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Civil procedure [2025] GHAHC 5

REPUBLIC VRS. KUMOJI AND OTHERS,EX PARTE: KUMOJI (CR/0078/2025)

REPUBLIC VRS. KUMOJI AND OTHERS,EX PARTE: KUMOJI (CR/0078/2025) [2025] GHAHC 5 (18 February 2025)

Court
High Court
Case number
CR/0078/2025

Respondents, having notice of a pending application for injunction, acted in a manner likely to prejudice the fair hearing of the application by dealing with the disputed property, thus committing contempt of court, regardless of the absence of a formal order or penal notice.

Source excerpt

  • Contempt of court
  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Service of process
  • Execution of judgment
  • Substituted service
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Contract law [2025] GHADC 94

Mohammed v Bedu (A2/463/24)

Mohammed v Bedu (A2/463/24) [2025] GHADC 94 (22 January 2025)

Court
District Court
Case number
A2/463/24

District Court judgment for a plaintiff in a debt recovery claim after the defendant failed to appear despite substituted service. Costs were awarded.

  • Debt recovery
  • Default judgment
  • Burden of proof
  • Substituted service
  • Debt-recovery
  • Default-judgment
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Property law MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024) [2024] GHADC 265 (25 July 2024)

MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024)

MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024) [2024] GHADC 265 (25 July 2024)

Court
ghadc

The District Court at Kenyasi granted a plaintiff access to a store room, finding she proved ownership and abandonment by the defendant on a balance of probabilities.

  • Possession
  • Eviction
  • Burden of proof
  • Substituted service
  • Civil-procedure
  • Burden-of-proof
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Property law MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024) [2024] GHADC 458 (25 July 2024)

MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024)

MISAAH VRS BONSU (BR/KS/A11/43/2024) [2024] GHADC 458 (25 July 2024)

Court
ghadc

Plaintiff proved ownership and abandonment of the store room by defendant on a preponderance of probabilities; substituted service was valid; defendant's absence did not prevent judgment for plaintiff.

Source excerpt

  • Burden of proof
  • Standard of proof
  • Substituted service
  • Possession
  • Eviction
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Contract law [2024] GHADC 143

JOHN VRS KATABO (A2/24/2023)

JOHN VRS KATABO (A2/24/2023) [2024] GHADC 143 (30 January 2024)

Court
District Court
Case number
A2/24/2023

The District Court held that the plaintiff proved the defendant owed half the cost of repairing a vehicle engine, and awarded GH¢2,700 plus interest and costs.

  • Debt recovery
  • Breach of agreement
  • Substituted service
  • Standard of proof
  • Debt-recovery
  • Breach-of-agreement
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Contract TEYE VRS KATABO (A2/24/2023) [2024] GHADC 133 (30 January 2024)

TEYE VRS KATABO (A2/24/2023)

TEYE VRS KATABO (A2/24/2023) [2024] GHADC 133 (30 January 2024)

Court
ghadc

The District Court at Somanya entered judgment for the plaintiff for GH¢2,700 plus interest and GH¢1,000 costs after finding the debt claim proved.

  • Debt recovery
  • Burden of proof
  • Substituted service
  • Debt-recovery
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Substituted-service
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Civil procedure [2023] GHADC 1053

KULEAPE VRS QUAYE (A2/35/2023)

KULEAPE VRS QUAYE (A2/35/2023) [2023] GHADC 1053 (20 December 2023)

Court
District Court
Case number
A2/35/2023

The District Court at Somanya granted an ex-parte motion for substituted service of an entry of judgment after the defendant had been absent and personal service was impracticable.

  • Substituted service
  • Enforcement of judgment
  • Substituted-service
  • Enforcement-of-judgment
  • Civil-procedure
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Landlord and tenant [2023] GHADC 1020

NARTEY VRS NUAKANU (A9/10/23)

NARTEY VRS NUAKANU (A9/10/23) [2023] GHADC 1020 (21 November 2023)

Court
District Court
Case number
A9/10/23

The District Court granted default judgment for a landlord, allowing the tenant’s locked room to be force opened after evidence of abandonment and absconding.

  • Recovery of premises
  • Absconding tenant
  • Substituted service
  • Landlord-and-tenant
  • Recovery-of-premises
  • Absconding-tenant
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Landlord and tenant [2023] GHADC 1049

NARTEY VRS NUADANU (A9/10/23)

NARTEY VRS NUADANU (A9/10/23) [2023] GHADC 1049 (21 November 2023)

Court
District Court
Case number
A9/10/23

The District Court granted a landlord’s application to recover a room abandoned by a tenant, ordered the door force-opened, and awarded costs.

  • Recovery of premises
  • Absconding tenant
  • Substituted service
  • Landlord-and-tenant
  • Recovery-of-premises
  • Absconding-tenant
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Civil procedure [2023] GHAHC 281

Nited Steel Co. Ltd Vrs Coronation Insurance Gh Ltd

Nited Steel Co. Ltd Vrs Coronation Insurance Gh Ltd [2023] GHAHC 281 (7 September 2023)

Court
High Court

The Plaintiff failed to demonstrate any attempt at personal service on the beneficiaries before seeking substituted service, thus the court's jurisdiction was not properly invoked and the application must be dismissed.

Source excerpt

  • Substituted service
  • Personal service
  • Jurisdiction
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