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REPUBLIC
V.
ABDUL AZIZ ASOMAH OF BEREKUM EXPARTE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BEREKUM (PER ITS RESIDENT MINISTER BEREKUM)

(2025) JELR 115226 (HC)

High Court 11 Jul 2025 Ghana
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Case Details

Suit Number:C10/052/2024
Judges:JOYCE BOAHEN J.
Counsel:Romeo Asante Nimo holding brief of Alexander Amponsah for the Applicant Felix Obiri Boahen appears for the Respondent
Location:Sunyani

JUDGMENT

THE APPLICANT

This is for judgment on an application by the Applicant filed on 2nd May, 2024 praying the Court to commit the Respondent for contempt for willfully conducting himself in a manner intended to interfere with the administration of justice, for willful conduct exhibited to undermine the administration of justice and to prejudice the determination of a writ the Applicant issued against him before the Court and that the Respondent exhibited conduct subjecting the administration of justice to public ridicule and loss of confidence of the public in the administration of justice. According to the Applicant, when the writ was served on the Respondent, he stayed away from the disputed plot and stopped developing it. That, to the surprise of the Applicant and its elders, the Respondent trespassed unto the undeveloped portions of the plot by constructing a new structure up to roofing level. Considering the act of the Respondent as contemptuous, the Applicant caused his lawye…

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