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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.
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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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.
TAY AND AOTHERS VRS. MONCAR (C11/84/19) [2025] GHACC 13 (27 February 2025)
The Circuit Court held that the estate of David Charles Tei-Mensah Moncar had to be distributed by law and set aside a vesting assent favoring the plaintiffs.
ADOM VRS. MENSAH (GJ/0013/2020) [2025] GHAHC 31 (6 February 2025)
The High Court dismissed both the claim and counterclaim over a family property dispute, holding the suit was defective because the estate’s administrators were not properly joined.
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 v Otabil and Others (PA/1258/2021) [2025] GHAHC 114 (17 January 2025)
The High Court held that the propounded will was invalid and a nullity, upheld the defendants’ letters of administration, and dismissed the plaintiffs’ probate claim.
Anokwafo and Others v Anokwafo (PA/0658/2022) [2025] GHAHC 115 (17 January 2025)
The properties in dispute were not jointly acquired by the deceased and the defendant as matrimonial properties during their marriage. The defendant is not entitled to a half-share or equitable share of the estate but only to her share under the Intestate Succession Law, 1985 (PNDCL 111). The estate is to be distributed in accordance with PNDCL 111 among the surviving spouse, children, and customary family. The issue of intermeddling is moot and must be prosecuted as a criminal offence if pursued. The 3rd plaintiff's capacity as customary successor is moot given the order of priority for lett…
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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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THOMPSON AND OTHERS VRS. THOMPSON AND ANOTHER (A11/62/21) [2024] GHADC 486 (29 October 2024)
The court held that the disputed Adabraka property belonged to Victor Odonkor Thompson, found the plaintiffs had capacity, and ordered accounts and costs.
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