[2024]DLHC17375 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk161040248"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">MICHAEL ODAI LOMOTEY AND EBENEZER OTU MAKPOI<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">KWOW RICHARDSON & 3ORS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;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-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> </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: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 45pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CIVIL MOTION NO. J7 /21/2022 DATE: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">17<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY 2024</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 45pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">MUSAH AHMED ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/ APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS/ APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">NII AKWEI BRUCE-THOMPSON ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS/ APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS WITH HIM EBENEZER TEYE AYIKU<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS) CJ (PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, KULENDI JSC, ASIEDU JSC, KOOMSON JSC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in 0in; margin-left: 45pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MAJORITY OPINION <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KULENDI JSC: <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">We have before us an application, invoking our review jurisdiction pursuant to Article<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>133<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Constitution<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Rule<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>54(a)<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Supreme<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Rules,<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>1996<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>( C.I.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>16).<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>The Applicants<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>are praying this<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Court to review the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>judgment delivered <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt">by</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Ordinary</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Bench</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">this</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Court</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">on</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">15th</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">June</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">2022,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">affi'rm</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Court </span>of Appeal's decision which had settled the issues in contention in favor of the <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Applicants.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Every<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>often,<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>applications of this nature<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>are brought<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>before<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>this Court,<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>as we have always maintained, a favorable<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>seizure of this jurisdiction, being the zenith of the judicial<span style="l