[2023]DLCA16047 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">ERIC<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>VAICOUNT<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">ADDO</span></span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing: -.2pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> (</span></i><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">vs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:14.05pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;text-align:center;tab-stops:206.05pt"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">CYNTHIA<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">CARR</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:-.2pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> AND </span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">EMMANUEL<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">CARR</span></span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:14.05pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;text-align:center;tab-stops:206.05pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(</span><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">DEFENDANT</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> /</span></i><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">NON<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">–</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">APPELLANT</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">)</span></i><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:80.1pt; margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:80.35pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COURT OF APPEAL</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KUMASI</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">]<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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/97/2023 DATE: 4<sup>TH</sup> MAY, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">COUNSEL:</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">KWASI<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>AFRIFA<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>ESQ</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">NANA<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>OBIRI<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>BOAHEN<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>ESQ<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:122.4pt"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt">CORAM</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">:</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">MENSAH-DATSA<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>(MRS)<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>J.A.<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>(PRESIDING)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">,</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> AMALEBOBA<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>(MRS) J.A</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language: EN-US">, </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">BAIDEN<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>C.E.E<span style="letter-spacing:3.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">J.A</span><o:p></o:p></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 0cm;"> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">AMALEBOBA<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>(MRS),<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">J.A.</span></span></u></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>jurisdiction<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>invoked<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Notice<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Appeal filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>1<sup><span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">st</span></sup><span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt;letter-spacing:.9pt"> </span>Defendant/Appellant<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>(hereinafter<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt"> </span>referred<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>1<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">st </span>Defendant), against a Ruling of the High Court, Kumasi.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Before we can proceed any further on the date of the Ruling appealed against and the nature of the Appeal, we will proceed to determine a preliminary legal objection ra