<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>Ackaah-Boafo, JA</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>i.</strong> <strong>Overview:</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>[1]</strong> My Lords, the Latin maxim <em>ex turpi causa non oritur actio</em> translates to &quot;no action arises from a dishonourable cause.&quot; This principle was articulated by Lord Mansfield in <strong><em>Holman v. Johnson</em> (1775), 98 E.R. 1120, at p. 1121</strong>, where he stated:</p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify">&quot;No court will assist a claimant whose cause of action is founded upon an immoral or illegal act. If, from the Plaintiff&#x27;s own account or otherwise, it is evident that the claim arises <em>ex turpi causa</em>—that is, from wrongdoing or a violation of the law—the court will refuse to provide relief. This is not done to benefit the Defendant, but rather because the court will not support a Plaintiff engaged in unlawful conduct.&quot;</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify">I shall later speak to the quote above in considering the merits or otherwise of this appeal.</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>[2]</strong> The instant appeal arises from the judgment of the High Court in Accra, dated April 13, 2021, and composed of Owusu-Ofori J (as he then was). The High Court found that the Plaintiff/Appellant company h…</p>