THE REPUBLIC vs. JAMES KOFI ANNAN EX PARTE: ALEXANDER AFENYO MARKIN [2023]DLHC16926

Date	2023-05-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E12/021/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16926

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JUSTIN KOFI DORGU ABOAGYE TANDOH

C. H. CHAMBERS

B. B. SIMPSON

[2023]DLHC16926
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JAMES KOFI ANNAN<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: ALEXANDER AFENYO MARKIN<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

C. H. CHAMBERS FOR
APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JUSTIN
KOFI DORGU ABOAGYE
TANDOH <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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
Applicant by a motion on notice filed an application on the 16th day of December,2020 for an order
to commit the Respondent to prison for Contempt of court
pursuant to Order 50 rule 1of the High
Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I 47).<o:p></o:p>It is the case of
the Applicant that he
was the Plaintiff in suit No. A5/4/2020, commenced at the District Court, Winneba by way a Writ of Summons against the Respondent, then
the Defendant therein per Exhibit Aand
claimed as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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