THE REPUBLIC vs. THE HON. JUDICIAL SECRETARY, JUSTICE ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG, OFFICE OF RESPONDENT THE JUDICIAL SECRETARY EX PARTE : HANSEN KWADWO KODUAH [2017]DLHC4042

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE HON. JUDICIAL SECRETARY, JUSTICE ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG, O... [2017]DLHC4042

Date	2017-09-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/967/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4042

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

THE APPLICANT – IN PERSON

MR. NANA YAW NTRAKWA WITH JUDITH DONKOR FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2017]DLHC4042
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE HON. JUDICIAL
SECRETARY, JUSTICE ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG, OFFICE OF RESPONDENT THE JUDICIAL
SECRETARY<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE&nbsp;: HANSEN KWADWO KODUAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH
COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT&nbsp;NO. GJ/967/2017&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;DATE: 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>THE APPLICANT – IN PERSON<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><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>APPLICATION ON NOTICE FOR
JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction/Overview:<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
application is another episode in the continuing legal drama between the
Applicant- a lawyer, and the Judicial Secretary, which began with the
suspension of the Applicant by the General Legal Council, the supervising body
of the legal profession in this country on June 9, 2016. Since that time, the
Applicant and the General Legal Council have been engaged in litigation which
has produced one application at the High Court and three decisions of the Court
of Appeal and an order/directive of the Court of Appeal in regards to the stay
of the orders made by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council pending
the determination of the Applicant’s appeal. The result of the Court of Appeal
decisions and what they mean is the basis for the instant application. <o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Applicant contends that
notwithstanding the decisions of the Court of Appeal and a directive by a
single Judge of the Court of Appeal, the Respondent has still refused to withdraw
a letter he circulated barring him from appearing in Court as a Barrister in
this national jurisdiction. The
primary question for resolution in this application therefore is whether the
Applicant has made out a case for an order in the nature of Mandamus to be made by this Court
pursuant to Order 55 Rule 3 of the High
Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2004 C.I. 47.<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Motion &amp; Affidavit Evidence in Support<o:p></o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By
a Motion on Notice filed in this registry on June 23, 2017, the Applicant
herein seeks an order of mandamus directed at the Judicial Secretary, Mr.
Justice Alex B. Poku-Acheampong by: <o:p></o:p>