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Citation
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Judgment date
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| September 2025 |
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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.
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16 September 2025 |
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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.
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12 September 2025 |
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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
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12 September 2025 |
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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.
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5 September 2025 |
| August 2025 |
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Plaintiff awarded general damages for breach of vehicle lease; aggravated and unlawful-detention claims dismissed for insufficient evidence/double recovery.
Contract law – vehicle lease – summary judgment for liquidated sums upheld; breach established; unlawful detention not separately awarded to avoid double recovery; aggravated damages denied for lack of proof; general damages and costs awarded.
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26 August 2025 |
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A prior registered 99‑year lease and subsequent assignment prevail over a later family lease; defendant held a trespasser.
Land law – registered lease and assignment – priority of title – nemo dat quod non habet – effect of later family proceedings on prior purchaser – trespass – remedies: declaration, possession, perpetual injunction, nominal/general damages, costs.
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25 August 2025 |
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Accused convicted of unlawful entry and stealing; acquitted of causing unlawful damage.
Criminal law – Unlawful entry; Stealing – elements of appropriation and dishonest intent; weight of admissions and identification evidence; failure to prove causal identity for property damage; sentencing (penalty units and defaults).
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25 August 2025 |
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Marriage dissolved where parties lived apart two years; unreasonable-behaviour allegation unproven; settlement adopted as consent judgment.
Family Law – Matrimonial Causes Act – breakdown beyond reconciliation – separation for two continuous years – allegations of unreasonable behaviour must be proved with cogent evidence – adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment on ancillary reliefs.
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22 August 2025 |
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Petitioner proved marriage breakdown from adultery and unreasonable behaviour; divorce granted and settlement adopted as consent judgment.
Family law – Divorce – Breakdown beyond reconciliation – Adultery and unreasonable behaviour – Burden and standard of proof (preponderance of probabilities) – Admission of adultery as trustworthy evidence – Adoption of Terms of Settlement as consent judgment.
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15 August 2025 |
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Tenant liable for USD 90,500 rent arrears, unauthorized alterations breached lease; counterclaims dismissed, interest and damages awarded.
Landlord-tenant — unpaid rent — acceptance of liability — unauthorized structural alterations — breach of express tenancy covenants — counterclaims for remedial costs and alleged lost cash dismissed for lack of evidence and self-help breach — interest on foreign-currency debt at LIBOR — eviction obtained via Rent Control order.
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8 August 2025 |
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Plaintiff’s purchase proved; defendant’s occupation was permissive not adverse—title, injunction, rent account and costs awarded.
Land law – declaration of title – proof of sale and root of title – burden of proof – adverse possession and limitation – permissive occupation versus hostile possession – injunction and account of rents – costs.
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7 August 2025 |
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A voluntary cautioned confession can be preferred to inconsistent testimony to convict the accused of robbery; related harm charge expunged.
Criminal law – Robbery with offensive weapon – Admissibility and weight of investigation caution statement – Preference of confession over inconsistent oral testimony – Effect of complainant’s absence – Avoidance of double conviction for associated harm.
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4 August 2025 |
| July 2025 |
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Court found the marriage irretrievable, dissolved it, and adopted the parties' settlement on custody, access, schooling and shared maintenance.
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31 July 2025 |
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Accused convicted of assault and robbery on credible eyewitness and medical evidence; sentenced to concurrent term and ordered to pay restitution.
Criminal law — Assault and robbery — Burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt — Identification evidence and lighting conditions — Failed alibi — Sentence concurrent; restitution ordered.
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31 July 2025 |
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Accused convicted for causing harm but acquitted of indecent assault for lack of proof.
Criminal law – Causing harm – identification by eyewitness; burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt; Indecent assault – failure to prove ingredients; insufficiency of investigation; particulars of offence must align with evidence.
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29 July 2025 |
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Defilement proven but accused acquitted because prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Defilement – Elements: age, evidence of defilement, identity of perpetrator – Child witness evidence – Corroboration and caution in sexual offences – Circumstantial evidence – Failure to call material witnesses – Medical evidence not linking accused.
