CDL ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. & CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT LTD. vs. METROPOLIS DEVELOPMENT LTD. & 2 ORS. [2023]DLCA16896

CDL ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. & CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT LTD. vs. METROPOLIS DEVELOPMEN... [2023]DLCA16896

Date	2023-03-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H3/251/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16896

SOWAH JA. (PRESIDING)

BARTELS-KODWO J.A

ANKU-TSEDE J.A.

SAMUEL CODJOE WITH SESI TEUEY AND JESSICA ANSAH ANTWI PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ APPLICANT/APPELLANT

KWAME AMENANOR-TANNOR WITH KENNETH KUSI FOR DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS/ RESPONDENTS

[2023]DLCA16896
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(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>

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

METROPOLIS
DEVELOPMENT LTD. &amp; 2 ORS. <o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>

[COURT OF
APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO:
H3/251/2023&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: 8TH&nbsp;MARCH 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

SAMUEL CODJOE WITH
SESI TEUEY AND JESSICA ANSAH ANTWI PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ APPLICANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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SOWAH, JA. (PRESIDING), BARTELS-KODWO, J.A, ANKU-TSEDE, J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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SOWAH, J.A.:

The application before us by the Plaintiﬀ/Respondent/Applicant/
Appellant is a two- pronged one, i.e. “Motion
on notice to stay proceedings and to set aside the ruling of the court dated
the 1st day of February, 2023 under the
inherent jurisdiction of the court.”

The aﬃdavit extensively argues the legal
point that this court (diﬀerently constituted) did not have the
discretion or the jurisdiction to grant extension of time for an interlocutory
appeal ﬁled outside the 21 days stipulated in
the Rules.<o:p></o:p>

One of the grounds of opposition to the application is that is constitutes a gross abuse of
the processes of the court as the applicant has also ﬁled at the Supreme Court
an application in the nature of a Certiorari to quash the same Ruling which is
the subject of the application before us. We
note that the application before us was ﬁled on 6th February
whilst the Certiorari application before the Supreme Court was ﬁled the next
day 7th February with return date of 14th March, 2023.

We agree with the respondent that it is undesirable for
this court to entertain the present
application in the light of the pending application before the Supreme Court.

We will defer to the superior jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court and dismiss the application as misconceived.<o:p></o:p>

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(Sgd.)<o:p></o:p>

CECILIA H. SOWAH<o:p></o:p>

[JUSTICE OF APPEAL]<o:p></o:p>

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Bartels-Kodw</main>