DEBORA BOAFO SUING BY HER NEXT FRIEND & FATHER ANTHONY BOAFO vs. COMFORT ODURO & ANOR. [2019]DLCA6318

DEBORA BOAFO SUING BY HER NEXT FRIEND & FATHER ANTHONY BOAFO vs. COMFORT ODURO... [2019]DLCA6318

Date	2019-02-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: HI/21/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6318

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

ARVOH MENSAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT ABSENT.

RICHARD KWAKU POBEE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS ABSENT.

[2019]DLCA6318
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DEBORA BOAFO SUING BY HER NEXT FRIEND &amp; FATHER
ANTHONY BOAFO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>COMFORT ODURO &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO: HI/21/2018&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;DATE:
27TH,
FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>ARVOH
MENSAH ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp; FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT
ABSENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RICHARD
KWAKU POBEE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS ABSENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA&nbsp; M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>Irene
Charity Larbi&nbsp; (Mrs) J.A<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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This is an appeal from the High Court,
Sekondi dated 27th May, 2014.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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This is a running down case with the victim
being a seven (7) year’s old child at the time of the incident and still a
person with disability within the meaning of the provision under Order 5 Rule
1(1) of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2004 (C.I.47) at the time this
action was initiated.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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Per Order 5 Rule 2(2) of C.I.47, a guardian ad litem must be appointed and
certified to act on behalf of the victim under the age of eighteen (18) years
for purposes of judicial proceedings.<o:p></o:p>It
Is Provided Under Order 5 as follows:-<o:p></o:p>Rule
1(1): <o:p></o:p>“For
the purposes of judicial proceedings under these Rules a person with disability
means a person under the age of Eighteen (18) years or a person who is
certified by a medical officer to be incapable of managing and administering
his or her property and affairs by reason of mental disorder or infirmity of
mind;<o:p></o:p>