HANSEN KWADWO KODUAH vs. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL AND 1 OTHER [2016]DLCA4838

Date	2016-11-23
Suit No.	[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA] SUIT NO: H3/60/2017
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4838

S. E. KANYOKE J.A (PRESIDING)

WELBOURNE J.A

KWOFIE J. A

[2016]DLCA4838
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HANSEN
KWADWO KODUAH<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GENERAL
LEGAL COUNCIL AND 1 OTHER<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO: H3/60/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 23RD NOVEMBER,
2016<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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S.
E. KANYOKE J.A (PRESIDING), WELBOURNE J.A, &nbsp;KWOFIE J. A<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>KWOFIE J.A<o:p></o:p>After listening to Counsel for the
Applicant and the Respondents we agree with Counsel for the Respondent that by
virtue of section 4(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 1993 (Act 459) the applicant
ought to have obtained special leave to appeal from the Supreme Court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The relevant provisions of Section 4
(1) and (2) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) dealing with the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court provides as follows:<o:p></o:p>“4
(1) In accordance with article 131 of the Constitution, an appeal lies from <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a judgment of the Court of Appeal to
the Supreme Court<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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as
of right, in a civil or criminal cause or matter in respect of which an appeal
has been brought to the Court of Appeal from a judgment of the High Court or a
Regional Tribunal in the exercise of its original jurisdiction;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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with
the leave of the Court of Appeal, in a cause or matter, where the case was
commenced in a court lower than the High Court or a Regional Tribunal and where
the Court of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question
of law or it is in the public interest to grant leave to appeal;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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as
of right, in a cause or matter relating to the issue or refusal of writ or
order of habeas corpus, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or quo warranto.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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Notwithstanding
subsection (1), the Supreme Court may entertain an application for special
leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in a cause or matter, including an
interlocutory matter, civil or criminal, and may grant leave accordingly”.<o:p></o:p>