORNEY
  GENERAL AND LANDS COMMISSION</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
  0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
  mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">[HIGH COURT&nbsp;
  (FINANCIAL DIVISION 1),ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
  padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
  0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;
  mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:
  0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
  &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
  Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. IRL 170/10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 21<sup>ST</sup>&nbsp;NOVEMBER,
  2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </div>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
  115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">COUNSEL:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">GABRIEL
  PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
  115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">VERONICA
  ADIGBU, ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
  padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;
  mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:
  0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
  &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
  Arial">SLYVIA ADUSU, PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE CO-DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </div>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
  mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
  border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none;
  padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
  0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;
  mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
  padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:
  12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </div>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By a
  writ of summons sealed in the registry of this court on 7<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;December,
  2009 against the Attorney General, the Plaintiff claimed the following
  judicial reliefs:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
  font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">a)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Payment
  of Gh¢10,000,000.00 being adequate compensation</span><span style="font-size:
  12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">for the
  land of late Agote Kwashie (deceased) acquired for the</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">
  </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Accra
  Tema Motorway Industrial area.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
  line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
  justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
  font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">b)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
  line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Interest
  on the said amount.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
  font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quo</main>