FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS (PLAINTIFF) vs. GENERAL MEDIA STRATEGIC INC AND 5 OTHERS [2019]DLHC6817

FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS (PLAINTIFF) vs. GENERAL MEDIA STRATEGIC INC AND 5 O... [2019]DLHC6817

Date	2019-05-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1315/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6817

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

MS. HANIYA YAHAYA FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT

MS. EFFIBA AMIHERE FOR THE 1ST & 3RD DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS

[2019]DLHC6817
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN
RAWLINGS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GENERAL MEDIA STRATEGIC
INC AND 5 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION, COURT 6),
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: GJ/1315/2016 &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: 21STMAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MS. HANIYA YAHAYA FOR
PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MS.
EFFIBA AMIHERE FOR THE 1ST &amp; 3RD DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS <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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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<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>NOTICE ON MOTION FOR AN ORDER FOR STAY
OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
is an application by the 1st and 3rd Defendants/Applicants/Appellants praying
this Court to stay proceedings in the instant suit pending the final
determination of an appeal filed against an earlier ruling of this Court and
pending at the Court of Appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It
recalls that on the 4th day of February, 2019 the 1st and 3rd
Defendants/Applicants filed a Notice of Motion titled “Motion on Notice for an
Order for the Court to Decline Further Jurisdiction in this Action - Order 3
Rule 1(5) of C.I. 47 &amp; the Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court”. The
Applicants sought the following orders stated below from the Court;<o:p></o:p>i. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to decline further jurisdiction in this action against the 1st and 3rd
Defendants on the basis of forum non-convenience.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And
for any further order(s) as this Honourable Court shall deem fit and necessary
to make.<o:p></o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At
the hearing of the application Counsel for the Applicants reiterated the
depositions in the affidavit which she had deposed that the Applicants are of
the firm belief that “although this Honourable Court is competent to hear any
issue bordering on the claim as endorsed on the writ and statement of claim, in
this particular matter this Court has to decline jurisdiction to hear and
determine this matter on the basis of forum non conveniens and that there is a
more convenient forum in the United States of America where the 1st and 3rd
Defendants/Applicants are amenable to.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Appli</main>