AMARKAI AMARTEIFIO
V.
ANANG SOWAH

(2017) JELR 66790 (SC)

Supreme Court 25 Oct 2017 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal from a decision by the Court of Appeal, which overturned a High Court decision. - The Court of Appeal found that the High Court had overlooked two significant legal questions: the applicability of the Legal Professi

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/57/2014
Judges:DOTSE JSC PRESIDING, GBADEGBE JSC, AKOTO-BAMFO JSC, BENIN JSC, PWAMANG JSC
Counsel:AMARKAI AMARTEIFIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT; KWAKU OSAFO-BUABENG FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

JUDGEMENT

PWAMANG, JSC

This appeal lies from the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 4th of June 2009 which upturned the decision of the High Court for the reason that it glossed over two serious legal questions namely; whether or not the action was determinable within the purview of the Legal Profession Act 1960, (Act 32) and whether the writ of summons in the case was valid at the time it was served. The appeal has suffered delay in this court for various reasons including the retirement of Akamba JSC who had participated actively in the hearing and consideration of the case but the judgment could not be delivered before his retirement, necessitating his replacement by Benin JSC and a rehearing. It is relieving that judgment is being delivered today.

FACTS

The parties in this appeal, from all indications, were great friends who had money transactions between them. However this great friendship has given way to rancor and ill feelings and not least is this spiral of litigati…

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