TWUMASI J.
In this civil proceeding, the petitioner-husband, Isaac Kweku Wilmot (hereinafter referred to as the respondent), a chief engineer attached to the Black Star Line and resident at Takoradi, seeks an order for the dissolution of the marriage between him and his wife, Aba Baffoe Wilmot (hereinafter referred to as the applicant), an Entomologist working at the Ministry of Health, also engaged in a part-time lecturership at the University of Ghana, Legon, and resident in Accra.
Counsel for the applicant, Mr. Sekyi Hughes, argued a motion which sought to question the propriety of the proceedings being instituted in the Sekondi Registry of the High Court instead of the Accra Registry and, ultimately, the jurisdiction of the High Court Sekondi. By the same motion, counsel requested this court to transfer the case to Accra for hearing and determination. It became readily apparent that counsel for the applicant based his application on what he conceived to be the proper interpretation…