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THE REPUBLIC V. HIGH COURT, (FINANCIAL DIVISION 2) ACCRA

(2017) JELR 65773 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/9/2017  •  31 Jan 2017  •  Ghana

Coram
ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC PRESIDING, DOTSE JSC, ANIN YEBOAH JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, BENIN JSC

Appearances
KWAME BOAFO AKUFFO FOR THE APPLICANTS; ARTHUR CHAMBERS FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.

Judgement

DOTSE, JSC

By this application, the Applicants herein seek an order of Certiorari directed at the High Court, Financial Division 2, Accra to bring into the Supreme Court for the purpose of it being quashed, the Ruling of 3rd August 2016 in Suit No. FTRM/87/15 intitutled Financial Intelligence Centre v. Kofi Appianin Ennin and 3 others.

The grounds upon which the Applicants seek this application have been stated as follows:-

Grounds of the Application

1. The High Court, Financial Division 2 exceeded its jurisdiction when it dismissed the application (filed on 29th June, 2016) to set aside the order for a confirmation of freezing of accounts dated the 16th of June, 2015 and 25th of June, 2015 respectively when the statutory period of 12 months had long lapsed.

2. The High Court, Financial Division 2 exceeded its jurisdiction when it sought to direct or impose directions on how a case involving the 1st Applicant should be tried before the High Court Criminal Court

3. The freezing of all the ac…

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