56 cases found
[2014] DARYSC 9F61
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's ruling on a review application in the matter of Martin Alamisi Amidu v The Attorney General & Ors., Review Motion No. J7/11/2013, delivered on Dece...
[2014] DARYUKSC B6BB
This case brief examines the landmark UK Supreme Court decision in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors, which clarifies the principles governing equitable compensation for breach of trust...
[2014] DARYEWCA 86ED
This case brief details the judgment of the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in *Interflora Inc & Anor v Marks and Spencer Plc*, a landmark trade mark infringement dispute concerning...
[2014] DARYUKSC C19B
This case brief analyses the UK Supreme Court's decision in Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd, a landmark case concerning the priority of interests in a 'sale and rent back' scheme. The dispute a...
[2014] DARYSC 7C69
This case concerns a defamation claim brought by the plaintiff, Eric Kwame Amoah, against the defendant, Ben Owusu Domena, arising from a 'DISCLAIMER' publication in the Daily Graphic. The plaintiff, ...
[2014] DARYSC F36E
This case brief details the consolidated writs of Abu Ramadan & Evans Nimako v The Electoral Commission & The Attorney-General (J1/11/2014) and Kwasi Danso Acheampong v The Electoral Commission & The ...
[2014] DARYUKSC 57A7
This case brief analyses *Coventry v Lawrence (No 2)*, a judgment of the United Kingdom Supreme Court concerning consequential issues arising from its prior decision in *Coventry v Lawrence (No 1)*. I...
[2014] DARYUKSC CE5E
This case brief provides a comprehensive analysis of the United Kingdom Supreme Court's landmark decision in *FHR European Ventures LLP & Ors v Cedar Capital Partners LLC*. The dispute arose from a se...
[2014] DARYUKSC 1622
This case brief addresses two conjoined appeals before the United Kingdom Supreme Court concerning the legality of assisted suicide. The first appeal, brought by Jane Nicklinson (as administratrix of ...
[2014] DARYSC 10FE
This case brief details a review motion before a three-member panel of the Supreme Court, brought by Kumesh (Gh) Ltd (the Applicant), seeking to vary a decision of a single Supreme Court Justice. The ...
[2014] DARYSC D057
This case concerned a protracted land dispute over a parcel of land at East Legon, Accra, between the Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent (Plaintiff) and the Defendant-Respondent-Appellant (Defendant). Bot...
[2014] DARYSC 2C8C
This case, William Ashitey Armah v Hydrafoam Estates (Gh) Ltd, revolves around a land transaction from 1997 where the appellant sold 16.08 acres of land at Okpoi Gonno, Accra, to the respondent. A fun...
[2014] DARYSC C074
This case, Samuel Agoe Mills Robertson v The Republic, is a final appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana concerning the severity of a sentence for narcotic drug offences. The appellant, an amputee and a...
[2014] DARYSC 7133
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's decision in a land dispute concerning a parcel of land at Dzorwulu, Accra. The plaintiff/appellant, Addae Aikins, a resident of Canada, initiated a...
[2014] DARYSC 03A2
This case, *Isaac Amaniampong @ Fiifi v The Republic*, is a final appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana concerning a conviction for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery, and the subsequent sentence...
[2014] DARYSC C2EE
This case, *Ignatius Howe v The Republic*, is a final appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana against a conviction for robbery and a sentence of forty-five years imprisonment with hard labour. The appell...
[2014] DARYSC 8E69
This case brief details the consolidated appeals of Emmanuel C. Plange & 437 Ors v Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. and Benjamin A. Boateng & 72 Ors v Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. The dispute centers on the a...
[2014] DARYSC 0C44
This case, Ebusua Panyin Kofi Essuon v Charles Kofi Boham, is a Supreme Court decision concerning critical procedural requirements for raising the defence of estoppel per rem judicatam and challenging...
[2014] DARYSC 4966
This case brief details the Supreme Court's decision in a chieftaincy appeal concerning the rightful customary authority to initiate the process for enskinning a new Wa-Naa, the paramount chief of the...
[2014] DARYSC 84F6
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's landmark decision in *Nana Yeboah-Kodie Asare II & Anor v Nana Kwaku Addai & Ors*, a chieftaincy appeal concerning the rightful occupant of the Yon...
[2014] DARYSC 6890
This case, an appeal from a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal, concerns a protracted land dispute in Teshie between the Plaintiffs, representing the Numo Kofi Anum family, and the Defendants. ...
[2014] DARYSC A742
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's judgment in Continental Terminal Limited v. Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, a landmark decision clarifying the strict procedural requirements f...
[2014] DARYSC DFBD
This case brief analyzes the final judgment of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the matter of Louis Hanto v Ida Hanto & Ors., a civil appeal. The underlying nature of the dispute between the parties is n...
[2014] DARYSC D6E7
This case, Kwamina Siisi v Prophet J. K. Boateng & Anor., is a final appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana concerning the headship of the Pitsir Kwaata Anona Family of Upper Inchaban. The dispute arose...
[2014] DARYSC 5240
This case concerned a protracted dispute over the headship of the Pitsir Kwaata Anona family of Upper Inchaban, specifically challenging the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold the co-defendant's cou...
