HENRY NUERTEY KORBOE vs. FRANCIS AMOSA [2016]DLSC5618

Date	2016-04-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/56/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLSC5618

ATUGUBA JSC

ANSAH JSC

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC

AKAMBA JSC

NANCY. AMPOFO (MS) ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT /RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT.

JUSTIN PWAVRA TERIWAJAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT.

[2016]DLSC5618
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HENRY
NUERTEY KORBOE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FRANCIS AMOSA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT APPELLANT)<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: J4/56/2014&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: 21ST
APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANCY.&nbsp; AMPOFO (MS) ESQ.&nbsp; FOR THE DEFENDANT /RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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&nbsp;JUSTIN
PWAVRA TERIWAJAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT.<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
JSC, ANSAH JSC, DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC,
AKAMBA JSC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DOTSE
JSC: <o:p></o:p>I
have had the benefit of the judgment authored by my very well respected and
illustrious brother, and President of this Court, Atuguba JSC. <o:p></o:p>Save
for the conclusions arrived at by my respected brother that the appeal herein
fails and should be dismissed, I entirely agree with the narration of the facts
of the case as well as the analysis of the laws and the cases referred to
therein.<o:p></o:p>However,
it is quite apparent to me that one basic reason of my inability to accept the
conclusion reached by my brother Atuguba JSC, stems from my disagreement with
the meaning ascribed to sections 2 and 8(1) of the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32). It is worth observing that,
Act 32 was enacted to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the legal
profession as has been captured in the long title and preamble.<o:p></o:p>Section
2 of Act 32 states as follows:-<o:p></o:p>Status of Lawyers<o:p></o:p>“A person
whose name is entered on the Roll kept under section 6<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(a) is entitled , subject to Section 8, to
practice as a lawyer, whether as a barrister or solicitor or both, the fees,
charges and disbursement for services rendered as a lawyer, and <o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is an officer of the Courts, and<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is subject, when acting as a lawyer, to the liabilities that attach by law to a
Solicitor.”<o:p></o:p>Section
8 (1) on the other hand provides as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“A person
other than the Attorney-General, or an officer of the Attorney-General’s
department, shall not practice as a
Solicitor unless that person has in respect of that practice a valid annual
Solicitor’s license issued by the Council duly stamped and in the form set out
in the second schedule.”<o:p></o:p>