EBENEZER TAWIAH COBBLAH vs. MOSHIE DIORI & ANOR ISSIFU ABDUL [2019]DLHC8886

Date	2019-12-03
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0134/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8886

BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.

PAAJOY AKUAMOAH BOATENG HOLDING BRIEF FOR CHARLES BENTUM FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

JAMILA AHMED WITH ABDUL HAFEZ MAHAMAH FOR ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ BAMBA FOR DEFENDANTS /APPLICANTS

[2019]DLHC8886
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBENEZER TAWIAH COBBLAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MOSHIE DIORI &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>ISSIFU ABDUL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 5), 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. LD/0134/2019&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
3RD DECEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PAAJOY AKUAMOAH BOATENG
HOLDING BRIEF FOR CHARLES BENTUM FOR THE 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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JAMILA
AHMED WITH ABDUL HAFEZ MAHAMAH FOR ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ BAMBA FOR DEFENDANTS
/APPLICANTS <o:p></o:p>

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BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendants/Applicants on the 28th
June, 2019 filed an application praying this court for an order to disjoin
the&nbsp; 1st and 2nd&nbsp; Defendants&nbsp;
herein from&nbsp; the suit and for a
further order joining&nbsp; the administrators
of the estate of the late Mallam Zarku Baki who&nbsp;
are Jamilatu Osman and Alimatu Zaku and the administrators of the estate
of the late Chief Abudu Something who are Issifu Abdul Kaka (a.k.a Issifu
Abdul), Nuhu Baki and Zenab Baki (Hereafter the Administrators) as the
Defendants in this suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff/Respondent filed an
affidavit in opposition. The law governing grant or refusal of joinder
applications is Order 4, rule 5(2) of C.I. 47. It provides. At any stage of the
proceedings the court may on such terms as it thinks just either of its own
motion or on application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Order
any person who has been improperly or unnecessarily made a party or who for any
reason is no longer a party or a necessary party to cease to be a party.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order any person who ought to have been
joined as a party whose presence before the court is necessary to ensure that
all matters in dispute in the proceedings are effectively and completely determined
and adjudicated upon to be added as a party.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>To be able to properly assess who must
be made a party and who ought to be disjoined as a party, the court</main>