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Contract law [2024] GHADC 754

Annan v Ablado and Another (G/AC/DG/A2/122/23)

Annan v Ablado and Another (G/AC/DG/A2/122/23) [2024] GHADC 754 (18 September 2024)

The District Court held that a work-and-pay agreement existed over a taxi cab and ordered the Defendants to refund its cost, interest, and costs.

  • Work and pay agreements
  • Breach of trust
  • Burden of proof
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Breach-of-trust
  • Work-and-pay-agreements
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Land law [2023] GHASC 102

HOPPER VRS KWETIA (J4/45/2023)

HOPPER VRS KWETIA (J4/45/2023) [2023] GHASC 102 (24 January 2023)

The plaintiff, as a member and elder of the Royal Nsona Family of Nkanfoa, possessed usufructuary rights over the disputed land, which were interfered with by the defendant's unauthorized acts. The defendant, as Odikro and trustee, could not unilaterally extinguish or disregard these rights. Previous judgments did not estop the plaintiff from asserting these rights. The appeal was dismissed, and the lower courts' decisions affirmed.

  • Usufructuary rights
  • Family land disputes
  • Customary land tenure
  • Trusteeship of stool lands
  • Trespass
  • Estoppel
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Civil procedure [2018] GHASC 18

Standard Bank Offshore Trust Company Ltd Vrs National Investment Bank Ltd and Others

Standard Bank Offshore Trust Company Ltd Vrs National Investment Bank Ltd and Others [2018] GHASC 18 (14 March 2018)

The application for review fails because the ordinary bench did not err in holding that non-compliance with Order 2 Rule 4(2) is fatal and renders the writ void, incapable of amendment or waiver. No exceptional circumstances or fundamental error were demonstrated to justify review. The review jurisdiction cannot be used as a further appeal or to re-argue matters already decided.

  • Capacity to sue
  • Representative actions
  • Procedural irregularity
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Review jurisdiction
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