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JOHN BAXTER
V.
MARY BAXTER

(2016) JELR 107745 (HC)

High Court 1 Nov 2016 Ghana
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- Parties were married in England in 2002; petitioner (UK citizen) sought dissolution in 2014, citing six years’ separation and irreconcilable differences. - The respondent, a Ghanaian citizen, opposed the petition and sought reconciliation

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. BDMC/203/2014
Judges:CECILIA N.S. DAVIS
Counsel:1. LADY SYLVIA DADSON FOR SHADRACK ARHIN FOR THE PETITIONER 2. ROBERT KINGSLEY YEBOAH FOR THE RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT 

John Baxter (hereinafter called the Petitioner) and Mary Baxter (hereinafter called the Respondent) were married under the Marriages Act of England on the 11th day of November, 2002 at the General Register Office, Huntingdon in the County of  Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. There are no children of the marriage. 

The Petitioner is a citizen of the United Kingdom and a Pensioner while the  Respondent is a citizen of Ghana and a Hairdresser. 

The Petitioner, per his petition filed on the 4th day of February, 2014, is praying  that the said marriage be dissolved. 

The Respondent filed an answer and denied the material particulars. She prayed the Court for the following reliefs: 

1. An opportunity to reconcile or in the alternative 

2. An order that the buildings situate and being at West Legon, Accra, one of  which the Respondent occupies, is a joint property of the parties

3. A declaration that H/No. 71, Palace Link, North Kaneshie Estate, Accra,  acquired by the parties during t…

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