AMOS WEDZI vs. RICHARD WEDZI AND HOTEL MAJORIE ‘Y’. LTD. [2016]DLCA8456

Date	2016-02-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.HI/60/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8456

MARFUL-SAU J.A. (PRESIDING)

FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A

TANKO AMADU J.A

KWAME AGATI ESQ. - (FOR APPELLANT)

OSAFO BUABENG ESQ. - (FOR RESPONDENTS).

[2016]DLCA8456
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMOS WEDZI<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RICHARD WEDZI AND HOTEL MAJORIE ‘Y’. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.HI/60/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 11TH FEBRUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME
AGATI ESQ. -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (FOR APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OSAFO
BUABENG ESQ. -&nbsp; (FOR RESPONDENTS).<o:p></o:p>

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MARFUL-SAU
J.A. (PRESIDING), FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A, TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This appeal emanates from the
judgment of the High Court &nbsp;(Commercial
Division) Accra, dated 21st May 2014 wherein the
Applicant/Appellant’s originating notice of motion filed pursuant to Sections 217
and 218 of the Companies Act 1963 (Act 179) was dismissed.&nbsp; In this judgment, I shall refer to the
Applicant/Appellant simply as the Appellant and the Respondents/Respondents as the
Respondents.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Before I proceed to deal
with the substance of the appeal, it is important to determine an issue of law
which relates to the propriety of the Appellant’s form of action at the Court
below which the Respondents’ counsel has raised for the first time in this
appeal.&nbsp; &nbsp;This is because implicit in that issue, is the
question of the jurisdictional competence of the Court below in entertaining
the Appellant’s action when its jurisdiction may have been wrongly
invoked.&nbsp; In paragraph 3 of the
Respondents’ counsel’s submission it was submitted as follows:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “3 &nbsp;&nbsp;Can the
instant action be commenced by way of an originating<o:p></o:p>Motion
on Notice.&nbsp; This is a preliminary point
which admittedly was not raised in the Trial Court but being a point of law
which requires no further adduction of evidence, it can be argued for the first
time in this appeal.&nbsp; In any case, this
court suo motu, can raise this point and then proceed to hear the parties
herein on the issue before determining same”.&nbsp; Learned counsel for
the Respondents has referred us to the cases of ATTORNEY-GENERAL VS. FAROE ATLANTIC
CO.[2005-2006] SCGLR, 271 &amp; KWAME VS. SERWAH AND ORS. [1993-94]1 GLR 429 SC.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3)&nbsp</main>