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24 July 2025 |
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Petitioner proved respondent’s controlling and abusive behaviour by a preponderance of probabilities; marriage dissolved, no costs.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) – Ground for divorce – Unreasonable behaviour (s.2(1)(b)) – Burden and standard of proof – Preponderance of probabilities – Single witness evidence – Respondent’s non‑appearance.
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23 July 2025 |
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Customary de-stooling rites do not justify assault; accused convicted for assault, acquitted on conspiracy and theft.
Criminal law – Assault (s.84 Act 29) – Assault without actual battery – Customary rites not a defence to criminal assault – Video corroboration of eyewitness testimony – Acquittal on conspiracy and stealing for insufficient proof – Sentencing by penalty units with default imprisonment.
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21 July 2025 |
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Divorce granted for respondent’s unreasonable behaviour; custody and maintenance matters deferred to Canadian courts.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) – Divorce – Ground of unreasonable behaviour (s.2(1)(b)) – Standard of proof by preponderance of probabilities – Effect of respondent’s non‑appearance – Jurisdictional/operative limits on making custody and maintenance orders where parties and children reside abroad.
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18 July 2025 |
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Marriage dissolved for unreasonable behaviour and irretrievable breakdown; custody to petitioner; respondent ordered to pay GH¢500 monthly.
Family law – Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) – Grounds for divorce: unreasonable behaviour (s.2(1)(b)) and inability to reconcile (s.2(1)(f)) – Standard of proof: preponderance of probabilities – Child custody and maintenance – Best interests of the child.
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18 July 2025 |
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The accused convicted of defilement on the basis of the victim's credible testimony and medical corroboration; sentenced to 12 years.
Criminal law – Defilement: proof of age, carnal knowledge and identity; competence and credibility of child witness; medical evidence as corroboration; circumstantial evidence; sentencing factors.
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16 July 2025 |
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Accused convicted for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretence; sentenced to concurrent 15‑year terms.
Criminal law – Charlatanic advertisement (s137 Act 29); Defrauding by false pretence (ss132–133/131 Act 29) – elements: representation, knowledge/absence of belief, intent to defraud and consent to part with money; Evidence – video/cyber report, chits, lights off, collaborators; Prima facie standard; Sentencing – aggravating factors (position of trust, premeditation, prior conviction) warranting custodial sentence.
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3 July 2025 |
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2 July 2025 |
| June 2025 |
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Accused convicted on seven counts of stealing; prosecution proved ownership, appropriation and dishonesty beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law — Stealing — Elements: ownership, appropriation, dishonest appropriation — Burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt — Weight of caution and charged statements — Credibility and prior inconsistent statements — Sentencing (concurrent five years IHL) — Restitution requires specific recovered quantities.
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30 June 2025 |
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An admission by the defendant’s grantor dispenses with proof and permits judgment for the plaintiff on the admitted land portion.
Civil procedure – appearance – conditional appearance not followed by steps to set aside service converts to unconditional appearance. Civil procedure – improper filing – non‑party defence filed without leave is struck out
Evidence – admissions – unequivocal admission by adversary or grantor dispenses with proof and permits judgment on admitted facts. Land law – trespass – recovery of possession, injunction and damages for trespass to admitted portion of land
Remedy – court may enter judgment in part limited to the area effectively admitted by the defendant/grantor
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27 June 2025 |
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Whether plaintiff may recover loss of rent and mesne profits for defendant's failure to complete leased building and wrongful occupation.
Land law – Lease/building contract – Covenanted obligation to complete two‑storey building – Breach by failure to complete top floor – Damages for loss of rent limited to the portion reserved to lessors – Mesne profits for wrongful occupation – Insufficiency of evidence to award cost of completion.
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23 June 2025 |
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Court dissolved marriage after finding respondent’s unreasonable behaviour caused breakdown; CCADR terms adopted as consent judgment.
Matrimonial Causes Act (Act 367) – Divorce – Breakdown beyond reconciliation – Unreasonable behaviour – Burden and standard of proof (preponderance of probabilities) – CCADR settlement adopted as consent judgment – Cancellation of marriage certificate – No order as to costs.