[2014] DARYSC A053
This case, Grace Ayeley Welbeck v Grace Okaikai Okine, is a definitive Supreme Court ruling on the alienation of self-acquired property under Ghanaian customary law, specifically within a matrilineal ...
[2014] DARYSC BC8D
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's judgment in Amos Wedzi v Hotel Marjorie ‘Y’ Ltd & Ors., a dispute originating from the wrongful forfeiture of shares and removal of a director with...
[2014] DARYSC A80EAE
This case, *Nassiru Abdulai Banda v Colonel Ayisi*, is a definitive Supreme Court ruling on the fundamental legal principles of capacity to sue and privity of contract within the context of a contract...
[2014] DARYSC 7C58
This case brief analyzes the ruling of the Supreme Court of Ghana, delivered by Akamba, JSC sitting as a single justice, in an interlocutory application concerning a stay of execution. The matter aros...
[2014] DARYSC E49F
This case brief details the ruling of a three-judge panel of the Supreme Court of Ghana in a motion to discharge an order made by a single Justice of the same court. The underlying dispute was a matri...
[2014] DARYSC 566E
This case brief details the Supreme Court's decision in an appeal concerning the procedure for the execution of judgments in Ghana, specifically the validity of a writ of fieri facias (fi:fa) and the ...
[2014] DARYUKSC 741B
This case brief analyses Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC 22, a landmark decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court concerning the conflict of laws in a fatal accident claim. The dispute arose...
[2014] DARYUKSC ACB4
This appeal, Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20, concerns the intersection of freedom of information, the common law principle of open justice, and the statutory duties of public authorit...
[2014] DARYSC BCC6
This case, Nana Yaw Owusu & Ors v Hydraform Estates Ltd, is a seminal Supreme Court decision on land litigation, specifically addressing the limits of the equitable defence of a bona fide purchaser fo...
[2014] DARYUKSC 9876
This case brief analyses the landmark United Kingdom Supreme Court decision in P (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v Cheshire West and Chester Council & Anor [2014] UKSC 19, which fund...
[2014] DARYSC 433C
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's judgment in an interlocutory appeal concerning the grant of an interim injunction. The dispute arose between Kojach Limited (the Plaintiff), a Ghan...
[2014] DARYSC 1796
This case, an appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana, concerns a dispute over an 8.2-acre parcel of land at North Teshie. The Plaintiffs/Respondents, three siblings, claimed title based on an indenture ...
[2014] DARYSC B500
This case brief details the Supreme Court of Ghana's decision in a dispute over the ownership of a leasehold property originally granted by the Tema Development Corporation (TDC). The primary conflict...
[2014] DARYSC E85F
This case, an appeal before the Supreme Court of Ghana, concerns wrongful termination of employment and, more significantly, defamation within an academic institution. The Plaintiff-Appellant, Profess...
[2014] DARYSC 6B34
This case brief analyses the Supreme Court's decision in Ebusuapanyin Kweku Assafuah & Ors v The Regional Secretary, Land Commission Secretariat, Sekondi & Anor, a land dispute deeply rooted in the pr...
[2014] DARYSC 9921
This case brief details the Supreme Court's decision in a land litigation matter involving competing claims for a declaration of title. The Plaintiff/Appellant, Abed Nortey, representing the Osuwem Fa...
[2014] DARYSC 0AF3
This case, *Ankomahyi & Anor v Buckman & Ors*, is a final appeal to the Supreme Court of Ghana concerning the ownership of a house, No. B445/21 North Kaneshie, which formed part of the intestate estat...
[2014] DARYUKSC 1127
This case brief provides a comprehensive analysis of Coventry and others (Respondents) v Lawrence and another (Appellants) [2014] UKSC 13, a landmark decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court that ...
[2014] DARYSC 9CC1
This case brief details the Supreme Court's final judgment in a protracted, forty-year family property dispute concerning House No. 0.1. 92, Ashanti-New Town, Kumasi. The dispute was between Adomako A...
[2014] DARYSC 8AB3
This case brief details an application for judicial review in the nature of certiorari brought before the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Applicant, Alhaji Abdul Rashid, sought to quash a ruling of the Hi...
[2014] DARYSC CE16
This case, an appeal before the Supreme Court of Ghana, concerns the validity of the sale of a commercial property, Store No. 18, Railway Quarters, Kumasi, by a husband to a third party without the co...
[2014] DARYSC 1DA5
This case brief analyses the Supreme Court's ruling in a review motion brought by Zoomlion Ghana Ltd against Merskworld Co. Ltd. The application sought to reverse a decision by a single justice of the...
[2014] DARYSC 45C584
This case brief details the Supreme Court's decision in a land title dispute between Benyak Company Ltd (Plaintiff/Appellant) and Paytell Ltd & Ors (Defendants/Respondents), primarily the 3rd Defendan...
[2014] DARYSC C8AC
This case brief analyses the Supreme Court's ruling on a review application in the matrimonial matter of Arthur v Arthur, Review Motion No. J7/3/2014. The dispute originated from a divorce petition wh...
[2014] DARYSC 39F6
This case, brought under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pursuant to Articles 2(1) and 130 of the 1992 Constitution, concerns the legal status of assets belonging to Sweater and Socks F...