THE REPUBLIC
V.
RUTH SMITH ADJEI EX-PARTE RICHARD BRAKATU & FELIX DJAN

(2009) JELR 65422 (HC)

High Court 6 Nov 2009 Ghana
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- The applicants filed an application for an order of committal for contempt against the respondent. - The applicants issued a Writ against Blue Skies Products Ghana Limited and the respondent, the acting General Manager, declared the first

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. INDL/6/08
Judges:KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:MR. KWESI DANSO ACHEAMPONG FOR THE APPLICANTS,MR. EKOW DADSON FOR THE RESPONDENT

RULING

This ruling is in respect of an application filed by the applicants praying for an order of committal for contempt against the respondent.

According to the applicants, they issued a Writ against Blue Skies Products Ghana Limited and three others. The respondent herein is the acting General Manager of Blue Skies Products, Ghana Limited.

Whilst the said suit is pending, the respondent herein has declared the first applicant redundant. The same respondent wrote a letter to the second applicant warning him in a bid to intimidate or coerce them to discontinue the suit. The actions of the respondent, therefore, amount to interference in the suit calculated to prevent them from going on with the suit. This is an affront to the administration of justice and it brings same into disrepute and as such contempt of this court. This court should, therefore, order the respondent to purge her contempt or be imprisoned for contempt of court.

By making the first applicant redundant, his status as an…

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