Ghana Case Law

Sintex Containers Ghana Limited v Decorplast Limited (CM/RPC/0661/2023)

Sintex Containers Ghana Limited v Decorplast Limited (CM/RPC/0661/2023) [2025] GHAHC 88 (2 June 2025)

Court

High Court

Case number

CM/RPC/0661/2023

Plaintiff proved by documentary evidence that it advanced US$500,000.00 to Defendant. Defendant failed to produce credible evidence of repayment. Defendant's arguments regarding the transaction being personal and evidence of repayment were rejected as not credible or supported. Judgment for Plaintiff for the sum claimed with interest and costs.

Source excerpt

• Loan recovery
• Corporate authority
• Burden of proof
• Electronic evidence

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Kugblenu v Info Source GH Ltd and Another (GJ/0124/2017)

Kugblenu v Info Source GH Ltd and Another (GJ/0124/2017) [2025] GHAHC 121 (11 April 2025)

Court

High Court

Case number

GJ/0124/2017

The Claimants failed to discharge the burden of proof to establish ownership of the vehicles. Official DVLA and insurance documents showed the vehicles were owned by the Defendants, not the Claimants. Therefore, the vehicles can be seized in execution of the judgment.

Source excerpt

• Interpleader
• Ownership of attached property
• Burden of proof

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BOADI VRS. AWERE AND ANOTHER (A2/09/2023)

BOADI VRS. AWERE AND ANOTHER (A2/09/2023) [2025] GHACC 11 (28 February 2025)

Court

Circuit Court

Case number

A2/09/2023

The Circuit Court partly allowed a farmland dispute claim, ordering refund of the purchase price, litigation costs, general damages, and costs.

• Breach of contract
• Misrepresentation
• Land ownership
• Burden of proof
• Damages
• Land-law

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KOKO VRS. DODOO (E1/AHC/83/21)

KOKO VRS. DODOO (E1/AHC/83/21) [2025] GHAHC 35 (20 February 2025)

Court

High Court

Case number

E1/AHC/83/21

The High Court dismissed a land title suit after finding the plaintiff failed to prove the identity, boundaries, possession, and valid execution of title documents.

• Declaration of title to land
• Recovery of possession
• Trespass
• Injunction
• Burden of proof
• Land-law

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CLOTTEY VRS. BOATENG (GJ/200/18)

CLOTTEY VRS. BOATENG (GJ/200/18) [2024] GHAHC 411 (21 October 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court of Ghana found that the defendant owed the plaintiff USD 23,000, relying on evidence of two USD 1,000 part-payments and ordering interest and costs.

• Debt recovery
• Burden of proof
• Part payment
• Debt-recovery
• Burden-of-proof
• Part-payment

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DAMBA VRS KPANDAAN (NR/DC/WUL/A1/6/24)

DAMBA VRS KPANDAAN (NR/DC/WUL/A1/6/24) [2024] GHADC 454 (30 September 2024)

Court

ghadc

Plaintiff proved, on balance of probabilities, ancestral settlement and farming on the disputed land; Defendant failed to substantiate claim of grant or ownership. Plaintiff’s claims of crop destruction were unsubstantiated due to lack of corroborative evidence.

Source excerpt

• Declaration of title
• Recovery of possession
• Trespass
• Burden of proof

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Dzotefe Vrs. Agbeko (E7/01/2022)

Dzotefe Vrs. Agbeko (E7/01/2022) [2024] GHAHC 318 (3 July 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court in Ho upheld an objection to an unsigned, unauthenticated document, ruling that unknown authorship and lack of authentication made it inadmissible.

• Admissibility of documents
• Authentication of evidence
• Unsigned documents
• Evidence
• Documentary-evidence
• Admissibility-of-evidence

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Dzotepe Vrs. Agbeko (E7/01/2022)

Dzotepe Vrs. Agbeko (E7/01/2022) [2024] GHAHC 306 (3 July 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court in Ho upheld an objection to an unsigned, unauthenticated document tendered as evidence, holding that unknown authorship made it inadmissible.

• Admissibility of documents
• Authentication of evidence
• Unsigned documents
• Evidence
• Admissibility-of-documents
• Authentication-of-evidence

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SOHIMWINYE VRS KARIM (UW/ND/DC/A1/03/2024)

SOHIMWINYE VRS KARIM (UW/ND/DC/A1/03/2024) [2024] GHADC 428 (14 June 2024)

Court

ghadc

The objection to the question regarding stamp duty on the power of attorney is unmeritorious because the question is factual, not legal, and the issue of admissibility was not raised at the time of tendering. The court overrules the objection as the defect is apparent and not in issue.

Source excerpt

• Stamp duty
• Admissibility of documents
• Power of attorney

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Dei-Alorso Vrs, Gaitu (E7/01/2023)

Dei-Alorso Vrs, Gaitu (E7/01/2023) [2024] GHAHC 328 (13 June 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court in Ho overruled objections to two defence exhibits, admitting a WhatsApp conversation and another document as relevant and material to the defence.

• Admissibility of electronic evidence
• Cumulative evidence
• Whatsapp messages as evidence
• Evidence
• Electronic-evidence
• Admissibility-of-evidence

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