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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
12 December 2023
12 December 2023
12 December 2023
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11 December 2023
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A respondent's false complaint inducing police entrapment establishes malicious prosecution and liability for the applicant.
Malicious prosecution – instigation by false complaint to police – procurement and entrapment – absence of reasonable and probable cause – malice inferred – damages for reputational injury and loss of earnings; media freedom balanced against misuse of criminal process.
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Plaintiff awarded replacement value and general damages for vehicle destroyed by negligent driving; special damages not strictly proved.
Negligence — road traffic accident — unsafe overtaking, speed and brake failure; vicarious liability of employer for servant’s negligence; requirement to strictly prove special damages; proof that vehicle was beyond economic repair entitles owner to replacement value; evidential weight of police accident reports.
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
6 December 2023
6 December 2023
6 December 2023
6 December 2023
Court accepted guilty plea to murder post-amendment and convicted and sentenced the accused to life imprisonment.
Criminal law — Murder — Effect of Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act 1101 (2023) replacing death penalty with life imprisonment; acceptance of guilty pleas in murder trials; Section 199(5) Act 30 and its inapplicability post-amendment; requirements for voluntary, informed guilty plea (legal representation and interpreter).
6 December 2023
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
4 December 2023
4 December 2023
4 December 2023
4 December 2023
4 December 2023
4 December 2023
November 2023
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