[2017]DLHC3946 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">THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">R</span>E<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">PU</span>BL<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>C<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:-.05pt">.</span><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;letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">KW<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>SI<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">M</span>E<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">N</span>S<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>H<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-right:.2in;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0;position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt">E<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">XPAR</span>TE: J<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>B<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">R</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>L<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> M</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>H<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">AM</span>A<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">S</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";position:relative;top:.5pt; mso-text-raise:-.5pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">UIT N<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt">O</span>. CR/348<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">/</span>2017</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> DATE: 28</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="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; letter-spacing:.05pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">G</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";letter-spacing:-.05pt; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Y</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";letter-spacing:.05pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">BE<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">N</span>G<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>G.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">A</span>K<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">RA</span>SI<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>F<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">O</span>R THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>PP<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">L</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">C</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span>NT</span><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="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">D</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">R.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">K</span><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">W</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">K</span>U <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">N</span>S<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>H<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>F<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span>R THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">R</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">E</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">S</span>P<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">O</span>NDENT </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:404.75pt;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"">Ba<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">k</span>g<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">und</span>:</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:4.2pt;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></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>th<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ca</span>se<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">re</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">f</span>rom<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>omp<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">l</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">x</span>i<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>.<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>On<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>M<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>10,<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>2017<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>Applic<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>nt<s