[2017]DLHC3974 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">DOROTHY AMA AKYAA OWUSU<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">KENNEDY AGYEPONG<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-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""> [HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;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/151<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">/</span>2016</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> DATE: 21</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">ST</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> AUGUST, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="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"; letter-spacing:.05pt">A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">RT<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">I</span>N K<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">P</span>EBU<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">P</span>L<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">N</span>T<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>F<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></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"; letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">NN<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>E E<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">M</span>EFA<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">W</span>OO <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">HO</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">L</span>DS<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">E</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">G</span>B<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">E</span>RT <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">A</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>B<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>L<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">L</span>E JNR. <span style="position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt">BR<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">I</span>EF <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">O</span>R THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">D</span>E<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">E</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">NDAN</span>T </span><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<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"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:373.45pt;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:2.65pt"> </span>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>tio<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</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:9.8pt;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:.95pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">P</span>laint<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>ff is<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ee</span>ki<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>a fo<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">r</span>mal<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>stat<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">m</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">t</span>/pr<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">o</span>noun<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ce</span>ment<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">r</span>om<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>th<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the D<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">d</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">b</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ac</span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">h</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>te<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">r</span>ms<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>ten<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">c</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:2.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ee</span>ment<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>rti<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span>si<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>d. The <span style="letter-spacing:.05p