[2017]DLHC11989 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">PRIME INSURANCE CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:32.8pt center 231.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA (LAND DIVISION)]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. LD/0060/2017 DATE: 31</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">ST </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">JULY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ALI GOMDAH ABDUL-SAMAD FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 6pt 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:6.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>took<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Writ<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Summons<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>20<sup>th</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>January<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>2017 for the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An Order requiring the Defendant to issue a lease in respect of the land covered<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>allocation<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>letter<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>dated<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>23<sup>rd</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>July<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>2015<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Plaintiff the beneficial owner of the land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>possession<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>covered<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>allocation<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>letter<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>dated 23<sup>rd</sup> July 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">In the Alternative to a) b) and c) above, an order to replace the land covered by the allocation with similar size land at any of the prime business district locations in Accra.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt">d.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">In the Alternative to a) b) and c) above, the refund of One Million Two Hundred<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Twenty-four<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Thousand,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Four<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Hundred<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Forty-five<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>(GH¢1, 224, 445.00) Cedis to the Plaintiff by the Defendant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; 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