[2023]DLCA15146 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">LUMOR BORTEY BORQUAYE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT</span></i><i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:#2000">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">vs</span></b><b><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language: #2000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">ALHAJI ABDUL AZIZ </span></b><b><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:#2000">AND </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">KWAME AYEW </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT</span></i><i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:#2000">)</span></i><b><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">SUIT NO. H1/31/2020</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000"> </span><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000"> </span><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000">DATE: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">5<sup>TH</sup> APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Penu Marshall for the plaintiff/appellant<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></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: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gloria Gbogbo for the defendants/respondents<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING</span><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA</span><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">BARTELS-KODWO JA <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></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 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:#2000"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">BRIGHT MENSAH JA:<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The plaintiff/appellant herein has launched the instant appeal against the decision of High Court, [Land Division] Accra, delivered 13/02/2019 in favour of the defendants/respondents. Per a notice of appeal filed with this court on 21/03/2019, the plaintiff/appellant complains that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The judgment is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The entire judgment was ambiguous and failed to provide reasons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">for the conclusions arrived at.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The trial judge erred by