Ghana Case Law

ABUSUAPANYIN OSAFO MANU (SUING FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ASSONA FAMILY OF ASSIN BOMSOMADWE) VRS KWEKU

ABUSUAPANYIN OSAFO MANU (SUING FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ASSONA FAMILY OF ASSIN BOMSOMADWE) VRS KWEKU [2025] GHADC 83 (16 September 2025)

Court

District Court

The court dismissed a family land claim over Assin Bosomadwe land, holding the plaintiff failed to prove a valid grant back from the Kona Nifa family.

• Declaration of title
• Recovery of possession
• Injunction
• Damages for trespass
• Family land
• Customary transfer of land

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Manu and Another v Gyapong and Another (E1//HCKO/184/2023)

Manu and Another v Gyapong and Another (E1//HCKO/184/2023) [2025] GHACC 44 (16 September 2025)

Court

Circuit Court

Case number

E1//HCKO/184/2023

The Circuit Court dismissed a family land claim after finding the plaintiff failed to prove that the disputed land had been granted back to his family or the chief.

• Family land
• Title to land
• Possession
• Injunction
• Trespass
• Customary transfer of land

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Brinful v Sey and Others (A1/014/24)

Brinful v Sey and Others (A1/014/24) [2025] GHADC 127 (14 August 2025)

Court

District Court

Case number

A1/014/24

Plaintiff proved on the balance of probabilities that he purchased the property from 3rd Defendant through 1st Defendant, that the property in dispute is the same as that claimed by 1st Defendant, and that remittances were for the purchase and development of the property, not maintenance. 1st Defendant's evidence was inconsistent and unreliable, and she failed to discharge her evidential burden. Plaintiff is entitled to declaration of ownership, injunction, damages, and recovery of documents.

Source excerpt

• Declaration of title to land
• Perpetual injunction
• Trespass
• Evidential burden
• Ownership dispute

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Edwards v Achaama (ER/KF/DCB/A1/12/2025)

Edwards v Achaama (ER/KF/DCB/A1/12/2025) [2025] GHADC 64 (4 August 2025)

Court

District Court

Case number

ER/KF/DCB/A1/12/2025

The District Court in Koforidua granted the Plaintiff declaration of title, recovery of possession, and a perpetual injunction over land at Sokode Juaso.

• Declaration of title
• Recovery of possession
• Injunction
• Trespass
• Matrimonial property
• Declaration-of-title

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ABDULLAI MOHAMMED (SUING AS LEADER OF THE ZONGO COMMUNITY ADAWU-KWAO VRS AMPAH KWAKU BRONI (TREPASSER & 4 ORS. (CR/OF/DC/A1/16/2024)

ABDULLAI MOHAMMED (SUING AS LEADER OF THE ZONGO COMMUNITY ADAWU-KWAO VRS AMPAH KWAKU BRONI (TREPASSER & 4 ORS. (CR/OF/DC/A1/16/2024) [2025] GHADC 79 (21 July 2025)

Court

District Court

Case number

CR/OF/DC/A1/16/2024

The District Court held that the Zongo Community of Adawukwao proved ownership of the land, found the defendants to be trespassers, and granted possession, injunction, damages, and costs.

• Declaration of title
• Trespass
• Injunction
• Damages
• Costs
• Declaration-of-title

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Fremah v Asare

Fremah v Asare [2025] GHADC 91 (10 July 2025)

Court

District Court

The District Court at Diaso dismissed a claim that a neighbour blocked access to the plaintiff’s house with a washroom, finding no proved public right of way.

• Easements
• Building permits
• Trespass
• Burden of proof
• Land-law
• Building-permits

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Esoun and Another v Sika and Another (A1/26/23)

Esoun and Another v Sika and Another (A1/26/23) [2025] GHACC 46 (27 June 2025)

Court

Circuit Court

Case number

A1/26/23

The Circuit Court granted the plaintiffs partial judgment over land occupied by the 1st defendant, relying on the 2nd defendant’s admission, and awarded damages and costs.

• Declaration of title
• Trespass
• Injunction
• Damages
• Admissions
• Joinder of parties

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Smith v Okromansa (A1/42/24)

Smith v Okromansa (A1/42/24) [2025] GHADC 138 (23 June 2025)

Court

District Court

Case number

A1/42/24

A District Court at Amasaman dismissed a land title claim for lack of stamped, registered title documents, but granted possession, injunction, damages, and costs.

• Title to land
• Possession
• Trespass
• Burden of proof
• Registration of land instruments
• Land-law

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Duah v Owusu-Manu and Others (A1/45/22)

Duah v Owusu-Manu and Others (A1/45/22) [2025] GHACC 59 (29 May 2025)

Court

Circuit Court

Case number

A1/45/22

The Circuit Court dismissed a land title and trespass claim, finding the plaintiff failed to prove title, identity of land, or ownership by his grantors.

• Title to land
• Trespass
• Registration of land
• Fraud
• Possession
• Res judicata

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Yaa Konamah v Kwame Mensah (EAS/NA/CC/C1/08/2025)

Yaa Konamah v Kwame Mensah (EAS/NA/CC/C1/08/2025) [2025] GHACC 45 (28 May 2025)

Court

Circuit Court

Case number

EAS/NA/CC/C1/08/2025

The plaintiff failed to prove her root of title, mode of acquisition, and acts of possession over the disputed land by a preponderance of probabilities, while the defendant established long-term possession and family inheritance; thus, the plaintiff is not entitled to the reliefs sought.

Source excerpt

• Declaration of title
• Trespass
• Injunction
• Burden of proof
• Possession
• Root of title

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