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EKWAN
V.
EWUSIE XIX; BOTCHEY
V.
EWUSIE XIX (CONSOLIDATED)

(1979) JELR 68388 (HC)

High Court 24 Jan 1979 Ghana
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- The court dismissed an application to restrain a solicitor from acting for a party adverse to his former client, finding no evidence that the solicitor possessed or was likely to use confidential information to the detriment of the former

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Judges:OSEI-HWERE J.
Counsel:KWESI AGGREY FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPLICANT; A. ABOAGYE DA COSTA IN PERSON.
Other Citations:[1978] GLR 171

OSEI-HWERE J.

The defendant brought this motion praying this court to restrain Mr. Alex Aboagye da Costa from acting as counsel and solicitor for and on behalf of the plaintiffs in the above consolidated suits. His reasons, as disclosed in his supporting affidavit, are that some time in 1976 he engaged Mr. Aboagye da Costa as counsel and solicitor for himself and on behalf of the Fetteh stool in respect of Fetteh stool lands, then in dispute, in boundary settlement dispute No. 10/76. In October 1978 the said Mr. Aboagye da Costa ceased to act as counsel and solicitor for and on behalf of himself and the said Fetteh stool. According to him, as all valid documents in respect of the said Fetteh stool lands are at present in the possession and custody of the said Mr. Aboagye da Costa, it came to him as a surprise when on the commencement of these actions by the plaintiffs against him in November 1978 (i.e. barely one month after Mr. Aboagye da Costa had ceased to act as solicitor for him a…

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