THE REPUBLIC vs. DAVID NOYE AND NEWLAND ANSAH EX PARTE - FRANK AMOAKO ATUOBI [2023]DLHC16917

Date	2023-01-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CR/0357/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16917

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CONSTANT K. HOMETOWU

PROSPER YAW NTOW ESQ

G. H. QUIST ESQ

[2023]DLHC16917
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">DAVID NOYE AND NEWLAND ANSAH<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">EX PARTE - FRANK AMOAKO
ATUOBI<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT NO. CR/0357/2022&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;DATE: 27TH &nbsp;JANUARY 2023<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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THE APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">G. H. QUIST ESQ, - COUNSEL FOR THE
1ST &amp; 2ND RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CORAM <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CONSTANT K. HOMETOWU&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>In the case of
the Republic v. Mensa-Bonsu &amp; Others; Ex Parte Attorney- General [1995-96] 1 GLR 377@403,
the learned Adade JSC (as he then was)
stated as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“There are different forms of contempt. Underlying all of
them, however, is one basic notion, that the roadways and highways of public
justice should at all times be free from obstruction. Conduct
which tends to create such an obstruction constitutes contempt. Thus, interfering with witnesses
or jurors; frightening off parties to
litigation; refusing to answer questions in court; commenting on pending
proceedings in such a manner as to prejudice the outcome; running down the
courts and the judges; refusing to obey an order of a court; any of these, if
calculated to, or tend to, impede or obstruct the course of justice will
constitute contempt. And conduct complained
of therefore must be viewed and assessed
against the backdrop of this basic principle”.<o:p></o:p>The matter before the Court is a motion on notice for an
Order of Committal for Contempt of Court,
filed at the Registry of this
Court on 4th March 2022, pursuant to Order 50 Rule 1 of the High Court [Civil
Procedure] Rules, (2004) CI 47.<o:p></o:p>Parties’ Submissions<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;