PATIENCE ARTHUR vs. MOSES ARTHUR [2014]DLSC2883

Date	2014-02-04
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J7/3/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC2883

G. T. WOOD (MRS) CJ (PRESIDING)

R. C. OWUSU (MS) JSC

J. DOTSE JSC

ANIN-YEBOAH JSC

P. BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

A. A. BENIN JSC

J. B. AKAMBA JSC

EGBERT FAIBILLE JNR. WITH HIM STEPHEN OWUSU AND SABAH BONNIE FOR

THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT/APPLICANT.

MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT /RESPONDENT.

[2014]DLSC2883
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PATIENCE
ARTHUR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MOSES ARTHUR<o:p></o:p>[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. J7/3/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 4TH
FEBUARY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>EGBERT
FAIBILLE JNR. WITH HIM STEPHEN OWUSU AND SABAH BONNIE FOR THE
RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MRS.
M.&nbsp; Y.&nbsp;
N. ACHIAMPONG FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT /RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>G. T. WOOD (MRS) CJ (PRESIDING), R. C. OWUSU (MS) JSC, J. DOTSE JSC,
ANIN-YEBOAH JSC, P. BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, A. A. BENIN JSC, J. B. AKAMBA 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>DOTSE JSC;<o:p></o:p>It
is provided by rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I.16) that:<o:p></o:p>54.
Grounds for review<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “The
Court may review a decision made or given by it on the ground of …<o:p></o:p>(a)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
exceptional
circumstances which have resulted in a &nbsp;miscarriage
of justice, or<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the
discovery of new and important matter or evidence which, after the exercise of
due diligence, was not within the applicant’s knowledge or could not be
produced by the applicant at the time when the decision&nbsp; was given” emphasis supplied.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the instant application,
the Respondent/Appellant/Respondent/Applicant, hereafter referred to as
Applicant has anchored his review application of the judgment of the ordinary
bench of this court rendered on the 26th day of July 2013 on the
following grounds stated in his statement of case.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “The
instant application is brought pursuant to the first ground upon which &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this Honourable Court would usually
review its jurisdiction. It is Applicant’s &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; respectful
submission that there is are (sic) exceptional circumstances &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; warranting the favourable exercise of this
court’s review jurisdiction in &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; favour
of the present applicant and such exceptional circumstances have &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; resulted in a miscarriage of justice.”
Emphasis supplied.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>WHAT THEN ARE THE FACTS OF THIS APPLICATION?<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The High Court Accra on the
10th day of May 2010 entered judgment in favour of the Petitioner/Respondent/Appellant/Respondent,
hereafter referred to as the Respondent to the following effect:<o:p></o:p>