AMOANAB FELICIA vs. VINCENT SPIO BOLA [2022]DLHC11804

Date	2022-11-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. NR/TL/HC/E12/7/22
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11804

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ERIC ANSAH ANKOMAH

RICHARD A. ADAZABRA FOR APPELLANT

ESTHER YIRBOM FOR RESPONDENT

[2022]DLHC11804
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;&nbsp;AMOANAB FELICIA<o:p></o:p>

(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, TAMALE]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. NR/TL/HC/E12/7/22&nbsp; &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: 9TH NOVEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&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>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE ERIC ANSAH ANKOMAH <o:p></o:p>

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On
26th October 2022 this court ordered the parties to file their
respective written submissions on or before the 7th day of November,
2022 simultaneously for judgment to be delivered on 9th November,
2022. As at the 2pm of 8th November, 2022 and at the time of writing
this judgment none of the parties had complied with the order of the court. I
could have gone ahead to strike out the appeal for want of prosecution but
looking at the nature of the appeal
it will serve a useful purpose if I determine same on its merits without the
appellant submission. I must say that few minutes
after 2pm I received the written
submission of the Respondent counsel which was
filed out of time but since same has been filed I cannot close the door of
justice by ignoring it. I hereby regularize same as if it was filed within
time. As for the Appellant counsel he has gone to sleep but that notwithstanding
I shall go ahead to deliver the judgment as the law demands.<o:p></o:p>

The
position of the law has always been that when a party is given opportunity to
be heard and he fails to take advantage he cannot complain that he has not been
heard.<o:p></o:p>

SEE:<o:p></o:p>

<h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">AKOTO v MANU (30 of 2021) [2022] GHASC 5 (26 January
2022)<o:p></o:p></h1>

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The
Supreme Court
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OWUSU (MS)