THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT KUMASI, EX PARTE: MINISTRY OF ROADS & TRANSPORTATION AND ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CHINA JILIN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & TECHNICAL CORPORATION (CJIETC) PER S. A. DANQUAH, DIRECTOR [2023]DLSC15008

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT KUMASI, EX PARTE: MINISTRY OF ROADS & TRANSPORTATION... [2023]DLSC15008

Date	2023-01-24
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/05/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC15008

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

AKAWARI-LINURU ATINDEM (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE APPLICANT BEING LED BY HELEN A. A. ZIWU (SOLICITOR GENERAL) AND DIANA ASONABA DAPAAH (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL).

J. B. DANQUAH ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.

[2023]DLSC15008
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE
REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>HIGH COURT KUMASI,<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: MINISTRY OF ROADS
&amp; TRANSPORTATION AND ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>CHINA JILIN INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC &amp; TECHNICAL CORPORATION (CJIETC)<o:p></o:p>PER S. A. DANQUAH, DIRECTOR<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTY)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, 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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

CIVIL MOTION NO.
J5/05/2023&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
24TH&nbsp;JANUARY 2023&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>AKAWARI-LINURU
ATINDEM (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE APPLICANT BEING LED BY HELEN A. A. ZIWU
(SOLICITOR GENERAL) AND DIANA ASONABA DAPAAH (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL).<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">J. B. DANQUAH ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS.) JSC, TORKORNOO
(MRS.) JSC, ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC<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;&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>TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Introduction<o:p></o:p>Pursuant to article 88 of the 1992 Constitution,
the Attorney General (AG) is the constitutionally mandated representative of
the State responsible for the institution and conduct of all civil cases on
behalf of the State, and defence of all civil proceedings against the State. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Article
88 (5) reads <o:p></o:p>The
attorney-general shall be responsible for the institution and conduct of all
civil cases on behalf of the State; and all civil proceedings against the State
shall be instituted against the Attorney-General as defendant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;From the exhibits attached to the application
under consideration, the plaintiff company is called China Jilin International
Economic and Technical Corporation (CJIETC) of 60 Orange Road, Sale, Cheshire,
M33 6RY England. It entered into a construction contract with the Government of
Ghana on 3rd February 1997 to construct roads. The contract was later
terminated. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In a separate act on 29th March 1996, a company
called CJIETC GROUP of the same address 60 Orange Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 6RY
England, with head office in Changchun, China had granted a power of attorney
to one Dr Monindra Kumar Banerjee and SA Danquah ‘and/or their accredited representatives acting alone or otherwise
appointed’ to ‘absolutely engage legally etc on behalf of this company and its
associated companies as listed elsewhere for all projects outside China’. In
the power of attorney, the CJIETC GROUP ‘also mandated’ registered
directors of CJIETC Ghana and other senior executives to also engage legally on
its behalf. <o:p></o:p>