EKE CHUKWU EKE ... PLAINTIFF vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND TWO OTHERS [2017]DLHC3927

Date	2017-05-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO: HRC/18/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3927

JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO HIGH COURT JUDGE

GEORGE ESHUN ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

CLARENCE KOWORNU ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

[2017]DLHC3927
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PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
TWO OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (HUMAN RIGHTS
DIVISION ONE), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO: HRC/18/2013&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 16TH MAY, 2017<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE ESHUN ESQ., FOR THE PLAINTIFF. <o:p></o:p>CLARENCE
KOWORNU ESQ., FOR THE DEFENDANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO, HIGH COURT JUDGE <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>From the endorsement on the Writ of Summons and the averments per
the Statement of Claim, filed on 16th January, 2013, the complaint
by the Plaintiff which is essentially directly against the 3rd Defendant
is for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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A Declaration that the 3rd
Defendant has from 2nd August to 5th August, 2011,
falsely imprisoned the Plaintiff, with the aid and assistance of police
officers at the James Town Police Station. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Another declaration that the 3rd
Defendant and other policemen stationed at James Town District Police
Headquarters have harassed and discriminated against the Plaintiff who is a
citizen of the Republic of Nigeria. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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An order that the Defendants
should pay general damages for false imprisonment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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A further order upon the
Defendant to pay general damages for harassment and discrimination in regard to
the Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Any other order the Honourable
Court may deem fit. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>These have been stoutly denied by the Defendants per their
Statement of Defence filed on 11th March, 2013. Before establishing
the findings of fact, l shall briefly set out the law on false imprisonment.
What constitutes false imprisonment has been defined in the Black Law
Dictionary at page 677 as “A restraint of a person in a bounded area without
justification or consent”. In the English case of Collins v. Wilcock [1984] All
ER 374 at 377, it was held that false imprisonment is “...the unlawful
imposition of restraint on another’s freedom of movement from a particular
place”. To make such a restraint actionable, it was held in the case of Weldon
v. Home Office [1990] 3 WLR 465 that the restriction on the claimant’s liberty
must be proved to be unlawful. <o:p></o:p>