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GORDON LOTSU
V.
CHRAJ

(2017) JELR 64476 (HC)

High Court 28 Apr 2017 Ghana
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- The applicant filed a writ of Mandamus against the respondent, seeking to compel the respondent to perform a public duty under the Data Protection Act 2012. - The applicant claims to have obtained a judgment in the UK against the British

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: HRCM/0133/2016
Judges:JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO HIGH COURT JUDGE
Counsel:GORDON C. AKPADIE ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT; BEDE TUKU ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT.

ADDO, J.

The Applicant on 8th December, 2016, instituted the present action for a writ of Mandamus to issue against the Respondent, ordering it to perform a public duty pursuant to the Data Protection Act 2012. From his 66 paragraphed affidavit in support of the application as well as his statement of case and the submissions of Applicant Counsel at the hearing of the application, the Applicant’s case is as follows:

That he has obtained judgment in the United Kingdom for the sum of Three Billion, Seven Hundred and forty-one million pound sterling (£3.741) against the British government against whom he has failed to execute the said judgment through his personal efforts.

That among the institutions in Ghana the Applicant contacted to assist him to enforce the said judgment is the Respondent. According to the Applicant, in the in the course of dealing with the Respondent, the Respondent had verbally intimated to him that it had obtained some information through correspondence with the Brit…

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