THE REPUBLIC vs. NANA PREMPEH BRUSHIAMAN EX PARTE; ADELAIDE BOATIN [2013]DLHC3899

Date	2013-03-14
Suit No.	NO.MISC/2/13
Citation No.	[2013]DLHC3899

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. SARFO GYAMFI FOR THE APPLICANT.

MR. JAMES OSEI KOFI FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2013]DLHC3899
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA PREMPEH BRUSHIAMAN <o:p></o:p>EX PARTE; ADELAIDE
BOATIN<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
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NO.MISC/2/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 14TH MARCH, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. SARFO GYAMFI FOR THE
APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ANGELINA
MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>The Respondent has been hurled
before this court on a charge of contempt of court. The Applicant alleged that
the Respondent flouted the terms of a consent Judgment given by this court on
22/06/2011. The genesis of this case is that one Nana Nsiah (a contractor)
agreed to put up the disputed stores which are now vested in Samuel Yaw Adih on
a build, operate and transfer basis. After a series of litigations, the parties
signed terms of settlement which the court adopted as consent judgment.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The said consent judgment was
exhibited to the instant application as exhibits B and B1. The relevant part is
reproduced below:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the tenants whose tenancies had not
expired should continue to be in possession of the stores till the expiration
of their tenancies.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; after the expiration of the various
tenancy agreements, the Plaintiff shall take possession of the entire house.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the rent shall be reviewed every two
years after the plaintiff has taken over possession of the property.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By paragraphs 19 and 22 of the
affidavit in support of the Motion, the Applicant averred that on 05/06/2012,
the Respondent in flagrant disrespect of the orders of the court forcibly
locked up their stores and thereby preventing them from doing their business.
Prior to the locking up, the Applicant deposed that the Respondent had caused
notices of ejectment to be served on the tenants in spite of the Consent
Judgment. She further deposed that an earlier contempt Application brought
against the Respondent by another tenant was withdrawn, upon pleas from the
Respondent. Photographs depicting the said locked –up stores were exhibited as
SSG 4 to the application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In his affidavit in opposition filed
on 6/11/2012, the Respondent denied any knowledge of the locking up of the
Applicant’s store. He contended that he does not own the said store and has no
right to lock it up. Thus, the instant application has been brought to
embarrass him. Also in this affidavit, the Respondent averred that he once
acted as an Attorney of Samuel Yaw Adih in a suit between him and Nana Opoku
Nsiah and that the said Yaw Adih has also been cited for contempt in a similar
Application filed by the Applicant herein.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Applicant filed a supplementary
affidavit in response to the affidavit in opposition and averred as follows:<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; … that on the eve of the day when
the stores were unlawfully locked up, the Respondent personally brought the
rent officers and emphatically informed</main>