MOST REV. DR. ROBERT A. MENSAH, MOST REV. DR. JOSEPH OSEI BONSU , RT. REV. DANIEL YINKAH SARFO AND EDWARD OSEI BOAKYE TRUST FUND vs. YAW BOAKYE [2021]DLSC11151

MOST REV. DR. ROBERT A. MENSAH, MOST REV. DR. JOSEPH OSEI BONSU , RT. REV.... [2021]DLSC11151

Date	2021-11-30
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J7/19/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLSC11151

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

OWUSU JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JSC

HONYENUGA JSC

AMADU JSC

DANIYAL ABDUL-KARIM ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/ RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.

YAW OPOKU ADJAYE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/ APPLICANT/APPLICANT.

[2021]DLSC11151
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MOST
REV. DR. ROBERT A. MENSAH, MOST REV. DR. JOSEPH OSEI BONSU&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , RT. REV. DANIEL YINKAH SARFO AND EDWARD
OSEI BOAKYE TRUST FUND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/
RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>YAW BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL MOTION NO. J7/19/2021&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 30TH NOVEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>DANIYAL ABDUL-KARIM ESQ. FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/<o:p></o:p>RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>YAW OPOKU ADJAYE ESQ. FOR THE
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>&nbsp;DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p>The respondents in this application are the
executors and trustees of the estate of the late Edward Osei Boakye. They
instituted an action in the High Court against the applicant herein, seeking
among other things a restraining order, restraining him from entering,
developing or carrying out any transaction in respect of the property known
asPlot Number 6 and 7, Airport Commercial Centre, Accra, which property forms
part of the estate of the late Edward Osei Boakye. The suit travelled all the
way to the Supreme Court when the parties agreed to settle the dispute out of
court. They did,and filed terms of settlement upon which a consent judgment was
entered by this court presided over by a single judge on 12 November 2014. The
relevant clauses of the agreed terms of settlement upon which the parties
obtained the consent judgment are<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“The Plaintiffs
shall pursuant to these terms of settlement execute a sub-lease in favour of
the Defendant within Thirty (30) days after the execution and adoption of these
terms of settlement as consent judgment.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sub-lease to
be granted shall be for a term of fifteen (15) years certain with effect from 1st
May 2015 to 30thJune 2030. PROVIDED always that the obligation of
the Plaintiffs to continue the sub-lease from 31st October, 2024
shall be contingent and/or subject to the renewal of the Head-lease from the
Government of Ghana on 30th October, 2024<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That during the
term of the sub-lease, the Defendant shall pay rent to the Plaintiffs as
follows:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the initial
period of five (5) years, the sum of Ghana Cedis equivalent of Thirty-five
Thousand United States Dollars ($35,000) per month at the prevailing commercial
bank forex rate payable annually in advance and year one (1) rent has already
been paid to the Plaintiffs by the Defendant (receipts of which payment the
Plaintiffs hereby acknowledged.<o:p></o:p>