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FREDERICK WARIBANKAARA
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NOTRE DAME SEMINARY SEC. SCHOOL

(2016) JELR 91885 (CA)

Court of Appeal 13 Apr 2016 Ghana
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- Court affirmed the High Court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claims, holding that failure to include a student representative on a school disciplinary committee, where only “highly recommended” by the Code of Conduct and not mandatory, does n

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: H1/06/2014
Judges:ADJEI, JA – PRESIDING, LOVELACE-JOHNSON, JA , ACKAH-YENSU, JA
Counsel:SHAIBU WUMPINI ESQ.FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT RAYMOND BUGUABI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

JUDGEMENT 

ADJEI, J.A.

On 23rd March, 2012, the High Court Bolgatanga dismissed all the reliefs endorsed on the Plaintiff/Appellant’s writ of summons filed on 4th July, 2007 as unproven. For brevity, the Plaintiff/Appellant and the Defendants/Respondents will be referred to  in this appeal as Plaintiff and Defendants respectively. The Plaintiff dissatisfied with the judgment of the High Court Bolgatanga  which dismissed his claim filed a notice of appeal against the judgment on 19th June, 2012.

The Notice of Appeal contained only the omnibus ground of appeal; that is the judgment is against the weight of evidence on record. On 2nd June, this Court granted leave to the Plaintiff to file five additional grounds of appeal. The additional grounds of appeal were filed on 17th June, 2015. The five additional grounds of appeal are as follows:

“a. The trial Court erred when it relied  on the  Report  on the supposed  proceedings of the  School Disciplinary Committee to dismiss all the reliefs so…

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