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MICHAEL ANKOMAH-NIMFAH V. JAMES GYAKYE QUAYSON & 2 ORS (SUBSTITUTED SERVICE REVIEW)

(2022) JELR 109763 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  J7/12/2022  •  5 Apr 2022  •  Ghana

Coram
DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING) DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC AMEGATCHER JSC PROF. KOTEY JSC OWUSU (MS.) JSC TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC HONYENUGA JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC KULENDI JSC

Judgement

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC:-

The 1st defendant in this action is the applicant herein. He is seeking a review of orders made by this court on 8th March 2022.The present application invokes the jurisdiction of the court created by Article 133 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules 1996, CI 16.

Article 133 provides in Article 133 (1)

The Supreme Court may review any decision made or given by it on such grounds and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by rules of court

To this end, Rule 54 of the Supreme Court Rules 1996, CI 16 sets the following condition inter alia:

54. The court may review any decision made or given by it on any of the following grounds – 

a. exceptional circumstances which have resulted in miscarriage of justice;

Background Facts

The plaintiff and 1st respondent to this application filed a Writ numbered J7/11/2020 invoking the original jurisdiction of this court on 24th January 2022.He sought the following reliefs against the defendants:

  1. A …

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