[2017]DLSC2506 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:#0C00">THE REPUBLIC</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:#0C00">vs.</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:#0C00">HIGH COURT, (FINANCIAL DIVISION 2) ACCRA</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/9/2017 DATE: 31</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ST</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> JANUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">COUNSEL: </span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">KWAME BOAFO AKUFFO FOR THE APPLICANTS.</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ARTHUR CHAMBERS FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM:</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC PRESIDING, DOTSE JSC, ANIN YEBOAH JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, BENIN JSC<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">JUDGMENT</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><u><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DOTSE, JSC:</span></u></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">By this application, the Applicants herein seek an order of Certiorari directed at the High Court, Financial Division 2, Accra to bring into the Supreme Court for the purpose of it being quashed, the Ruling of 3</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">rd</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> August 2016 in Suit No. FTRM/87/15 intitutled <b>Financial Intelligence Centre v Kofi Appianin Ennin and 3 others</b>.</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The grounds upon which the Applicants seek this application have been stated as follows:-</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Grounds of the Application</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">1.</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The High Court, Financial Division 2 exceeded its jurisdiction when it dismissed the application (filed on 29</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" st