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OBOTANTAM EBU EFFRIM X

(2010) JELR 69623 (CA)

Court of Appeal 15 Jul 2010 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal against a High Court judgment concerning a land lease dispute where the Appellant leased land to the Respondent for a salt business. - The Respondent was unable to register the lease due to an existing lease to anot

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/19/2010
Judges:KUSI-APPIAH JA-PRESIDING, MARFUL-SAU JA, HONYENUGA JA
Counsel:KWADWO OWUSU AGYEMAN FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT,BRIGHT OKYERE AGYEKUM FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

MARFUL-SAU, JA

This appeal is taken from the judgment of the High Court (Commercial Division) dated the 6th of November 2007. The Defendant/Appellant (to be called Appellant) in his Notice of Appeal filed on 28th December 2007 formulated twelve (12) grounds and prayed that the Judgment and orders of the trial court be set aside.

Before I proceed further it is important to set the records straight regarding the grounds argued by learned Counsel for Appellant in his statement of case and the grounds contained in the Notice of Appeal. As observed Appellant’s original Notice of Appeal contained twelve (12) grounds. However in his statement of case filed on the 14th July 2009, learned Counsel for the Appellant, argued fourteen grounds praying this court to set aside the judgment of the court below. There is no evidence that Counsel sought the leave of this court to argue the additional two grounds. These two grounds were argued in the statement of case as grounds 12 and 14. When thi…

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