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High Court

The High Court is the third highest Court in the hierarchy of the Superior Courts. Judges who sit in the High Court are referred to as Justices of the High Court.

It is duly constituted by a single Judge, unless the Court is required to sit with jurors or assessors. It has original jurisdiction in all civil and criminal matters. It also has appellate jurisdiction in appeals from the District Court and criminal appeals from the Circuit Court. It has supervisory jurisdiction over all lower Courts in the country.

It has exclusive jurisdiction for the enforcement of the Fundamental Human Rights enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. It is located throughout the regional capitals in Ghana. 

Physical address
Judicial service of Ghana, P.O Box GP 119, Accra, Law court complex Accra, Tel: (+233) 0302-663951, 663954, 666671, Tel: (+233) 0302-748100, 748101, 748102
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Judgment date
December 2023
22 December 2023
Divorce granted; father awarded custody as child’s best interests favor stability; respondent’s abuse and alimony claims unproven.
Matrimonial causes – divorce on ground of breakdown beyond reconciliation; credibility of abuse allegations; child custody – best interests paramount; voluntary desertion and its effect on reliefs; refusal of alimony for lack of evidence.
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19 December 2023
Civil writ seeking to prosecute statutory procurement offences disclosed no cause of action and constituted abuse of court process.
* Civil procedure – Striking out pleadings – Order 11 r.18(1)(a) & (d) C.I.47 – pleadings that disclose no reasonable cause of action and abuse of process. * Company law – separate legal personality – when directors/officers are properly joined in personal capacity. * Public Procurement – alleged statutory contraventions that are offence-creating under the Act must be dealt with by criminal procedure (Act 30), not civil writ proceedings. * Abuse of process – improper use of civil machinery to seek remedies/prosecutions properly within criminal jurisdiction.
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Contempt application dismissed for failure to prove service, knowledge and willful disobedience beyond reasonable doubt.
Contempt of court – quasi‑criminal nature – proof beyond reasonable doubt required; service and knowledge of pending proceedings; registry search insufficient to prove service; interim injunction process must be complete to impose legal duty to respond.
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