THE REPUBLIC vs. YAW BRAH EX PARTE:RUBBER PLANTATIONS (GHANA) LIMITED [2021]DLHC17370

Date	2021-06-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C13/40/2020
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC17370

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JOAN EYI KING

RAY APPIAH-AMPONSAH

ISAAC OKYERE DARKO

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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PARTE: RUBBER PLANTATIONS (GHANA) LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH
COURT, AKIM ODA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">COUNSEL&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;&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; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JOAN EYI KING<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">&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; JUDGMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">On 17<sup>th</sup> July
2020, the applicant through its counsel filed a motion under Order 50 of the
High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I. 47 for an Order for contempt against
the respondent who is the 9<sup>th</sup> defendant in the suit entitled: <b>SUIT NO. C1/08/2012, RUBBER PLANTATIONS
(GHANA) LIMITED vrs NANA KWESI ASIEDU &amp; 8 ORS,</b> for cutting down or demolishing
several trees of the rubber plantation while the plantation is a subject matter
of a suit pending before the court and which said conduct of the respondent
amounts to disrespect for the dignity of the court, a wilful and contemptuous
act intended to prejudice the outcome of the suit pending before the court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">FACTS OF THE CASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">The applicant deposed that
the applicant commenced an action against respondent and 8 other defendants in
the suit mentioned supra which is pending before the court as per <b>Exhibit A</b>. The suit got to the
Application for Directions stage and a surveyor was to be appointed to submit a
report as per <b>Exhibit B series</b>. The
1<sup>st</sup> defendant passed on and has since not been substituted and one
Theophilus Akai Nettey, the representative of the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant
wrote to the applicant on 20<sup>th</sup> January 2016 appealing for a withdrawal
of the court case for amicable settlement as per <b>Exhibit C</b>. There has not been any further action in the suit
awaiting settlement. The respondent without any justification and in gross
disrespect to the court entered the rubber plantation and cut down as many
trees as he could with a chainsaw machine and cleared the land for farming
activities as per <b>Exhibit D series</b>.
The respondent was arraigned before the Akim Swedru Circuit Court for causing
unlawful damage to the applicant’s property which is yet to be determined. That
without showing any remorse at all and in pursuit of his wilful desire to
destroy the plantation the respondent has gone further to plant cocoa, corn and
other crops on the land where he unlawfully cleared as per <b>Exhibit E series</b>. That having planted cocoa will deprive the
applicant of the farm.&nbsp; That the
respondent has shown disregard for the court proceedings and no respect for the
dignity of the court and unless he is made to purge himself of the contempt he
will continue with such unlawful and contemptuous conduct. That the applicant
in his writ is seeking perpetual injunction to restrain the respondent and his
agents from making claim to</main>