BIZZACO LTD.
V.
ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

(2016) JELR 65344 (HC)

High Court 5 Apr 2016 Ghana
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- The plaintiff operated a washing bay on a piece of land on the George Walker Bush motorway. - Due to concerns about the plaintiff's activities and a feud with residents, the National Security demolished the plaintiff's property on the lan

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO.RPC/365/2014
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:FELIX QUARTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT ,SAMUEL MENSAH AKRONG ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

JUDGEMENT

On the George Walker Bush motorway, otherwise called N1at the section at Abelemkpe is a piece of land by the highway which until the 3rd and 23rd of May, 2014 was occupied by the Plaintiff and had been converted into a washing bay. Acting on concerns that the activities of Plaintiff on the land poses threat to motorist coupled with a feud between Plaintiff and residents of Abelemkpe, National Security was compelled to demolish the property of Plaintiff on that piece of land.

The plaintiff company claims per the reliefs endorsed on its amended writ of summons the following reliefs originally against National Security, the Attorney General and Accra Metropolitan Assembly:

i. An amount of Ghc486.190.19 being the total amount expended by the Plaintiff on its business operations on the aforesaid land from the date when the land was given it to the date of the final demolition.

ii. Interest on same at the prevailing Bank rate from the date of the issuance of this suit to the date of f…

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