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20 June 2025 |
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The accused’s armed forcible entry made injury reasonably foreseeable, supporting an inference of intent and conviction for causing harm.
Criminal Law – Causing harm (s.69 Act 29) – Unlawful forcible entry – Bearing and using a matchet – Intention inferred under s.11(3) Act 29 – Acts subsequent to offence insufficient to rebut intent – Sentence and compensation awarded.
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20 June 2025 |
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Court found marriage irretrievably broken, dissolved it, and adopted the parties’ settlement on ancillary reliefs.
Family law – Divorce – Whether marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation – s.1(2), s.2(1)(f) Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 – standard of proof by preponderance of probabilities – adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment – ancillary reliefs – costs each party to bear own.
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13 June 2025 |
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Court found marriage broken beyond reconciliation, granted divorce, and adopted the parties' settlement on ancillary reliefs.
Family law – Divorce – Whether marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation – Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) sections 1(2) and 2(1)(f) – standard of proof in civil divorce proceedings – adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment – ancillary reliefs – costs.
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13 June 2025 |
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Accused convicted for unlawful control of narcotic drugs; confession and forensic report established possession and intent to traffic.
Narcotics law – Unlawful control/possession of narcotic drugs – Elements: custody and control, knowledge, trafficking – Forensic laboratory evidence – Voluntary caution/confession admissible and sufficient – Sentencing and destruction of exhibits.
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9 June 2025 |
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A spouse’s refusal to relocate was held to contribute to unreasonable behaviour and an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
Family law — Divorce under Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) — Breakdown beyond reconciliation — s.2(1)(b) unreasonable behaviour — refusal to relocate as ground — balance of probabilities standard — adoption of parties' terms of settlement as consent judgment.
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5 June 2025 |
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Prosecution failed to prove robbery; the accused convicted of stealing and assault and sentenced to concurrent six‑month terms.
Criminal law – Robbery – elements: force, harm or threat – inconsistencies and failure to tender material exhibit undermining robbery charge; reduction to lesser offence (stealing) under s154(2) Act 30; assault (assault and battery) – unlawful touching proven; weight of caution statement and credibility where unsworn statement contradicts sworn evidence; duty to call material witnesses for an alibi.
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4 June 2025 |
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4 June 2025 |
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Ordinary family members cannot eject relatives from ancestral property without proving ownership, authority, or necessity to sue.
Family property — presumption of collective ownership upon death of ancestor; capacity to sue in respect of family property — head of family rule, authorization or necessity; burden of proof in civil cases — preponderance of probabilities; eviction claims against family members.
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3 June 2025 |
| May 2025 |
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Plaintiff failed to prove title or identity of land; earlier judgment not binding; defendants in possession; claim dismissed.
Land law — declaration of title — identity of land and proof of root of title — site plan discrepancies and lack of search reports — res judicata not applicable where earlier judgment does not identify same land — possession as evidence of ownership — fraud allegation requires proof beyond reasonable doubt.
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29 May 2025 |
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Prosecution failed to prove the accused’s knowledge and intent to defraud; acquitted as transaction appeared contractual rather than criminal.
Criminal law – Defrauding by false pretences – Elements: false representation, knowledge of falsity and intent to defraud – Burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt – Distinction between contractual dispute and criminal fraud.
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29 May 2025 |
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Applicant failed to prove title; respondent’s long possession and demarcation prevailed; claim dismissed.
Land law – declaration of title – civil standard of proof (preponderance of probabilities) – burden to prove root of title, mode of acquisition and acts of possession – demarcation and long possession as evidentiary factors – locus visit and committee demarcation evidence – costs awarded.
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28 May 2025 |
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A writ issued by a purported attorney without proof of authority is a nullity and the plaintiff’s action was struck out.
Civil procedure – Capacity to sue – Authority of attorney – Power of attorney must be established before issuance of writ – Writ issued by purported attorney without proof of authority is nullity – Merits cannot be considered where capacity is in issue.
