DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR AND ANOTHER vs. BANK OF GHANA [2018]DLHC4152

Date	2018-12-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: CMffBDC/0003/19
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4152

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH J (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

HAROLD ATUGUBA HOLDING BRIEF FOR RAYMOND ATUGUBA FOR THE PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT PRESENT

EMMANUEL DARKWA WITH PATRICK JUSTICE ANNIN AND NELL Y WALLACE

HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK DAVIES FOR THE 'DEFENDANT PRESENT

[2018]DLHC4152
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO.: CMffBDC/0003/19&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; 21ST DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HAROLD ATUGUBA HOLDING BRIEF
FOR RAYMOND ATUGUBA FOR THE PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT PRESENT<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>ANGELINA
MENSAH-HOMIAH J, (MRS.)
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">On 6th&nbsp;September 2018, Counsel for the Defendantl Applicant (Defendant) filed a
Motion on Notice to set aside the Plaintiffs'/Respondents'
Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim. Per the endorsement on the Plaintiffs' Writ
of Summons filed on 20th August, 2018 and the Amended Statement of Claim filed on 27th August
2018, these are the reliefs
sought:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;
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An Order
of injunction restraining the Defendant from expropriating UniBank by its purported
vesting of "good assets and liabilities"
ofUniBank in Consolidated Bank Ghana
Limited and the revocation of the license ofUniBank;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;
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A declaration that the license
purportedly granted to the Consolidated
Bank Ghana Limited was not granted
in accordance with Act 930
and is null and void;<o:p></o:p>