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THE REPUBLIC
V.
THE HIGH COURT, TEMA; EX PARTE: THE VESSEL MT ROSE & 2 ORS (KMO GOLDLINK INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED-INTERESTED PARTY)

(2026) JELR 115452 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Mar 2026 Ghana
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- The applicant sought review of a Supreme Court Ordinary Bench decision which had quashed, by certiorari, a High Court order made ex parte for the arrest of a ship within Ghana’s territorial waters. - The Ordinary Bench held that, absent a

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Suit Number:Suit No. J7/13/2026
Judges:BAFFOE-BONNIE CJ, PWAMANG JSC, LOVELACE–JOHNSON (MS) JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS) JSC, KULENDI JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC, DZAMEFE JSC
Counsel:BOBBY BANSON ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS WITH HIM WILLIAM ANSA-OTU ESQ. ROBERT HENRY GYABENG ESQ. FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY/APPLICANT.

RULING

MAJORITY OPINION

PWAMANG, JSC:

My Lords, before us is an application for a review of the decision of the ordinary bench of the Court dated 2nd December, 2025, which, in the exercise of the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Court under article 132 of the Constitution, 1992, quashed by order of certiorari a ruling of the High Court Tema whereby it made an ex parte order for the Arrest of a Ship. The ruling of the High Court was given on 5th September, 2024 and the application to the Supreme Court for it to be quashed under article 132 was filed on 23rd July, 2025. It was thus after about 10 months of the decision that the applicants/respondents before us (to be referred to as “the respondents”) applied to invoke the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Ordinarily, the Supreme Court would not entertain an application under its Supervisory Jurisdiction when the application has not been filed within 90 days of the impugned decision in compliance with Rule 62 of the Rules of the …

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