NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED vs. JOSEPH ADE COKER [2019]DLSC5272

Date	2019-01-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/15/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC5272

YEBOAH JSC (PRESIDING)

GBADEGBE JSC

APPAU JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

KOTEY JSC

KWAME AMENANO-TANNOR FOR THE

PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

ENOH AMAH ANDOH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT. CORAM:

[2019]DLSC5272
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH ADE COKER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/15/2018&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: 23RD JANUARY,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>KWAME
AMENANO-TANNOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ENOH AMAH ANDOH FOR THE
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<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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YEBOAH
JSC (PRESIDING), GBADEGBE JSC, APPAU JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, KOTEY JSC<o:p></o:p>

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</div>APPAU,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>The
substantive appeal before us is an appeal against the ruling of the Court of
Appeal in respect of an appeal brought before it against the ruling of the High
Court in a post-judgment proceeding. When the appeal came up for hearing in
this Court on the 5th of December 2018, the Court, in the exercise
of its jurisdiction under Rule 6 (8) of the rules of this Court; i.e. C.I. 16 of 1996, invited both counsel
in the case to address it on whether or not our jurisdiction had been properly
invoked. The order we made specifically was; Whether or not the appeal
complies with article 131 (2) of the 1992 Constitution. <o:p></o:p>Article
131 (1) &amp; (2) of the Constitution provides: <o:p></o:p>“131. (1) An appeal shall lie from a judgment of
the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court – (a)
as of right in a civil or criminal cause or matter in respect of which an
appeal has been brought to the Court of Appeal from a judgment of the High Court or a Regional
Tribunal in the exercise of its original jurisdiction; or<o:p></o:p>(b)
with the leave of the Court of Appeal, in any other cause or matter,
where the case was commenced in a court lower than the High Court or a Regional
Tribunal and where the Court of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a
substantial question of law or is in the public interest.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(2)
Notwithstanding clause (1) of this article, the Supreme Court may entertain an
application for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in any cause or matter, civil or criminal,
and may grant leave accordingly”.<o:p></o:p>Section
4 (1)(a) (b) (c) and (2) of the Courts Act, 1993 [Act 459] which gives fuller expression to article 131 (1) and (2)
also provides:<o:p></o:p>“4. (1) In accordance with article 131 of the
Constitution, an appeal lies from a judgment
of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court – (a) as of right, in a civil or criminal cause or matter in respect
of which an appeal has been brought to the Court of Appeal from a judgment of
the High Court or a Regional Tribunal in the exercise of its original
jurisdiction; (b) with the leave of
the Court of Appeal, in any other cause or matter, where the case was commenced
in a court lower than the High Court or a Regional Tribunal and where the Court
of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law or
is in the public interest; (c) as of
right in a cause or matter relating to the issue or refusal of writ or order of
habeas corpus, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or quo warranto.<o:p></o:p>(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Supreme Court
may entertain an application for special
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