ECOBANK GH LTD vs. AKAIDOO ENT LTD AND T. T. USTAY DEVELOPERS LTD AND GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND FIFA [2022]DLHC11445

ECOBANK GH LTD vs. AKAIDOO ENT LTD AND T. T. USTAY DEVELOPERS LTD AND GHANA FO... [2022]DLHC11445

Date	2022-03-03
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFS/128/2006
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11445

HIS LORDSHIP FRANCIS OBIRI ‘J’.

MOSES FOH-AMOANING FOR 3RD PARTY/J/CR/APPLICANT

DANIYAL ABDUL-KARIM FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT RESPONDENT

[2022]DLHC11445
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ECOBANK GH
LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKAIDOO ENT
LTD AND T. T. USTAY DEVELOPERS LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND FIFA<o:p></o:p>(FURTHER THIRD PARTY/JUDGEMENT
DEBTOR)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH 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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. BFS/128/2006&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 3RD MARCH, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MOSES FOH-AMOANING FOR 3RD PARTY/J/CR/APPLICANT <o:p></o:p>DANIYAL ABDUL-KARIM FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<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>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP FRANCIS OBIRI
‘J’.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;On 24th
February 2021, this Court differently constituted ordered submissions to be
filed in respect of a preliminary legal objection by the Defendant Respondent (hereinafter
called the Respondent).&nbsp; The legal
objection was in respect of a motion the 3rd
Party/Appellant/Applicant (hereinafter called Applicant) filed in this
case.&nbsp; The motion is seeking to set aside
the two rulings of this Court dated 30th October 2020, or in the
alternative to stay their execution.<o:p></o:p>The Respondent’s legal
objection is to the effect that; the Applicant should not have filed the motion
in the first place.&nbsp; Therefore, the Court
should dismiss them in limine and not to consider their merits.&nbsp; The Respondent in its submission filed on 4th
March, 2021 prayed the Court to allow its preliminary legal objection on the
following grounds: -<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That by virtue of Article
137 of the 1992 Constitution, it is the Court of Appeal which is seized with
jurisdiction to entertain the application and not the High Court.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By filling of the appeals,
the Applicant has invoked the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal.&nbsp; Therefore, this Court is not clothed with
jurisdiction to entertain the applications.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Court has no
jurisdiction to entertain arguments in respect of a matter pending before the
Court of Appeal.<o:p></o:p>