Ghana Case Law

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)

Court

High Court

Case number

GJ-CM/INTD/0328/2025

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.

Source excerpt

• Interpleader proceedings
• Matrimonial property
• Execution of judgment
• Mortgage security
• Affidavit validity

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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK VRS. RAKTIA HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER (INTS/09/2023)

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK VRS. RAKTIA HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER (INTS/09/2023) [2025] GHAHC 49 (28 March 2025)

Court

High Court

Case number

INTS/09/2023

The High Court dismissed an interpleader claim over attached property after finding the claimant’s evidence contradictory and insufficient to prove ownership.

• Interpleader proceedings
• Burden of proof
• Ownership of property under attachment
• Contradictory evidence
• Interpleader-proceedings
• Burden-of-proof

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GTI PROPERTIES LTD VRS. ADARKWAH (LD/1002/2019)

GTI PROPERTIES LTD VRS. ADARKWAH (LD/1002/2019) [2024] GHAHC 128 (25 June 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court dismissed GTI Properties Ltd’s land claim as an abuse of process, finding it unsustainable in light of a prior consent judgment and execution proceedings.

• Abuse of process
• Interpleader proceedings
• Auction sale validity
• Consent judgment
• Wrongful execution
• Abuse-of-process

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DAKURAH VRS BIRIYERI (UW/JP/DC/A1/09/2022)

DAKURAH VRS BIRIYERI (UW/JP/DC/A1/09/2022) [2024] GHADC 429 (7 June 2024)

Court

ghadc

The reliefs sought by the plaintiff—declaration of title and recovery of possession—are substantive and cannot be pursued via interpleader proceedings; the proper procedure is by writ of summons. The interpleader action is therefore incompetent and a nullity.

Source excerpt

• Interpleader proceedings
• Jurisdiction
• Declaration of title
• Possession of land

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SATA VRA COMFORT & ANOTHER (C11\03\2023)

SATA VRA COMFORT & ANOTHER (C11\03\2023) [2024] GHAHC 219 (9 May 2024)

Court

ghahc

High Court appeal over dismissal of an interpleader in execution proceedings was dismissed after the appellant failed to appear when ordered to do so.

• Interpleader proceedings
• Execution of judgment
• Audi alteram partem
• Mandatory procedural rules
• Interpleader-proceedings
• Execution-of-judgment

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TRUE FAITH CHURCH VRS TRUE FAITH EVANG. CHURCH : (C1/07/2016)

TRUE FAITH CHURCH VRS TRUE FAITH EVANG. CHURCH : (C1/07/2016) [2024] GHAHC 11 (12 March 2024)

Court

ghahc

High Court interpleader over a church building and seized items in Tatrafoso Mampong. The claimant failed on title to the building but succeeded on some seized property.

• Interpleader proceedings
• Title to land
• Execution of judgment
• Burden of proof
• Fraud and forgery
• Special damages

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ELECTROLAND GHANA LIMITED VRS MADAM PAULINA ADOMAKO (J4/47/2023)

ELECTROLAND GHANA LIMITED VRS MADAM PAULINA ADOMAKO (J4/47/2023) [2024] GHASC 10 (28 February 2024)

Court

ghasc

Plaintiffs failed to adduce evidence to rebut the claimant's presumption of sole ownership. No claim or evidence of joint ownership or equitable right by the defendant was presented. The property cannot be attached for the defendant's judgment debt as it is not marital property and no equitable right was proved.

Source excerpt

• Summary judgment
• Execution of judgment
• Matrimonial property
• Interpleader proceedings
• Presumption of ownership

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ABAIDOO VRS AWOTWE & 2 OTHERS (E1/6/2017)

ABAIDOO VRS AWOTWE & 2 OTHERS (E1/6/2017) [2024] GHAHC 81 (30 January 2024)

Court

ghahc

The High Court dismissed an interpleader claim over disputed land, holding that the claimant failed to prove ownership and could not use the proceeding to attack a prior judgment.

• Interpleader proceedings
• Ownership of land
• Execution of judgment
• Fraud allegations
• Interpleader-proceedings
• Land-ownership

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NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. VRS. KWASHIE TAILORS & DRY CLEANERS AND OTHERS (CM/INTD/0082/2018)

NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. VRS. KWASHIE TAILORS & DRY CLEANERS AND OTHERS (CM/INTD/0082/2018) [2023] GHAHC 595 (7 November 2023)

Court

High Court

Case number

CM/INTD/0082/2018

The High Court dismissed a third-party interpleader claim and ordered execution to proceed, holding the claimant’s lease was not bona fide and was set aside.

• Execution of judgment
• Interpleader proceedings
• Bona fide purchaser
• Fraudulent transfer
• Interpleader-proceedings
• Execution-of-judgment

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SASU VRS ACCURATE AFRICA CO. LTD (E2/73/21)

SASU VRS ACCURATE AFRICA CO. LTD (E2/73/21) [2023] GHAHC 481 (3 November 2023)

Court

High Court

Case number

E2/73/21

Interpleader claim upheld: the court held the attached land and vehicle belonged to Richard Amoako, not the judgment debtor, and ordered their release.

• Interpleader proceedings
• Attachment of property
• Corporate veil
• Execution of judgment
• Interpleader-proceedings
• Attachment-of-property

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