ANTHONY AMEGASHIE& OR vs. MILLICOM GH. LTD. [2013]DLCA8068

Date	2013-03-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO.H3/229/2013
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8068

KANYOKE J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A

ADJEI J.A

MR. YONNI KULENDI FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/APPLICANTS

MR. J. K. AGYEMANG FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA8068
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANTHONY AMEGASHIE&amp; OR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MILLICOM GH. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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SUIT
NO.H3/229/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 22ND
MARCH, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
YONNI KULENDI FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
J. K. AGYEMANG FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/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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KANYOKE
J.A. (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A, ADJEI J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DENNIS
ADJEI, J.A:<o:p></o:p>The
defendant/appellant/respondent filed an appeal against the judgment of the High
Court delivered on 26th January,2011.&nbsp; I will for the purposes of this application
refer to the plaintiffs/respondents/ applicants as Applicants and the defendant/appellant/
respondent as Respondent.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent set out seven (7) grounds of appeal on his notice of appeal filed on
14th February, 2011.&nbsp; The
respondent indicated its intention to file additional grounds of appeal on
receipt of the record of appeal.&nbsp; After
Form 6 had been issued, the respondent filed its written submission and argued the
additional two grounds of appeal together with the original grounds of appeal
without the leave of the court.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent filed a notice of application to incorporate the additional grounds
of appeal and argued same in its written submission.&nbsp; The written submission was filed on 14th
January, 2013 at 2.58pm whiles the notice of the application which contained
the additional ground of appeal was filed on 14th January, 2012 at
2.52pm.&nbsp; The notice of application was
filed 6 minutes before the written submission.<o:p></o:p>When
the applicants were served with the appellant’s written submission and the
notice of application to argue additional grounds of appeal, they considered
the processes as infraction to the Court of Appeal Rules C.I. 19 and decided to
challenge its competence.&nbsp; The applicants’
application is to strike out the defendant/appellant/ respondent’s notice of
application to argue additional grounds of appeal and written submission filed
upon the notice of application to argue additional grounds of appeal. <o:p></o:p>The
application is to strike out the written submission which incorporated the
additional grounds of appeal which was filed without leave of the court as well
as the notice of application to argue additional grounds of appeal which was
filed without a supporting affidavit.<o:p></o:p>According
to the lawyer for the applicant, the respondent should have applied to the
court for leave to amend the notice of appeal to include the additional grounds
of appeal and failing to apply for the amendment rendered the entire process a
nullity.&nbsp; Rule 8 of C. I. 19 which the
respondent is said to have infringed states thus:<o:p></o:p>“The appellant shall not
without the leave of the court, argue to be heard in support of a ground of
objection not mentioned in the notice of appeal but the court may allow the appellant
to amend the grounds of appeal on the terms that the court thinks just.”<o:p></o:p>This
provision is unique and different from similar provisions in the Supreme Court
Rules, 1996 C. I. 16 and the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2004 C. I.
47.&nbsp; None of the two rules talk about
‘grounds of objection’.&nbsp; They, however,
talk about amendment to the grounds of appeal.&nbsp;
Rules 6 (6) and 7 of the Supreme Court Rules C. I. 16 provides thus:<o:p></o:p>“6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The appellant shall not, without the
leave of the court, argue or be heard in support of a ground of appeal that is
not specified as a ground of appeal in the notice of appeal.<o:p></o:p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Despite sub-rules (1) and (6), the
court;<o:p></o:p>