NANA KWASI AKUOKO II AND ALDOUS KWAKU ADUSEI vs. SAMUEL BOAKYE MOHAMMED AND 3 OTHERS [2016]DLCA5462

NANA KWASI AKUOKO II AND ALDOUS KWAKU ADUSEI vs. SAMUEL BOAKYE MOHAMMED AND 3 O... [2016]DLCA5462

Date	2016-07-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/49/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5462

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

OHENEBA KUFFOUR WITH NANA ABENA ANTWIWAAH AMPONSAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

ABENA BOSOMNPEMAA ANTWI FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2016]DLCA5462
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA KWASI AKUOKO II AND ALDOUS KWAKU ADUSEI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL BOAKYE MOHAMMED AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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: H1/49/2014&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;TUESDAY,
19TH JULY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>OHENEBA KUFFOUR
WITH NANA ABENA ANTWIWAAH AMPONSAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BOSOMNPEMAA ANTWI FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO
(MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AYEBI, JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an interlocutory appeal
against the ruling of a Kumasi High Court dated 30th July 2013. The
issue in contention between the parties is about the operation of a rival
Kumasi-Sekondi-Takoradi-Elebo Branch No.2 lorry station at Asafo-Kumasi by the
1st and 2nd defendants/respondents which the
plaintiffs/appellants allege contravenes the National Constitution of the Ghana
Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of
Ghana.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Thus in the substantive suit, the
plaintiffs seek the following reliefs against the defendants:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">(a)&nbsp; A declaration that the 1st
defendant remains a non-member of the plaintiff local branch and for that
matter the GPRTU of TUC and cannot therefore apply lawfully to be issued with a
charter, to operate a local station or branch station of the Union.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">(b)&nbsp; A declaration that the purported
“charter” or licence allegedly issued to the 1st and 2nd
defendants by the 3rd and 4th defendants in contravention
of the Union’s Constitution, is illegal, unlawful, null and void.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">(c)&nbsp; A declaration that the existence and
operation of the lorry station described as “Kumasi-Sekondi-Takoradi-Elebo No.2
branch” of the GPRTU of TUC by the 1st and 2nd defendants
consequent upon grant of the illegal licence or “charter” by the 3rd
and 4th defendants is unlawful and being operated in contravention
of the Union’s Constitution.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">(d)&nbsp; A declaration that the geographical
location where the 1st and 2nd defendants are carrying
out the activities of the Kumasi-Sekondi-Takoradi-Elebo No.2 Branch or lorry
station of the GPRTU of TUC has never been sanctioned by the local government
assembly (i.e. the KMA) and accordingly the said activities at the location is
illegal.<o:p></o:p>