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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.
Koomson v Asantewaa and Another (GJ/0144/2025) [2025] GHAHC 91 (14 July 2025)
The High Court dismissed a suit over estate property, holding that the plaintiff lacked capacity because letters of administration had not been sealed and the defendants were improperly sued.
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.
Boadi and Another and Another v Addo (J4/52/2020) [2025] GHASC 42 (11 June 2025)
The Supreme Court held that the Kadehene and his elders, as a customary arbitral panel, lacked jurisdiction to apply PNDC Law 111 to redistribute the estate of Opanin Kwaku Boadi, who died intestate in 1962. The estate had already vested in the family under customary law, and the application of statutory law by the panel was ultra vires and void. The purported redistribution was contrary to established customary law and thus invalid.
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Addy v Yamoah and Others (A11/26/2024) [2025] GHADC 206 (13 May 2025)
The court held that the plaintiff, as a beneficiary of the estate, had standing and could revoke the defendants’ bare licence to occupy the outhouse.
Nyame and Another v Asantewaa and Another (J4/42/2024) [2025] GHASC 25 (2 April 2025)
The Supreme Court dismissed a land title appeal, affirming that the defendants proved superior ownership by descent and long possession.
OSEI VRS. OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES AND OTHERS (OCC/41/2021) [2025] GHAHC 54 (26 February 2025)
The High Court held that the plaintiff and another were original shareholders of Modtintac Company Ltd, and that later record changes were unlawful and fraudulent.
ANOKWAFO AND OTHERS VRS. ANOKWAFO (PA/0658/2022) [2025] GHAHC 47 (17 January 2025)
The court found that the defendant was married to the deceased in 2001, but the properties in dispute were not jointly acquired as matrimonial property. The defendant is not entitled to a half-share or equitable share in the estate but is entitled only to her share under the Intestate Succession Law, 1985 (PNDCL 111). The properties form part of the deceased's estate to be distributed per PNDCL 111. The defendant must account for commercial property management, and the counterclaim for joint ownership was dismissed.
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OTOO AND ANOTHER VRS. OTABIL AND OTHERS (PA/1258/2021) [2025] GHAHC 44 (17 January 2025)
High Court probate judgment holding the disputed Will invalid, upholding the Letters of Administration, and dismissing the Plaintiffs’ claims.
DODU VRS. DONKOR (A11/110/23) [2024] GHADC 547 (12 December 2024)
Defendant failed to prove she was customarily married to the deceased or cohabited as wife; evidence showed she was not a spouse and not entitled to Letters of Administration. Defendant obtained the grant by misrepresentation and concealment, amounting to fraud. Plaintiff, as surviving brother and family head, is entitled to the grant.
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