[2019]DLHC17422 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">CYNTHIA TALATA ADDO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 238.75pt 244.25pt left 271.5pt 290.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">SYLVESTER ODIANSAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 236.25pt left 299.25pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt 305.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 11pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. GJ 1765/2019 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt center 244.25pt left 267.0pt 318.75pt 415.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 11pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MOTHER TERESA BREW FOR IRIS AGGREY-ORLEANS FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CLAUDIA BOATENG FOR PROSPER YAW NTOW FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:143.25pt 171.75pt 288.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:11.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 11pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> RULING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The parties whose marital love affairs once upon a time was the envy of even the legendary paragon of love relationship, Romeo and Juliet, have now gone their separate ways due to a divorce decree that was granted at the instance of the Defendant/Respondent in March, 2018 by Jennifer<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>Akua Tagoe J.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The court in respect of the properties of the parties stated as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“There are two houses in Ghana according to the petitioner. One is a four bedroom house at Ashongman and the other a five bedroom uncompleted house in Tema Community 25. He said the former was commenced by the Respondent and the latter by him and in each case, before they met. There will be no declaration on these two houses for want of evidence as to who holds title”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>failure<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>make<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>definitive<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>pronouncement<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>regarding<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Tema</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> Community 25 property, is at the centre of this suit and indeed the basis for this Application for Interlocutory Injunction. In this Application, the Applicant seeks an order for interlocutory injunction to restrain the Respondent and his agents from<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>further developing or creating third party interests in the property in dispute, until the final determination of the suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115