RULING
MAJORITY OPINION
ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC:
This application invokes this Court’s jurisdiction to grant special leave to bring an appeal before it under Article 131(2) of the Constitution. The application has a brief antecedent.
On the 30th of March 2023 the Court of Appeal gave judgment against the Applicant (as Plaintiff/Respondent) in favour of the Respondent (as Defendant/Appellant). The judgment of the Court of Appeal is before us as Exhibit A. Significantly, the suit commenced at the Circuit Court from where the appeal lay to the Court of Appeal.
The Applicant initiated an appeal against the said judgment by filing a Notice of Appeal directly in this Court (Exhibit B). Apparently, that was a foul step. Being a judgment in a matter that had commenced in the Circuit Court, the Applicant could have appealed to this Court by leave of the Court of Appeal pursuant to Article 131(1)(b) of the Constitution. She had no right to appeal as of right. Conceding however, she attributes the error …