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AMALGAMATED PRESS LTD.
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INDEPENDENT PRESS LTD AND ANOTHER

(1960) JELR 67790 (HC)

High Court 3 May 1960 Ghana
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- The defendants have requested an order for the plaintiff to provide security for costs. - The application is made under Order 65 rule 4 of the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1954. - The grounds for the application are that the plai

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Judges:OLLENNU J.
Counsel:NII ODOI ANNAN FOR PLAINTIFFS; LOKKO FOR DEFENDANTS (APPLICANTS).
Other Citations:[1960] GLR 113 - 115, JELR 83226

OLLENNU J.

In this matter the defendants pray for an order upon the plaintiff to provide security for costs. This application is made in pursuance of Order 65 rule 4 of the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1954, which says:

“In any cause or matter in which security for costs is required the security shall be of such amount, and be given at such times, and in such manner and form, as the Court or a Judge shall direct.”

The grounds for the application are set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of the affidavit in support of the application and are:

(a) That the plaintiff company is a nominal plaintiff irregularly incorporated, and has no visible means of paying any costs which may be awarded against it and;

(b) That the plaintiff company has been unable to pay fully, costs awarded against it in favour of the defendants as far back as April, 1957, in a similar suit instituted by the plaintiff against the same defendants in respect of the same subject matter, which former suit the plaintiff wa…

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