GRACE ADU AND DZIGBORDI EGBENYA vs. MARTIN ANAGLATE, NAOMI DAMPTEY AND BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA LTD [2019]DLHC6859

GRACE ADU AND DZIGBORDI EGBENYA vs. MARTIN ANAGLATE, NAOMI DAMPTEY AND BARCLAY... [2019]DLHC6859

Date	2019-04-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/159/2015
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6859

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

PATRICK JUSTICE ENNIN – FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

D.K. AMELEY - FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC6859
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GRACE ADU AND DZIGBORDI EGBENYA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MARTIN ANAGLATE, NAOMI DAMPTEY AND&nbsp;
BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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NO: GJ/159/2015&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: 5TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>PATRICK JUSTICE ENNIN –
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p>D.K. AMELEY - FOR THE 1ST
AND 2ND DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
REPRESENTATION FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT<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>

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</div>i.
Introduction&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is often
said that Justice is like a river. Because all rivers are not the same so is
justice. Some rivers run off quickly to their ultimate destinations whilst
others take time, a long time to travel, winding to their ultimate destination
with many twists and turns. The justice for the parties in this case has seen
many twists including a change of venue from the Brong Ahafo Region to the
Greater Accra and change of Counsel. This case has taken many years to reach
its final destination; but today, finally, the end is here. For the parties it
is judgment day. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am of the respectful opinion that the history of this case
makes it appropriate to prefix this judgment with the quote by the respected
former Chief Justice of this Republic, Wood CJ (as she then was) in the case of
AGYEMANG (Substituted by BANAHENE &amp;
OTHERS v. ANANE [2013-2014] 1 SCGLR 241 when she stated:<o:p></o:p>“The
oft quoted legal maxim “Justice delayed is justice denied”, coined by the
British politician, William Gladstone (1809-1898), is no mere cliché. The right
to fair trial in a timely manner is neither a courtesy nor a favour, but a
fundamental right.&nbsp; Protracted delays in
the administration of justice,&nbsp; impact
negatively&nbsp; not only on those who access
the courts, such as the victims of crime, accused persons who are acquitted at the
end of their trial, parties in civil proceedings and their privies, lawyers who
practice before the courts but indeed the entire justice system. The judicial
history of this relatively simple family related land matter, which was
commenced in the High Court Kumasi, as far back as the 4th of April
1974, provides an insight into the harmful effects of systemic delays in the
administration of justice.&nbsp; Regrettably,
it has taken forty long years, a whole generation, for this case to finally
find its way into this court; the court of last appeal. We hope court business
shall always be managed in ways that will not occasion a repeat of this parody
of justice”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sadly, it is
clear the Plaintiffs in the instant case did not hear the lamentations of her
Ladyship, the former Chief Just</main>