THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA EXPARTE: MIREILLI HITTI GEORGE JAMIL MOUGANIE [2019]DLSC5637

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA EXPARTE: MIREILLI HITTI GEORGE JAMIL MOUGAN... [2019]DLSC5637

Date	2019-01-17
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/63/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC5637

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING)

YEBOAH JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

KOTEY JSC

VICTORIA BARTH WITH HER ERNESTINA OTU FOR THE APPLICANT.

CLARENCE TAGOE FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND INTERESTED PARTIES.

ACE ANKOMAH FOR THE 3RD INTERESTED PARTY

[2019]DLSC5637
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGH COURT, ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EXPARTE: MIREILLI HITTI<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>GEORGE JAMIL MOUGANIE<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY)<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 MOTION NO. J5/63/2018&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;DATE: 17TH JANUARY,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>VICTORIA BARTH WITH HER
ERNESTINA OTU FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>CLARENCE TAGOE FOR THE 1ST
AND 2ND INTERESTED PARTIES.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ACE
ANKOMAH FOR THE 3RD INTERESTED PARTY.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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(MRS) JSC (PRESIDING), YEBOAH JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC , KOTEY JSC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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</div>GBADEGBE, JSC:<o:p></o:p>We have before us in the exercise of our
supervisory jurisdiction under article 132 of the Constitution an application
for judicial review in the nature of certiorari directed at the judgment of the
High Court, Accra dated 05 June 2018. By the said judgment, a prior order of letters
of administration granted in respect of the Estate of Robert Habib Hitti (Deceased)
was revoked at the instance of the interested parties herein in a case
entitled: George Jamil Mougainie and Another v Alwan Robert Hitti. The grounds
on which the applicant relies in support of the application are as follows:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The High Court,
Accra presided over by Mrs. Justice Jennifer Akua Tagoe on 5th June
2018 breached the rules of natural justice and occasioned a grave miscarriage
of justice when it revoked&nbsp; Letters of
Administration granted by the High Court differently constituted on 20th
June 2001 for the movable and immovable property of the late Robert Habib Hitti
(Deceased); when Applicant who is a beneficiary of the Deceased’s Estate was
neither made a party to the proceedings nor given any hearing in the matter.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Interested
Parties breached the rules of natural justice and misled the High Court, Accra
into doing same when they purported to sue for the Revocation of the movable
and immovable property of the late Robert Habib Hitti (Deceased) without notice
to the Applicant, when they knew or ought to have known that the Deceased’s
estate had been distributed pursuant to the Letters of Administration and wound
up over twelve years ago.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>