THE REPUBLIC V. NII ADAMAH THOMPSON AND OTHERS EX-PARTE NII TETTEH AHINAKWAH II

DOTSE,J.S.C.

In their application, filed on the 2^nd day of September 2011 the applicants herein seek the following reliefs:

i. Leave to file additional grounds of appeal,

ii. Leave for extension of time to file amended statement of case and

iii. Leave to adduce fresh evidence

BACKGROUND FACTS

The application herein has its genesis in an action which commenced in the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs. In that action judgment was delivered on the 17^th day of February 2003, in favour of the respondent herein which inter alia, ordered the Applicants herein to handover stool regalia of the Gbese Stool to the Respondents.

Following the failure and or refusal of the applicants herein to comply with the orders of the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to deliver the stool regalia, the respondent herein, took steps to have them committed for contempt of court.

The High Court, Accra presided over by Dzakpasu J accordingly convicted the Applic…