BENJAMIN YAW OSEI vs. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLCA6315

BENJAMIN YAW OSEI vs. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEY GENE... [2019]DLCA6315

Date	2019-02-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/221/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6315

P. K. GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

TANKO AMADU J.A

JOE ABOAGYE DEBRAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA6315
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN YAW OSEI <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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 NO: H1/221/2018 &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; &nbsp;DATE:
28TH
FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
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JOE
ABOAGYE DEBRAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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P.
K. GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AVRIL
LOVELACE JOHNSON (J.A);<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the ruling
of the High Court delivered on 26th April 2018. By the said ruling,
the Court overruled the objection of counsel for the Appellant’s objection to
the admission into evidence of the Exhibit 4 of the Respondents and admitted it
into evidence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Eleven grounds of appeal were filed
with the eleventh one (k) being that the ruling in question is against the
weight of evidence. These grounds are<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
learned High Court judge erred at the case management level when he declared as
admissible evidence the purported official report (marked as exhibit 4)
attached to witness statement of Samuel Boakye Yiadom, witness for the
Defendants dated December 11, 2017 despite the written preliminary objections
of the Plaintiff/Appellant filed on February 5, 2018 against the admissibility
of the evidence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
learned High Court judge erred when he failed to consider the
Plaintiff/Appellant’s written preliminary objection filed on 5/2/18 against the
admissibility of a purported official report marked as exhibit 4 attached to
the witness statement of Samuel Boakye Yiadom, witness for the
Defendants/Respondents dated December 11, 2017.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
learned High Court Judge erred when he admitted in evidence exhibit 4 as a
report of the Disciplinary Committee of the Judicial Council on the enquiry of
the Plaintiff/Appellant which said exhibit 4 is full of prejudice information
of other people posing substantial danger of unfair prejudice to the
Plaintiff/Appellant’s case.<o:p></o:p>