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REV. ROCHER DE-GRAFT SEFA & ORS
V.
BANK OF GHANA

(2015) JELR 68961 (SC)

Supreme Court 19 Nov 2015 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the appellant, claiming declaratory reliefs and a monetary claim. - The court granted the plaintiffs' motion for judgment in default of appearance, allowing them to enter final judgment for the monet

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/51/2014
Judges:ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING), ANIN YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE BONNIE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, AKOTO BAMFO (MRS) JSC
Counsel:SAMUEL CODJOE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT/APPELLANT; HANSEN K. KODUAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS.

JUDGEMENT

GBADEGBE JSC

On June 29, 2012, the plaintiffs-respondents-respondents took out the writ of summons herein against the appellant-appellant-appellant (appellant) claiming among certain declaratory reliefs and one other relief for the recovery of what was described as a liquidated sum of money. We shall in this delivery refer only to three such reliefs - two declaratory reliefs and the monetary claim. The said reliefs which are numbered as (a), (b), and (d) are as follows:

(A) A declaration that the deliberate and or intentional act of the 1st defendant, 2nd defendant and 3rd defendants permitting and or indulging the 4th defendant to operate commercially as a bank concern in the Greater Accra Region, Ashanti Region and Brong Ahafo Region respectively for over 2 (two) years without the requisite Bank of Ghana banking license was not only negligent and or unconscionable but unconstitutional, fraudulent and legally impermissible and as result have caused substantial miscarriage of …

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