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SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA
V.
ABRAHAM KWAKU ADUSEI & ORS

(2021) JELR 109691 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Nov 2021 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute between factions of the Saviour Church of Ghana. - The Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the trial judge, but the minority disagreed and set aside the judgment. - The Supreme Court will consider the effect

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/12/2021
Judges:APPAU, JSC (PRESIDING) PWAMANG, JSC LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.), JSC HONYENUGA, JSC AMADU, JSC
Counsel:ADDO-ATUAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS. YAW OPPONG ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

PWAMANG JSC:-

INTRODUCTION 

My Lords, this case is not as complicated as it has been presented in the statements of  case of the parties since key aspects of the matters in contention have over the past  twenty years been settled by final decisions of the courts below us. However, this appeal  appears to me to be the first time the facts and applicable law concerning Saviour Church  of Ghana will be considered by the apex court. Because the litigation concerning the  church seems to be recurring, the judgment we give in this case ought to clarify and  settle all issues in dispute between the parties and be devoid of ambiguity. This way, we  shall hope to stem any future attempts to re-open this matter on a claim that an aspect  of the differences between the parties was not resolved, as is being urged on us in this  case. 

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE 

My Lords, in the course of this judgment, it shall shortly become plain that when  everything in this suit is stripped to the bare bones, it i…

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