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Circuit Court

The Circuit Court has jurisdiction in civil actions. However, there are restrictions on most of its values. It also has jurisdiction in all criminal matters other than treason and offenses punishable by death. Furthermore, it has jurisdiction in matters involving custody of children. Circuit Courts are located in the regional and some district capitals of Ghana.

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September 2025
Manu and Another v Gyapong and Another (E1//HCKO/184/2023) [2025] GHACC 44 (16 September 2025)
Plaintiff failed to prove title to customary family land; defendants’ ownership and possession upheld; claim dismissed.
Family/customary land – declaration of title – burden of proof on plaintiff; customary grants and gifts of family land; long possession as evidence of ownership; compensation for reclamation not establishing transfer absent family consent.
 16 September 2025
Mensah v Rockson (C5/17/2025) [2025] GHACC 67 (12 September 2025)
Petitioner granted annulment where marriage unconsummated; court accepted unchallenged evidence after respondent’s absence.
Matrimonial Causes Act — Voidable marriage — Non-consummation (s.13(2)(a)) — Burden of proof: preponderance of probabilities — Acceptance of unchallenged evidence where respondent duly served but absent — Decree of annulment and cancellation of marriage certificate.
 12 September 2025
Republic vrs. Anderson (D4/014/24) [2025] GHACC 86 (12 September 2025)
Accused convicted of stealing employer’s vehicle; confession corroborated, sentenced to nine years and ordered to refund vehicle value.

Criminal law – Stealing (Act 29) – elements: appropriation, dishonesty, non-ownership; Admissibility and corroboration of caution/confession statement; Afterthought defence and credibility; Sentencing – deterrence and restitution under s147B Act 30.

 12 September 2025
Kodie v Kodie (C5/09/2025) [2025] GHACC 72 (5 September 2025)
Marriage dissolved for irreconcilable differences despite petitioner failing to prove adultery or unreasonable behaviour.
Matrimonial Causes Act — breakdown beyond reconciliation — section 2(1)(f) — burden and standard of proof in divorce petitions — allegations of adultery and unreasonable behaviour must be proved on balance of probabilities — adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment — cancellation of marriage certificate.
 5 September 2025