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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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Succession [2025] GHAHC 125

Manu and Another v Sowah and Others (GJ/0196/2021)

Manu and Another v Sowah and Others (GJ/0196/2021) [2025] GHAHC 125 (29 July 2025)

The Plaintiffs proved the Will was executed in accordance with the Wills Act and the Defendants failed to prove fraud beyond reasonable doubt; the 2nd Defendant admitted collecting rent and thus intermeddled in the estate, making him liable to account to the executors.

  • Validity of will
  • Intermeddling in estate
  • Burden of proof
  • Fraud allegation
  • Executor's duties
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Succession [2025] GHAHC 124

Manu and Another v Sowah and Others (GJ/0196/2021)

Manu and Another v Sowah and Others (GJ/0196/2021) [2025] GHAHC 124 (29 July 2025)

The Plaintiffs proved the Will was executed in accordance with the Wills Act, and Defendants failed to prove fraud beyond reasonable doubt. The 2nd Defendant admitted to collecting rent from the estate property without authority, constituting intermeddling and liability to account.

  • Validity of will
  • Intermeddling in estate
  • Burden of proof
  • Fraud allegations
  • Executor's duties
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Succession [2025] GHACC 41

Odei v Quartey and Another (C8/25/2025)

Odei v Quartey and Another (C8/25/2025) [2025] GHACC 41 (22 May 2025)

The Circuit Court in Accra dismissed an application to strike out a suit over estate property, holding the pleadings disclosed a reasonable cause of action.

  • Estate administration
  • Beneficiaries' rights
  • Striking out pleadings
  • Intermeddling
  • Civil-procedure
  • Strike-out-pleadings
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Succession [2025] GHADC 105

Rocky v Kwao and Others (A11/05/23)

Rocky v Kwao and Others (A11/05/23) [2025] GHADC 105 (16 May 2025)

The court found the plaintiff fraudulently obtained Letters of Administration over the deceased’s estate, dismissed his claim, and granted the defendants’ counterclaim.

  • Letters of administration
  • Fraud
  • Family law
  • Land disputes
  • Letters-of-administration
  • Estate-disputes
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Property law [2025] GHADC 85

Danso Awuah and Others v Frimpong and Others (A9/2/22)

Danso Awuah and Others v Frimpong and Others (A9/2/22) [2025] GHADC 85 (24 April 2025)

The District Court held that the disputed property at KA20 Kukurantumi is Agona family property, dismissed the plaintiffs’ suit, and granted the defendants’ counterclaim.

  • Family property
  • Probate
  • Counterclaim
  • Burden of proof
  • Family-property
  • Burden-of-proof
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Succession [2025] GHADC 132

Thompson v Thompson (A9/160/23)

Thompson v Thompson (A9/160/23) [2025] GHADC 132 (15 April 2025)

District Court held that siblings occupying inherited property must pay rent from 2019, with arrears, interest, costs, and possible ejectment for non-payment.

  • Intestate succession
  • Rent recovery
  • Enforcement of judgment
  • Estoppel
  • Limitation of actions
  • Intestate-succession
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Succession [2025] GHASC 12

SERBEH AND OTHERS VRS. APPIAH AND OTHERS (GJ12/36/2025)

SERBEH AND OTHERS VRS. APPIAH AND OTHERS (GJ12/36/2025) [2025] GHASC 12 (4 March 2025)

The defendants discharged their burden by proving the will was freely made, properly attested, and the testator had testamentary capacity. The plaintiffs failed to prove forgery or fraud beyond reasonable doubt or to show non-compliance with the Wills Act. The will dated 31st January, 2022 is valid and not forged.

  • Wills
  • Testamentary capacity
  • Forgery
  • Burden of proof
  • Fraud
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Succession [2025] GHACC 10

BRONI VRS. OWUSU (A1/26/2021)

BRONI VRS. OWUSU (A1/26/2021) [2025] GHACC 10 (28 February 2025)

The Circuit Court held that the dispute had already been settled by ADR and adopted as a consent judgment, so it would not reopen the merits.

  • Validity of will
  • Family property
  • Customary inheritance
  • Consent judgment
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Consent-judgment
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