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NANA KOFI KARIKARI & 44 ORS.
V.
GHANAIAN AUSTRALIAN GODLFIELDS (GAG) LTD.

(2007) JELR 111184 (HC)

High Court 20 Dec 2007 Ghana
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- The court held that the defendant mining company’s demolition of plaintiffs’ buildings at Nkwantakrom was unlawful, having occurred without prior written notice or adequate consultation, contrary to s.70 of the Minerals and Mining Law, 19

Case Details

Suit Number:LS.34/97
Judges:F.K OPOKU, J.
Counsel:MR. AUGUSTINE NIBA FOR PLAINTIFFS; MR. DZIBA FOR DEFENDANT.
Location:Tarkwa

JUDGEMENT

By their Writ, the plaintiffs claim against the defendants the following reliefs:-

1. A declaration that the demolition of plaintiffs’ buildings by the defendant is unlawful.

2. Special Damages

3. General Damages for the unlawful demolition of the plaintiffs’ buildings.

4. An order of the Court for the appointment of valuers to value the demolished buildings in order to apply to the Minister for Mines and Energy for compensation under Minerals and Mining Law, 1986 (PNDCL 153).

5. Perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants, their servants and/or agents or otherwise from doing the following act or any of them, that is to say carrying on any demolition exercise on the plaintiffs’ buildings without an order of the Court, or preventing the plaintiffs from performing their farming activities and /or causing Armed Policemen to threaten and torture the plaintiffs.

6. Costs.

About a decade ago, the forty-five plaintiffs who felt they had a common grievance against the defendant filed an…

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