REDCO LIMITED AND IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC vs. DAVID ASANTE APEATU (IGP) EXPARTE: SAMUEL AGGREY JNR. & ANOR [2018]DLHC7249

REDCO LIMITED AND IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC vs. DAVID ASANTE APEATU (IGP) EX... [2018]DLHC7249

Date	2018-11-19
Suit No.	CR/15/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC7249

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

HON. GODFRED YEBOAH DAME (DEPUTY A-G) WITH JOSEPH ODURO (SSA)

MRS JAMILA ZAKARIA (SSA) VICTORIA ADOTEY (ASA) AURIEL ASARE

BOATENG (ASA) AND MISS KADIJA ZAKARIA (ASA) FOR RESPONDNENT/APPLICANT

KWADWO OSEI ODAME LED BY VKM ABABIO FOR APPLICANT/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLHC7249
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE MATTER OF MRS.
ISABELLA O. AGGREY (SUBSTITUTED BY SAMUEL AGGREY JNR &amp; ANOR)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>REDCO LIMITED AND IN THE
MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID ASANTE APEATU (IGP)<o:p></o:p>EXPARTE: SAMUEL AGGREY
JNR. &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
JURSIDICTION ‘2’), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CR/15/2018&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: 19TH NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HON. GODFRED YEBOAH DAME
(DEPUTY A-G) WITH JOSEPH ODURO (SSA), MRS JAMILA ZAKARIA (SSA), VICTORIA ADOTEY
(ASA), AURIEL ASARE BOATENG (ASA) AND MISS KADIJA ZAKARIA (ASA) FOR
RESPONDNENT/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWADWO
OSEI ODAME LED BY VKM ABABIO FOR APPLICANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K.
KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The core issues
which I have been called upon to adjudicate on are:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the conviction of
Applicant in the contempt proceedings ought to be set aside on the ground that
the lawyer who filed it had no license to practice as a lawyer at the time same
was filed. <o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the contempt proceedings
was a nullity on the ground that the preconditions that were to be satisfied to
clothe the Court with jurisdiction were not satisfied before the filing of the
contempt proceedings.<o:p></o:p>A brief facts of
the case is that Mrs. Isabella Odi Aggrey who was later substituted by Samuel
Aggrey Jnr. and Mrs. Augustina Gyekye Eck, by reason of death, instituted an
action in the General Jurisdiction of the High Court in Suit No. CR/15/88 and
obtained judgment against Redco Limited. Subsequently, the Plaintiffs/ Judgment/
Creditor/ Applicants/ Respondents (herein after called the Respondents) filed a
fi fa and subsequently, an order
directed at the IGP as head of the Ghana Police Service to ensure the peaceful
handing over of the two blocks of flats which was in the possession of the
Ghana Police Service. By the order made by the Court on of 23rd
October, 2017, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the Applicant herein, was
ordered to ensure the peaceful surrender of the premises to the Respondents
within twenty (21) days of the service of the order.<o:p></o:p>The failure of
the IGP to comply with the said order caused the Respondents to file an
application for contempt.&nbsp; The Court
convicted the IGP.&nbsp; The present
application has been filled to set aside the proceedings and the conviction on
two (2) main grounds, that is;<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the lawyer who filed the process
had no licence to practice at the time same was filed.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the mandatory conditions under
Order 43 of CI. 47 were not satisfied, thereby making the contempt proceedings
null and void.<o:p></o:p>