ADWOA HARRIS WIAFE OR HIAWU BESEASE OBAAHEMAA AHENFIE AND JEMIMA PRAH vs. EMMANUEL SARFO WIAFE AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFF [2019]DLHC8910

ADWOA HARRIS WIAFE OR HIAWU BESEASE OBAAHEMAA AHENFIE AND JEMIMA PRAH vs. EMMANU... [2019]DLHC8910

Date	2019-06-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1245/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8910

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

AGYABENG G. AKRASI ESQ. OF AGYABENG AKRASI & CO DANQUAH CIRCLE OSU ACCRA

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.

JUSTICE ABDULAI ESQ. OF CROWN LEGAL BUREAU WEST LEGON ACCRA

COUNSEL FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPLICANT.

[2019]DLHC8910
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ADWOA HARRIS WIAFE OR HIAWU BESEASE OBAAHEMAA
AHENFIE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) AND JEMIMA PRAH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL SARFO WIAFE (1ST
DEFENDANT/APPLICANT) AND
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF (2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:
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(COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AGYABENG G. AKRASI
ESQ., OF AGYABENG AKRASI &amp; CO, DANQUAH CIRCLE, OSU, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR
PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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BUREAU, WEST LEGON, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is provided for in Order 11 r. 18 of the High (Court Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I.
47) as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Striking
out pleadings<o:p></o:p>18.
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Court may at any stage of the
proceedings order any pleading or anything in any pleading to be struck out on
the grounds that<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It discloses no reasonable
cause of action or defence; or<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is scandalous, frivolous
or vexatious; or<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It may prejudice, embarrass
or delay the fair trial of the action; or <o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is otherwise an abuse of
the process of the Court<o:p></o:p>And
may order the action to be stayed or dismissed or judgment to be entered
accordingly.<o:p></o:p>(2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No
evidence whatsoever shall be admissible on an application under subrule (1)(a).
<o:p></o:p>The instant
application which the parties to the suit have called upon the Court to
adjudicate is a motion filed by the 1st Defendant/Applicant, who,
going forward, I shall simply refer to as the Applicant, to strike out the
pleadings of the Plaintiffs/Respondents or as referred to hereafter, Respondents,
pursuant to Order 11 rule 18(1)(b) and
(d) of C.I 47 as being scandalous, frivolous, vexatious or otherwise an
abuse of the court process.<o:p></o:p>The
provisions of the said Order 11 Rule
18(1) (b) and (d) of the C.I. 47 gives the court the prerogative or
unrestricted power to decide whether or not to str</main>