JUDGMENT
DR. DATE-BAH JSC:
I have had the privilege of reading before-hand the lucid and authoritative judgment about to be read by my brother Gbadegbe JSC and I agree with him. The interpretation put on section 30(1) of the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32) by the Court of Appeal in Ayarna and Anor v. Agyemang and Ors [1976] 1 GLR 306 and by the Supreme Court more recently in Narter v. Gati [2010] SCGLR 745 makes it inevitable for us to dismiss this action.
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DR. S. K. DATE-BAH
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
GBADEGBE JSC:
On or about 14 March 2006, the defendant instructed the plaintiff, a firm of legal practitioners, regarding a contract that they had previously entered into with a company known as International Business Group, Ghana Ltd and its managing director. It appears from the pleadings in this case that the contract was one of purchase of shea-nuts for which the defendant had made payment but did not receive supplies due to it.
The instructions from the defendant to the plainti…