MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WATERVILLE HOLDINGS (BVI) LTD. AND ALFRED AGBESI WOYOME U.T. BANK LIMITED (UNDER RECEIVERSHIP) [2019]DLSC6301

MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WATERVILLE HOLDINGS (BVI) LTD. A... [2019]DLSC6301

Date	2019-03-27
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J7/05/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC6301

ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING)

DORDZIE JSC

KOTEY JSC

OSAFO BUABENG FOR THE 3 RD DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

GODFRED YEBOAH-DAME DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH HIM STELLA

BADU (MRS.) CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY NANCY NETTEY TWUMASI ASIAMAH

(MRS.) CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY YVONNE BANNERMAN (MS) ASSISTANT STATE

ATTORNEY AND 11 ZEINAB AYARIGA (MS.)

ASSISTANT STATE ATORNEY FOR THE IST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

A. A. ACKUAKU FOR THE CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLSC6301
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARTIN
ALAMISI AMIDU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WATERVILLE HOLDINGS (BVI) LTD. AND ALFRED AGBESI WOYOME<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>U.T. BANK
LIMITED (UNDER RECEIVERSHIP)<o:p></o:p>(CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT)<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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MOTION NO. J7/05/2019 &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;DATE: 27TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

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DORDZIE JSC, KOTEY JSC<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DORDZIE
(MRS), JSC:- <o:p></o:p>This
application is brought under Article 134 (b) of the 1992 Constitution of the
Republic of Ghana. The applicant herein is praying this court to reverse the
decision of the single judge of this court delivered on the 3rd of December
2018. <o:p></o:p>Article
134 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana empowers a single justice
of the Supreme Court to exercise the powers vested in the Supreme Court in
matters that do not involve the decision of the cause or matter before the
Supreme Court; and any order, decision or direction made or given by the single
judge under Article 134 may be varied, discharged or reversed by a three member
panel of the Court. Article 134 reads: <o:p></o:p>A single Justice of the Supreme Court
may exercise power vested in the Supreme Court not involving the decision of
the cause or matter before the Supreme Court, except that - (<o:p></o:p>a) in criminal matters, where that
Justice refuses or grants an application in the exercise of any such power, a
person affected by it is entitled to have the application determined by the
Supreme Court constituted by three Justices of the Supreme Court and <o:p></o:p>(b) in civil matters, any order,
direction or decision made or given under this article may be varied,
discharged or reversed by the Supreme Court constituted by three Justices of
the Supreme Court. <o:p></o:p>To
effectively accommodate the benefit of the above provisions of the Constitution
the procedural rules of this Court C. I 16 were amended. The Supreme Court
(Amendment) Rules, 2016 C. I 98 amended C. I. 16 by substituting Rule 73. <o:p></o:p>The
amended Rule 73 reads: <o:p></o:p>“Review of decision of single justice <o:p></o:p>73. (1) A person dissatisfied with the
decision of a single justice of the Supreme Court in respect of an application
determined under article 134 of the Constitution, may apply to the Supreme
Court to have the application determined by three justices of the Court. <o:p></o:p>(2) The application to have the cause
or matter determined by the three justices shall be by motion on notice and
shall be served on any other party who has an interest in the cause or matter” <o:p></o:p>The
applicant therefore, in exercising the right conferred on him by Article 134(b)
of The Constitution brought this application for the reversal of the si</main>