[2017]DLHC3944 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">G<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt">I</span>BSON<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>K.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">P</span>OKU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">vs.<span style="letter-spacing:3.05pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:-.05pt">D</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">O<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">R</span>OTHY<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Y</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>A <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">MAN</span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">A</span>H O<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">P</span>OKU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-right:.2in;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> [HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]</span><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:.2in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";position:relative;top:.5pt; mso-text-raise:-.5pt;letter-spacing:.05pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";position:relative;top:.5pt; mso-text-raise:-.5pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> N<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span>. GJ/477<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">/</span>2017</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> DATE: 16</span><sup><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">TH</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> AUGUST, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:.2in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";letter-spacing:-.05pt">M</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">R.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">P</span>ETER B<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">O</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span>O<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span>R THE<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">PL</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">AI</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">N</span>T<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>F<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">/</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>P<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">P</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">LI</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">C</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span>NT<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:.2in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">M</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt">R.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">S</span>H<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">H</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span>DU <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">M</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">H</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">MM</span>ED<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>F<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span>R THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">D</span>EFE<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt">N</span>D<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span>N<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">T</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">/R</span>E<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">S</span>P </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:.2in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:.2in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:.2in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:402.85pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">I<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">du</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>tion:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:3.8pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">[1] <span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span><i>Ord<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>25<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>r<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>CI<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>47<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span></i></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">i</span>pulat<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>ourt<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>m<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">a</span>y gr<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">j</span>un<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> b</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>rlo<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>uto<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">r</span>y ord<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>ll<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ca</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>whi<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">c</span>h<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>pp<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ea</span>