ROYAL BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATION
V.
ANKAMAFIO & ORS

PWAMANG JSC: My Lords, this is a case that commenced in the High Court on 11th January, 2007 but experienced inordinate delay in the prosecution of the appeal to this court such that, more than ten years back, the points of law that arise in the case were determined by the Supreme Court in a different case. If the parties and their counsel had used that final position of the law as stated in that earlier case  as a guide, this case ought to have been amicably settled long ago to make this judgment unnecessary. Then, in 2013, the Supreme Court applied that  precedent in another case, this time, involving this same plaintiff/appellant/appellant (the plaintiff) before us on a matter on almost all fours with this case, yet the case was not settled out of court. We do not know the reason for this appeal being pressed to the end after the parties themselves initially showed no interest in it, but the reality is, that the value of whatever money may be gained or saved by our decision today w…