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Succession [2025] GHADC 111

Brown and Another v Abaidoo and Another (A11/17/22)

Brown and Another v Abaidoo and Another (A11/17/22) [2025] GHADC 111 (27 August 2025)

District Court judgment on a family-house dispute held the plaintiffs had capacity to sue but failed to prove unanimous beneficiary consent to sell the property.

  • Capacity to sue
  • Vesting assent
  • Tenancy in common
  • Family property
  • Probate
  • Family-property
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Succession [2025] GHADC 129

Aryeequaye v Aryeequaye and Another (A9/095/24)

Aryeequaye v Aryeequaye and Another (A9/095/24) [2025] GHADC 129 (21 August 2025)

District Court decision on an alleged customary gift of family property and intestate distribution. The plaintiff failed to prove the gift, and his claims were dismissed.

  • Intestate succession
  • Customary gifts
  • Distribution of estate
  • Letters of administration
  • Recovery of possession
  • Customary-gift
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Contract law [2025] GHAHC 126

Okran v Scancom Ghana Limited and Another (GJ/715/2018)

Okran v Scancom Ghana Limited and Another (GJ/715/2018) [2025] GHAHC 126 (28 July 2025)

High Court judgment on a landlord’s challenge to an amended lease and assignment of telecom site rights, rejecting claims of illiteracy, unconscionability and invalid assignment.

  • Lease agreements
  • Assignment of lease
  • Illiterate protection act
  • Unconscionable contracts
  • Estoppel
  • Limitation of actions
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Criminal law [2025] GHADC 182

S v Kartey and Others (B1/02/2021)

S v Kartey and Others (B1/02/2021) [2025] GHADC 182 (22 July 2025)

District Court at Sege convicted three accused of conspiracy and unlawful damage over the burning of 130 tyres in a land dispute.

  • Conspiracy
  • Unlawful damage
  • Arson
  • Burden of proof
  • Standard of proof
  • Land dispute
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Property law [2025] GHADC 204

Quarcoo v Quarcoo (A9/17/2020)

Quarcoo v Quarcoo (A9/17/2020) [2025] GHADC 204 (18 July 2025)

The District Court ordered eviction after finding the defendant failed to prove he was entitled to a share of the estate or lawful occupation of the house.

  • Eviction
  • Gratuitous licence
  • Burden of proof
  • Family property
  • Administration of estates
  • Gratutious-licence
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Property law [2025] GHADC 101

Kofi v Ezekwa (A9/31/2025)

Kofi v Ezekwa (A9/31/2025) [2025] GHADC 101 (10 July 2025)

The District Court at Ashaiman adopted a settlement as consent judgment, ordering vacant possession by 30 September 2025 and dismissing a waived relief.

  • Vacant possession
  • Settlement
  • Waiver of relief
  • Property-law
  • Vacant-possession
  • Consent-judgment
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Contract law [2025] GHADC 97

Ogbenyemita v Agbeve (A2/26/2024)

Ogbenyemita v Agbeve (A2/26/2024) [2025] GHADC 97 (2 July 2025)

The court dismissed a claim seeking refund and damages over a container sale, finding only the container was sold, not the land, and no deceit was proved.

  • Sale of goods
  • Ownership of movable property
  • Misrepresentation
  • Breach of contract
  • Burden of proof
  • Contract-law
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Civil procedure [2025] GHAHC 101

Abii National Savings & Loans Limited v Aboafo Buying Company Limited and Others (GJ-CM/INTD/0328/2025)

Abii National Savings & Loans Limited v Aboafo Buying Company Limited and Others (GJ-CM/INTD/0328/2025) [2025] GHAHC 101 (27 June 2025)

The claimant failed to prove the property was matrimonial property as the only evidence of marriage was a 2022 certificate, while the property was mortgaged before that date and always treated as the husband's personal property. The affidavit of interest was also uncommissioned and invalid. The claim is dismissed and the property remains subject to execution.

  • Interpleader proceedings
  • Matrimonial property
  • Execution of judgment
  • Mortgage security
  • Affidavit validity
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Property law [2025] GHADC 87

Oppong v Nkum (A1/10/22)

Oppong v Nkum (A1/10/22) [2025] GHADC 87 (23 June 2025)

The District Court held that the plaintiff, as customary successor, owned the disputed chamber and hall room and the remaining undeveloped land; the defendant’s counterclaim failed.

  • Customary succession
  • Ownership of property
  • Injunction
  • Counterclaim
  • Customary-succession
  • Property-ownership
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Landlord and tenant [2025] GHADC 102

Nyarkoa and Another v Asamoah (A9/60/24)

Nyarkoa and Another v Asamoah (A9/60/24) [2025] GHADC 102 (3 June 2025)

District Court upheld ejectment of a tenant from expired shop premises, found the landlord needed the shop for business use, and dismissed the defendant’s counterclaim.

  • Ejectment
  • Tenancy expiry
  • Notice requirements
  • Counterclaim for improvements
  • Recovery of possession
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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