OSEI ANSONG AND PASSION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL vs. GHANA AIRPORTS COMPANY LTD [2013]DLSC2736

Date	2013-01-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/24/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLSC2736

ATUGUBA JSC [PRESIDING]

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE BONNIE JSC

CHARLES OWUSU ANSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS /RESPONDENTS /APPELLANTS.

KWESI AFRIFA FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

[2013]DLSC2736
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OSEI ANSONG AND PASSION
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA AIRPORTS COMPANY
LTD<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/24/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>CHARLES OWUSU ANSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS /RESPONDENTS
/APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWESI AFRIFA FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>ATUGUBA JSC [PRESIDING], ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, OWUSU
(MS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE BONNIE JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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</div>SOPHIA
ADINYIRA (Mrs.) JSC:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>I
start this judgment with a prefix,<o:p></o:p>“The judicial edifice was
not construed<o:p></o:p>to lend ear to every cry
of fraud<o:p></o:p>from suitors who had lost
on the merits.” <o:p></o:p>(Per
Francois JSC in Dzotepe v. Hahormene [1987-88] 2 GLR 681 at 701)<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal by Mr. Osei Ansong and Passion
International School, the Plaintiffs/Respondents/Appellant (hereafter
Plaintiffs) from the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 28 October 2011 which
allowed an appeal by the Ghana Airports Ltd, the Defendant/Appellant/Respondent
(hereafter Defendant) against the ruling of the High Court, Kumasi dated 12
November 2010 presided over by Adzagli J. In that decision Adzagli J dismissed
an application brought by the Defendant to set aside a writ issued by the Plaintiffs
on the ground of abuse of court process.<o:p></o:p>Background
<o:p></o:p>The Defendant in an earlier writ Suit No IRL/51/2010 dated
22 September 2010 before the High Court Kumasi claimed against the Plaintiffs
the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
a declaration that the
defendant’s conduct in constructing on the Dote end of the runway of the Kumasi
Airport on land which is a part of the said Airport is trespassory, unlawful
contrary to public good and the interest of the Plaintiff which is under the
legal duty to ensure safety of the Kumasi Airport and its environs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the
intended expansion of the said Passion International School is also trespassory
and inhibitive of the intended extension of the Kumasi Airport.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of cancellation
of any document or transaction purporting to in any manner granting title to or
vesting part of the Kumasi Airport land to the defendant as any such document
will be fraudulent and null and void ab initio<o:p></o:p>