BRENDA VERONICA WARREN AND RUTH ALLEN vs. SAM OKUDJETO AND 4 OTHERS [2014]DLSC4896

Date	2014-07-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/12/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC4896

ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

YEBOAH J.S.C.

BONNIE J.S.C.

BAMFO (MRS) J.S.C.

AKAMBA J.S.C.

1ST PLAINTIFF APPEARS FOR HERSELF

STEPHANIE AMATEIFIO ESQ. FOR THE 1ST & 3RD DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.

AYIKOI OTOO ESQ. FOR THE CO-DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

[2014]DLSC4896
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BRENDA VERONICA WARREN AND RUTH ALLEN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/ APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAM OKUDJETO AND 4
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS
/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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:&nbsp; J4/12/2014&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;DATE: 30TH JULY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>1ST PLAINTIFF
APPEARS FOR HERSELF<o:p></o:p>STEPHANIE AMATEIFIO&nbsp;&nbsp; ESQ. FOR THE 1ST &amp; 3RD
DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.<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: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADINYIRA
(MRS) J.S.C. (PRESIDING), YEBOAH
J.S.C.,
BONNIE J.S.C., BAMFO (MRS) J.S.C., AKAMBA J.S.C. <span style="font-size:
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AKAMBA,
JSC: <o:p></o:p>This interlocutory appeal
lies from a ruling of the Court of Appeal of 27th March 2013 in
which the court refused to grant the plaintiff/respondent/appellant hereinafter
simply the appellant leave to adduce fresh evidence at the hearing of an appeal
pending before the court. Dissatisfied with the ruling, the appellant filed a
notice of interlocutory appeal on 4th April 2013 in the registry of
the Court of Appeal raising six grounds for this court’s determination. The
notice of appeal also sought three reliefs namely; the overturn of the ruling
of the Court of Appeal, an order made allowing the appellant to adduce new
evidence in support of the original case in the interest of justice and an
order allowing the appellant to allege facts essential to the issue that has
come to the appellant’s knowledge after the decision of the trial court and to
adduce evidence in support of the allegation in the interest of justice.<o:p></o:p>The Appellant chose to
preface her ‘statement of case’ with the list of authorities cited.&nbsp; They are as follows: “ (1) The Holy Bible
(Revised Standard Version and The Gideon International); &nbsp;Deut. 16: 18-20 (RSV) ‘You shall appoint
judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord Your God gives you… and
they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert
justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe for a
bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Justice, and only Justice you shall follow, that you may inherit the land which
the Lord Your God gives you.”: Proverbs 21: 15 “It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction will come to
the workers of iniquity.”: Isa 30 :18 “For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for Him.”<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Constitution of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Poku v Poku [2007-2008] SCGLR, 996.”<o:p></o:p>