[2017]DLHC3947 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 REPUBLIC<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.<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">GIFTY ADJOA AMPONSAH AND NANA OWUSU KORKOR<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">EX PARTE: PETER KWAKU GYASI ADDAE AND OTHERS<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/43<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">/</span>2016</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> DATE: 10</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"> MARCH, 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-top:0in;margin-right:20.05pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left: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">M</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>S<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">M</span>UEL<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>BO<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">S</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">O</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">MP</span>EM<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>FOR THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>PP<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">L</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>C<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>NTS<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span></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">M</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>O<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">S</span>C<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>R <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">VU</span>LOR<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>NDEN<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">T</span>S </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"">DECISI<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">O</span>N<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:1.1in;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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">P</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">P</span>LIC<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span>TION<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">F</span>OR<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>CO<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">MM</span>I<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">T</span>TAL <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span>OR <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">C</span>ONTE<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">M</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">P</span>T</span></u></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-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">I<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>trod<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">u</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>/O<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ve</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">v</span>iew</span></i></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-bottom: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"">O<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">r</span>dina<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">r</span>i<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">l</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">y</span>,<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span>law<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>must<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span>ob<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">y</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>d,<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>matter<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>ir<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>ums<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ce</span>s.<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>le<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>rn<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>d <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">(a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>sp<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">c</span>ted<span style="letter-spacing: