[2023]DLHC16927 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:30.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">JONN DZAKPATA & 9 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 257.0pt left 292.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EX-PARTE: PHILIP KOFI MOKLI – ADEWU, ERNEST ADJANI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, SOGAKOPE]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: -7.1pt; margin-right: 34.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. E13/08/2023 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt 121.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></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: -7.1pt; margin-right: 34.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. ALFRED K. AGBESI FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. NELSON M. KPORHA FOR APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:center 238.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:34.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE DOREEN G. BOAKYE – AGYEI (MRS.) <o:p></o:p></span></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: -7.1pt; margin-right: 34.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">INTRODUCTION</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">T</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">he Applicant's case is praying this Honourable Court to commit the Respondents herein for Contempt of Court. Applicants through the 1<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise: 3.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span></span>Plaintiff filed an Affidavit in support<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>well<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>supplementary<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>affidavit<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>support.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>All<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Respondents<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>filed individual Affidavits in opposition and one supplementary affidavit in opposition as <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">well.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">FACTS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:25.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-7.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>facts<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>case are<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Applicants<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>caused<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Writ<span style="letter-spacing: -.1