SALOMEY KORANTEMAA AMPADU V. ALEXANDER KWABENA AMPADU

JUDGMENT

DR ERNEST OWUSU-DAPAA JA:

INTRODUCTION

1. MY LORDS, this appeal arises from the judgment of the High Court,  Amasaman, delivered on 5th May 2023 in a matrimonial cause between  the parties. The customary marriage celebrated in 1987 was dissolved  by the trial court. That aspect of the judgment has not been placed in  issue before us. The appeal is directed solely at the ancillary orders  relating to property settlement and possession. 

2. The appeal is by way of rehearing. This Court is therefore obliged to  reconsider the evidence on record—pleadings, witness statements, oral  testimony, and cross-examination—and to arrive at its own conclusions,  while giving due respect to the advantage enjoyed by the trial judge in  seeing and hearing the witnesses. Where, however, the trial court’s  reasoning is deficient or opaque, appellate intervention is warranted. 

3. The real controversy in this appeal concerns the treatment of the  matrimonial home and related property interests follow…