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Circumstances where an order of mandamus cannot be granted

Circumstances where the condition of "demand and refusal" precedent upon the grant of an order or Mandamus is dispensed with

Conditions for invoking the mandamus jurisdiction of the court

Conditions for the grant of mandamus

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Effect of failure to bring an application for mandamus within six months from the date of the occurrence of the event giving grounds for making the application

Mandamus as the proper remedy where an order to compel a public officer is sought

Meaning and nature of mandamus

Nature of mandamus

Need for the existence of a legal right to be shown in an application for an order of mandamus

Persons against whom mandamus can lie

Power of court where there is discretion in the exercise of the duty by the person mandated by Law

Principles governing a grant of an order of mandamus

Procedure for the application for an order of mandamus

Purpose of the writ of mandamus

Requirements for an order of mandamus

Requirements for the grant of an order of mandamus

sine qua non for mandamus

The conditions under which mandamus may be granted at common law

The party that can set aside an order of mandamus

The principle that demand for performance must precede an application for mandamus

The principle that for an order of mandamus, there must be a demand to perform the duty sought to be enforced followed by a refusal to perform.

The principle that mandamus is a discretionary remedy

The rule that the legal obligation or duty which is the foundation of mandamus can arise from the common law, from a statute and from contract

Time within which to file an application for mandamus

To whom is an order of mandamus directed

What an applicant who is desirous to succeed in an application for mandamus must establish.

What an order of mandamus connotes

What an order of mandamus entails

What mandamus connotes

What the court considers in compelling performance of a public duty by an inferior tribunal or government functionary

What the writ of mandamus connotes

When an order of mandamus will be issued against the Attorney-General

When an order of mandamus will issue

When an order of Mandamus will lie

When mandamus will avail a person

When mandamus will not be granted

Whether a party who failed to set out his interest in a property in his application for caveat can obtain a mandamus to compel the Registrar of Titles to issue a caveat in respect of the property

Whether a plaintiff can seek declaratory reliefs and injunctions as an alternative to mandamus

Whether an action between an employer and employee can be the subject of an action of mandamus

Whether an applicant must show that he has locus standi before bringing an application for an order of mandamus

Whether an application for mandamus can be brought against a person who is not a public officer

Whether an application for mandamus must be brought within six months

Whether an order for mandamus is a process “in the nature of attachment,” or “in the nature of execution for enforcing payment” of judgment debt and costs

Whether an order for mandamus is equivalent to an order of injunction

Whether an order of mandamus lies against the state or servants of the state

Whether an order of mandamus may lie against officers of the Crown

Whether an order of mandamus will be issued against the Police to compel them to conduct an investigation

Whether an order of mandamus will issue against an intended transmittal of the Chieftaincy Forms to the National House of Chiefs

Whether an order of mandamus will issue when there is an alternative remedy in Law

Whether an order of mandamus will lie against the state or servants of the state

Whether demand and refusal are preconditions to the grant of mandamus

Whether mandamus against a Traditional Council will lie against the President of the Council

Whether mandamus will be granted to order something that is legally impossible

Whether mandamus will be granted where there is an alternative remedy at common law

Whether mandamus will be granted where there was no demand and refusal to perform a public duty enjoined by statute

Whether mandamus will lie to compel a tribunal to deliver copies of the proceedings to an applicant

Whether mandamus will lie to compel the registration of a chief before the status of the chief is satisfactorily determined

Whether mandamus will lie to erase an entry in the national register of chiefs made intra vires

Whether mandamus will lie to restore, admit or elect a person to an office of a public nature

Whether mandamus will lie to restore, admit or elect a person to an office of a public nature where the holder of the office came by a procedure for election which in law is void

Whether mandamus will lie to restore, admit or elect a person to an office of a public nature where the office is not vacant

Whether mandamus will lie where the demand made for the performance of the duty has been found to be premature

Whether mandamus will lie where the respondent has good cause for refusing to admit, restore or elect the applicant to the office

Whether or not an order for mandamus will lie against the Bank of Ghana in relation to the implementation or otherwise of its monetary policies

Whether or not an order of mandamus can be made to compel an adjudicating body to determine a cause or matter pending before it

Whether the court can order an illegal act to be performed

Whether the court can order mandamus on the general ground of expediency

Whether the demand and refusal as a precondition for the grant of mandamus is applicable to applications brought under the enforcement of fundamental human rights under articles 23 and 33 of the Constitution

Whether the demand and refusal principle is applicable in all cases

Whether the making of an order of mandamus is at the discretion of the court

Whether the order of mandamus is an order of right or issued as of course

Whether the order of mandamus is available only where there is a duty but no discretion

Whether the order of mandamus will be issued where an element of discretion is involved

Whether the pendency of an appeal is an important factor to consider in an application for mandamus

Whether the principle of demand and refusal is a condition precedent to an application for mandamus where the applicant is demanding for a right under the Constitution to be performed

Whether there must be a prior demand before commencing proceedings for mandamus

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