KWADWO ASARE vs. THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS [2023]DLHC16031

Date	2023-04-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HR/0032/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16031

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.)

ESTHER MAUREEN APPENTEN HOLDING BRIEF FOR BENJAMIN SACKAR FOR RESPONDENT - PRESENT

[2023]DLHC16031
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;&nbsp;KWADWO ASARE<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION ONE, 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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. HR/0032/2022&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DATE: 19TH APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p>

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ESTHER MAUREEN APPENTEN HOLDING BRIEF FOR
BENJAMIN SACKAR FOR RESPONDENT - PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PARTIES<o:p></o:p>The
Applicant, eight year old Kwadwo Asare, brings this application through his
father and next friend, Frank Asare. The Respondent is the Association of
Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA), a professional accountancy body
with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom and a registered branch in
Accra, Ghana. <o:p></o:p>2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FACTS
OF THE CASE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applicants’
case<o:p></o:p>3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The applicant’s case is that in his
desire to pursue a career in accountancy, he decided to take the Respondent’s
foundations in Accountancy (ACCA foundation) course. His father therefore
contacted the Respondent for the registration requirements and was reliably
informed that there was no minimum age requirement. A search on the
Respondent’s website confirmed this information as accurate, as evidenced by
Exhibit 2. <o:p></o:p>4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In
order to prepare adequately towards Respondent’s ACCA Foundation Examinations,
applicant claims he registered, sat and successfully passed the November 2021
Cambridge GCE O’ level examinations in Business Studies, a course which
Respondent considers equivalent to the first two stages of ACCA Foundation
examinations. The said results were attached to applicant’s primary affidavit
in support as Exhibit 3. <o:p></o:p>5]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thereafter,
applicant’s father claims that on 30th January 2022, he visited the
Respondent’s website with a view to registering applicant as a candidate for
Respondent’s ACCA foundation examinations but was unable to register because his
year of birth was not available on Respondent’s system<o:p></o:p>6]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applicant
claims his father contacted respondent via ACCA Connect and lodged a complaint
regarding the non-availability of applicant’s year of birth in Respondent’s
system. According to applicant, Respondent’s representative who responded to
the call, assured his father that the non-availability of applicant’s year of
birth was a mere technical issue and asked him to proceed to register and
thereafter to submit applicant’s birth certificate for the requisite amendment.
He further reiterated that there was no minimum age requirement to start the
ACCA foundation examinations as indicated on Respondent’s website.<o:p></o:p>7]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On
31st January 2022, applicant’s father visited Respondent’s website
for the purpose of confirming the minimum age requirement or otherwise and
found that there was no minimum age to start the ACCA foundation examinations
as evidenced by Exhibit 4, a print out from Respondent’s website. <o:p></o:p>