HANSON KWADWO KODUAH vs. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL [2017]DLSC2082

HANSON KWADWO KODUAH vs. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE... [2017]DLSC2082

Date	2017-04-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/54/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLSC2082

YAW APPAU JSC (SITTING AS A SINGLE JUSTICE)

HANSEN KWADWO KODUAH APPEARS IN PERSON FOR THE APPELLANT/ APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/ APPLICANT/RESPONDENT

NANA YAW NTRAKWAH FOR THE RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/ APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS/APPLICANTS

[2017]DLSC2082
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HANSON KWADWO KODUAH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL
AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/54/2017&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; &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: 27TH APRIL, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HANSEN KWADWO KODUAH APPEARS IN PERSON FOR THE APPELLANT/
APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/ APPLICANT/RESPONDENT.<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>YAW APPAU JSC (SITTING AS A
SINGLE JUSTICE)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>APPAU, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Article
131 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 4 (1) of the Courts Act, 1993 [Act
459], make provisions as to how appeals shall lie from judgments of the Court
of Appeal to this Court: (i) where the cases originated from either the High
Court or the Regional Tribunal and (ii) where the cases originated from courts
lower than the High Court or the Regional Tribunal (in this case the Circuit
and District Magistrate courts. The applicable rule in respect of these two
legs of appeal is rule 7 (1), (2) and (3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court
[C.I. 16] of 1996. Aside of these, article 131 (2) of the Constitution and
section 4 (2) of the Courts Act, make room for what is termed; ‘special leave’
to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decisions of the Court of Appeal
that do not fall under the categories specified under articles 131 (1) of the
Constitution and section 4 (1) of the Courts Act or in situations where those
provisions have been infringed or could not be complied with by the would be
appellant. With regard to this third leg of appeals that require special leave,
the applicable rule is Rule 7 (4) of [C.I. 16].<o:p></o:p>The
present application before me is for special leave to appeal against the ruling
of the Court of Appeal dated 8th February 2017 pursuant to clause
(2) of article 131 of the 1992 Constitution and section 4 (2) of the Courts
Act, 1993 [Act 459]. In this regard, the applicable rule is rule 7 (4) of the
rules of this Court [C.I. 16]. It therefore belongs to the third leg of
appeals. The provisions pertaining to this third leg of appeals from the Court
of Appeal to the Supreme Court as re-called supra read:<o:p></o:p>i.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Article 131 (2) of the Constitution, 1992 – “Notwithstanding clause (1) of this
article, the Supreme Court may entertain an application for special leave to
appeal to the Supreme Court in any cause or matter, civil or criminal, and may
grant leave accordingly”.<o:p></o:p>ii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Section 4 (2) of Act 459 – “Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this
section, the Supreme Court may entertain an application for special leave to
appeal to the Supreme Court in any cause or matter (including interlocutory
matter) civil or criminal, and may grant leave accordingly”.<o:p></o:p>iii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Rule 7 (4) of [C.I. 16] – “Despite subrules (1) to (3) of this rule,
an application for special leave to appeal under clause (2) of article 131 of
the Constitution shall be entertained by the Court and the Court may grant
leave on the term specified by the Court having regard to the circumstances of
the case” <o:p></o:p>The
facts in this case are simply that; the Respondent in this applic</main>