THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), EX PARTE: CHARLES ZWENNES AND PHILIP ADDISON, MERLIN GAMING GHANA LIMITED AND ERIC GBEHO [2020]DLSC9202

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), EX PARTE: CHARLES ZWENNES AND... [2020]DLSC9202

Date	2020-07-28
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/24/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9202

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

DORDZIE (MRS) JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

CHARLES ZWENNES APPEARS IN PERSON FOR THE APPLICANT

DENNIS AGYEI DWOMOH FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND INTERESTED PARTIES/RESPONDENTS

[2020]DLSC9202
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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 (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: CHARLES ZWENNES (APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>PHILIP ADDISON, MERLIN GAMING GHANA LIMITED AND ERIC GBEHO<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTIES)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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CIVIL MOTION
NO. J5/24/2020&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: 28THJULY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>CHARLES ZWENNES APPEARS
IN PERSON FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DENNIS AGYEI DWOMOH FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND INTERESTED
PARTIES/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>DOTSE
JSC (PRESIDING), APPAU JSC, PWAMANG JSC, DORDZIE (MRS) JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>DOTSE JSC: -<o:p></o:p>By his application, the Applicant herein, a legal
practitioner of Gaisie Zwennes Hughes &amp; Co. is seeking an order of
Certiorari to bring up to this court the proceedings and Rulings dated 9th
December 2019 in the High Court,
Commercial Division, presided over by Koomson J, Suit No. CM/MISC/0961/2019
intitutled, In the Matter of An Application Pursuant to Section 217 of the
Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179) And in The Matter of Merlin Gaming Ghana Limited
– Eric Gbeho (Applicant) v (1) Philip Addision (1st Respondent) and
(2) Merlin Gaming Ghana Limited, (2nd Respondent) for the orders
of the High Court, dated 9th December, 2019 already referred to
supra to be quashed.<o:p></o:p>The grounds of the application are the following:-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Breach of the
rules of natural justice<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the order of
the Judge, made without assigning reasons is in breach of the Applicant’s constitutional
right to work.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the order is
also in breach of the Applicants constitutional right to avail himself of
remedy through the appellate process, and<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the order of
the learned Judge is altogether irrational and unreasonable because it
disqualified the Applicant &nbsp;for conflict
of interest due to his compliance with statutory law laid out under sect</main>