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26 May 2025 |
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Pleadings alleging co‑beneficiaries removed estate chattels disclosed a reasonable cause of action; strike‑out dismissed.
Civil procedure – strike out (Order 11 r18 CI 47) – whether pleadings disclose a reasonable cause of action; intermeddling in an estate – civil remedy versus criminal prosecution; burden of proof where criminal allegation arises in civil proceedings; beneficiaries’ rights in household chattels
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22 May 2025 |
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Accused convicted in absentia for possession of cannabis after prosecution proved possession and knowledge; fined or imprisoned.
Criminal law – Narcotics – Possession of cannabis – Proof of possession, knowledge of presence and nature – Burden on accused to show lawful authority – Conviction in absentia where accused absconds (Article 19(3)).
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21 May 2025 |
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Accused convicted of conspiracy and stealing (23 cattle); contradictions in his evidence and admissions justified conviction, concurrent 3‑year IHL and restitution GH¢161,000.
Criminal law – Conspiracy to steal and stealing – Burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt – Material witness rule – Effect of contradictions between sworn evidence and prior statements – Conviction for proven quantity where charged amount differs.
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20 May 2025 |
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Court dissolved the marriage, finding it broken down beyond reconciliation and awarding custody and maintenance to the respondent.
Matrimonial Causes Act (Act 367) – Divorce – Breakdown beyond reconciliation – Unreasonable behaviour – Burden of proof and standard (preponderance of probabilities) – Single witness evidence – Custody and maintenance – Enforcement of consent terms as judgment.
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16 May 2025 |
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Court found the marriage irretrievably broken, granted divorce and adopted the parties’ ancillary settlement as consent judgment.
Matrimonial law – Divorce – Breakdown beyond reconciliation – Section 1 and 2(1)(f) Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 – Standard of proof: balance of probabilities – Unreasonable behaviour/failed reconciliation – Adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment on ancillary reliefs.
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16 May 2025 |
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Accused convicted for threatening death and unlawful possession of a firearm after prosecution proved both offences beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Threat of death (s.75 Act 29) – words sufficient to create fear; Evidence – burden of proof on prosecution; Firearms – possession in premises shifts burden to accused under s.11 NRCD 9; Admissibility and credibility of witnesses.
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14 May 2025 |
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Divorce granted based on five years’ continuous separation despite unproven adultery and unreasonable behaviour allegations.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 – sole ground for divorce is breakdown beyond reconciliation – five years’ continuous non‑cohabitation (s.2(1)(e)) sufficient; adultery and unreasonable behaviour – burden and standard of proof; consent settlement on ancillary reliefs adopted as consent judgment.
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9 May 2025 |
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Marriage dissolved for irretrievable breakdown; respondent granted custody, compensation, maintenance and vehicle in trust for children.
Family law – Divorce: breakdown beyond reconciliation; custodial rights; maintenance; marital property – preservation for children or equal division; loan characterization and interest; compensation award.
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5 May 2025 |
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Divorce granted for unreasonable behaviour; custody to mother; petitioner ordered to pay GH¢400 monthly and meet school/medical expenses.
Matrimonial Causes Act — divorce: breakdown beyond reconciliation — unreasonable behaviour established by evidence of neglect, late returns, sale of matrimonial property and departure with child; adultery alleged but not proved
Children’s Act — custody and maintenance: best interest of the child paramount; parent’s duty to maintain; orders for monthly maintenance and educational/medical expenses
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2 May 2025 |
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Plaintiff failed to prove lawful title; defendant established beneficial ownership and possession, so claim dismissed and injunction granted.
Land law — declaration of title — burden of proof in actions for title; validity of conveyance where vendor lacked authority; beneficial ownership and overt acts of possession; trespass, laches and limitation.
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2 May 2025 |
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Marriage dissolved after five years' separation and failed reconciliation; custody and GH¢750 monthly maintenance awarded.
Family law – Matrimonial Causes Act (Act 367) – divorce grounds: unreasonable behaviour; five years’ continuous separation; failure to reconcile – burden of proof by preponderance – custody and maintenance orders – consent settlement of ancillary reliefs.
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2 May 2025 |
