THE REPUBLIC vs. THE HIGH COURT (FAST TRACK DIV.) ACCRA EX PARTE: ANANE AGYEI FORSON [2014]DLSC3012

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE HIGH COURT (FAST TRACK DIV.) ACCRA EX PARTE: ANANE AGYEI FO... [2014]DLSC3012

Date	2014-11-05
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.J5/29/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC3012

ATUGUBA J.S.C.(PRESIDING)

BAFFOE BONNIE J.S.C

AKOTO BAMFO J.S.C

BENIN J.S.C

AKAMBA J.S.C

THADDEUS SORY ESQ. WITH HIM KWAKU AFRIFA NSIAH ASARE AND EDZE

AGBEVEY FOR THE APPLICANT.

HELENA FRENCH (STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.

[2014]DLSC3012
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE HIGH
COURT (FAST TRACK DIV.) ACCRA<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE:
ANANE AGYEI FORSON<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.J5/29/2014&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;DATE: 5TH NOVEMBER, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>THADDEUS
SORY ESQ. WITH HIM KWAKU AFRIFA NSIAH ASARE AND EDZE AGBEVEY 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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HELENA
FRENCH (STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.<o:p></o:p>

</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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ATUGUBA
J.S.C.(PRESIDING), BAFFOE BONNIE J.S.C, AKOTO BAMFO J.S.C, BENIN J.S.C , AKAMBA
&nbsp;J.S.C&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;&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;<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BENIN, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>The
application has been brought before this court seeking a prohibiting order
against the High Court on ground that the said court has no jurisdiction in the
matter brought before it by the &nbsp;Attorney-General, Interested Party herein,
against a foreign firm called Isofoton SA, represented by a Ghanaian citizen called
Anane Agyei Forson. The basis of the claim by the Attorney-General is that this
court ordered Isofoton to refund some sums of money that the Government of
Ghana had paid to the said Isofoton under a contract which the court had
declared void. That judgment was obtained in an action brought against Isofoton
and two others by a private Ghanaian citizen named Martin Amidu, a former Attorney-General
of Ghana. In order to secure the benefit of that judgment the Attorney-General
brought an action by way of a writ of summons at the High Court to recover the
sums of money Isofoton &nbsp;was ordered to
refund to the Ghana Government. <o:p></o:p>It
is undisputed that the action before the High Court arose out of this court’s
judgment in suit number J1/23/2012 intituled:<o:p></o:p>MARTIN
ALAMISI AMIDU<o:p></o:p>V.<o:p></o:p>1.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>2.
ISOFOTON, SA<o:p></o:p>3.
ANANE-AGYEI FORSON<o:p></o:p>dated
21st June 2013, unreported. The material part of the said judgment
reads: “……..It is consequentially ordered pursuant to article 2(2) of the 1992
Constitution that the 2nd Defendant is to pay or refund to the
Government of Ghana the cedi equivalent of US$325,472.00 received from the
Government of Ghana and any subsequent payments thereafter made so far pursuant
to the contracts declared void by this </main>