GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK vs. BULKSHIP & TRADE LTD, CHRIS CHINEBUAH AND DZIFA FRENCH CUDJOE [2014]DLSC3004

GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK vs. BULKSHIP & TRADE LTD, CHRIS CHINEBUAH AND DZIFA FRENCH... [2014]DLSC3004

Date	2014-11-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.J8/94/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC3004

AKAMBA J.S.C.

MR. KWESI FYNN ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT.

MR. CLARENCE TAGOE ESQ WITH HIM MR. KOFI TWUMASI ANOKYE FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[2014]DLSC3004
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA
COMMERCIAL BANK<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BULKSHIP
&amp; TRADE LTD, CHRIS CHINEBUAH AND DZIFA FRENCH CUDJOE<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.J8/94/2014&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: 20TH NOVEMBER, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
KWESI FYNN ESQ. 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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</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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AKAMBA
J.S.C. SITTING AS A SINGLE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT&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;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AKAMBA,
JSC:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The application before me is for a ‘stay of
execution and proceedings or suspension of the entry of judgment pending
appeal’ and is a repeat application of a similar one dealt by the Court of
Appeal on 14th May 2014.<o:p></o:p>This application was made
by motion and supported by a fifty-nine (59) paragraph affidavit as well as
forty-seven (47) exhibits. As if that was not enough, the applicant filed his
legal arguments in support of the motion. The respondents filed their joint
seventy-seven (77) paragraph affidavit to which they attached five exhibits in
opposition to the motion. Counsel for the respondents sought to rely on a
preliminary objection, citing reference thereto, in the closing paragraphs in
their affidavit in opposition. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The rules of this court do not require the
filing of legal arguments in an application of this nature for stay of
execution. All that is required is the motion application supported by an
affidavit deposing to the facts sought to be relied upon. On the part of the
counsel for the respondents it is worth noting that rule 17 of CI 16 regulates
the issue of a respondent intending to raise a preliminary objection to the
hearing of an appeal as distinct from the hearing of a motion. This application
being a motion and not the hearing of an appeal is not covered by the rule. At
the hearing of a motion, it is sufficient for the proponent to raise the
objection when the motion is about to be moved.&nbsp;
In the case of Osei Bonsu II v
Mensah and Ors (2003-2005) 1 GLR 141, CA, I had occasion to deal with rule
16 of CI 19, the Court of Appeal Rules, which is in pari materia with rule 17
of CI 16, the Supreme Court Rules, which reasoning I adopt in this instance.
Rule 16 of CI 19 enacts as follows:<o:p></o:p>“16. Notice of Preliminary
Objection.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; A
respondent who intends to rely upon a preliminary objection to the hearing of
the appeal shall give the appellant three clear days notice before the hearing
of the preliminary objection, setting out the grounds of objection, and shall
file the notice specified in Form 8 in Part 1 of the schedule together with
five copies of the appeal with the Registrar within the same time.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; If
the respondent fails to comply with this rule, the court may refuse to
entertain the objection or may adjourn the hearing at the cost of the
respondent or may make such other order as it thinks fit”<o:p></o:p>