WENMEX TRADING LIMITED
V.
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE

(2020) JELR 107799 (HC)    
High Court  ·  HR/0071/2020 ·  15 Dec 2020 ·  Ghana
CORAM
JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO
Core Terms Beta
applicant
respondent
application
court
7th march
high court
instant action
court of competent jurisdiction
march 21st
support of the application
unlawful detention of applicant
bona fide funds
case of the applicant
court order
days amounts
months of the occurrence of the alleged contravention
purported suspension of applicant
sum total
suspicious transaction report
violation of applicant
alleged grievance of the applicant
alleged non-compliance of the applicant
alleged violation of a person
business entity
civil procedure
conduct of its lawful business
effect of the respondent
enforcement of its rights
following reliefs
fundamental human rights
fundamental question
further suspension
instructions of the respondent
remitting bank
right place
rules of court
s account
said directive
said remittance
said transfer of funds
substantive matter
time of the said remittance

J U D G M E N T 

On the 11th of May 2020, the Applicant instituted the instant action seeking the  enforcement of its rights under Articles 18 (1), 23 and 33 (1) of the Constitution of  the Republic of Ghana, 1992. The Applicant per its motion, prayed the Court for the  following reliefs: 

a. A declaration that the purported suspension of Applicant's account by  Defendants after the expiration of the lawful seven days amounts to an  unlawful detention of Applicant's bona fide funds being a sum total of Two  Hundred and Thirty-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five Ghana  Cedis (GHS 239, 755.00) and in violation of Applicant's right to administrative  justice. 

b. A declaration that the purported suspension of Applicant's account by  Defendants after the expiration of the lawful seven days amounts to an  unlawful detention of Applicant's bona fide funds being a sum total of Two  Hundred and Thirty-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five Ghana  Cedis (GHS 239, 755.00) and in viol…

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