JOHN APPIAH KODUAH vs. WILHEMINA ROSE MARTEY AND STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD. [2019]DLHC10286

Date	2019-03-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1108/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10286

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

[2019]DLHC10286
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KODUAH<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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ROSE MARTEY AND STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SUIT NO. GJ/1108/18&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
1ST MARCH
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;MOTION
ON NOTICE FOR AN ORDER OF JOINDER OF FOUR APPLICANTS THROUGH THEIR LAWFUL
ATTORNEY AARON A. MARTEY<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>&nbsp;The
present application is for an order of joinder of four applicants through their
lawful attorney, one Aaron Martey to the substantive case which is about the
management of a trust property situated at Dansoman, Accra.<o:p></o:p>In
the affidavit in support of their application, the four applicants, who are the
biological children of the original applicant and respondent in the substantive
application, through their attorney, have requested this Court to allow them to
join the substantive application on the ground that they are beneficiaries of
the said trust property and that they have expended huge sums of money on the
trust property and that they need to join the substantive suit to defend their
interest and also to avoid a multiplicity of suits.<o:p></o:p>The
original applicant who is the respondent in the instant application has opposed
this request on the ground that the mere deposition by the applicants that they
had expended huge sums of money on the trust property was inadequate to warrant
a grant of the present application and that the applicants ought to have given
details of the nature of the investment they had put into the trust property
and also given the total quantity&nbsp; or
value of money they had expanded with the requisite receipts to back their
claim. The respondent thus requested the Court to refuse the application
because in his opinion the joinder of the present applicants through their
lawful attorney will rather defeat the noble purpose of the trust.<o:p></o:p>The
Court has considered the affidavits of both parties and also the submissions of
both counsel and has also adverted its mind to Order 4 rule 5 (2) (b) of the High
Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 which gives the Court the discretion to join a party to a suit or
application to ensure that all matters in controversy are effectively and
completely dealt with to ensure effective and speedy adjudication of matters.
The Court thinks that this is an appropriate case where the joinder, if
granted, will help in the speedy and effective adjudication of the substantive application
concerning the trust property. The Court therefore grants the application and
orders that the four applicants herein be joined to the substantive application
through their lawful attorney Aaron Akwetey Martey.<o:p></o:p>The
title of the substantive application is to be amended by the original applicant
to reflect the joinder. Cost of GH₵500.00
is awarded the original applicant to enable him serve the amended application on
the lawful attorney of the four applicants.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(SGD)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p></main>