SAMUEL BONNEY& 4,174 OTHERS vs. GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS AUTHORITY [2014]DLSC2999

Date	2014-05-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J7/8/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC2999

WOOD (MRS) CJ PRESIDING

ANSAH JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/ APPELLANTS /APPLICANTS.

KWAMI ADOBOR FOR THE DEFENDANT /APPELLANT /RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.

[2014]DLSC2999
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL BONNEY&amp; 4,174
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS
AUTHORITY<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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MAY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/ APPELLANTS /APPLICANTS.<o:p></o:p>KWAMI ADOBOR FOR THE
DEFENDANT /APPELLANT /RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>WOOD
(MRS) CJ PRESIDING, ANSAH JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BONNIE
JSC, GBADEGBE JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE
JSC. <o:p></o:p>Rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (CI 16)
provides as follows;<o:p></o:p>54. Grounds
for review<o:p></o:p>The
court may review a decision made or given by it on the ground of <o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exceptional
circumstances which have resulted in a miscarriage of justice or <o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The discovery of new important matter of
evidence which after the exercise of due diligence, was not within the
applicants knowledge or could not be produced by the applicant at the time when
the decision was given.<o:p></o:p>The remit of this rule has been expounded in a
number of cases.<o:p></o:p>In the case of Afranie II vrs Quarcoo [1992]GLR561, at 591-592,Wuaku JSC
said: <o:p></o:p>“There is only one Supreme Court. A review court
is not an appellate court to sit in judgment over the Supreme Court”. <o:p></o:p>Then in the case of Mechanical Lloyd Assembly Plant Ltd v Nartey [1987-88]2 GLR598 the
Supreme Court said,<o:p></o:p>“The review
jurisdiction is not intended as a try on by a party losing an appeal neither is
it meant to be resorted to as an emotional re-actionto an unfavourable
judgment”<o:p></o:p>In the case of&nbsp; Quartey v Central Services Co Ltd
[1996-97]SCGLR 398; this court restated the remit of the review jurisdiction
as follows<o:p></o:p>“ A review jurisdiction is a special jurisdiction,
conferred on the court, and the court would exercise that special jurisdiction
in favour of an applicant only in exceptional circumstances. This implies that
such an application should satisfy the court that there has been some
fundamental or basic error which the court inadvertently committed in the
course of considering its judgment and which fundamental error has resulted in
gross miscarriage of justice.”<o:p></o:p>