CCW LIMITED vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY [2019]DLSC6574

Date	2019-07-03
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/21/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC6574

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

PWAMANG JS

TONY LITHUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

GRACE EWOAL PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLSC6574
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CCW LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. J4/21/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 3RD JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>TONY LITHUR FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GRACE EWOAL, PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH
JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, PWAMANG JS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>DINYIRA (MRS.), JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 13th
June, 2018. The main issue in the appeal is whether, on the facts of this case,
the decision of the High Court dated 27th July, 2017 granting leave
to the appellant to levy execution against the respondent for the sum of USD9,
201, 815.29 as foreign exchange losses resulting from delay in the satisfaction
of judgment obtained by the appellant on 13th February, 2008 is a
final order or an interlocutory one. We have given serious consideration to the
submissions contained in the written briefs of the parties and read closely the
judgment of the Court of Appeal. The well-settled method for determining the
final or interlocutory nature of court decisions in Ghana is the nature of the
order approach and that is the one the Court of Appeal applied in this case. We
are in agreement with the Court of Appeal that, upon a proper application of
the nature of the order approach to the facts of this case, the obvious
conclusion is that the decision of the High Court was a final order. In the
circumstances, we have decided not to disturb the judgment of the Court of
Appeal but to affirm same. Consequently, the appeal fails and is hereby dismissed.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
S. O. A. ADINYIRA (MRS)<o:p></o:p>(JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)<o:p></o:p>DOTSE, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>I
agree with the conclusion and reasoning of my sister Adinyira (Mrs.), JSC.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
V. J. M. DOTSE<o:p></o:p>(JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)<o:p></o:p>YEBOAH, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>I
agree with the conclusion and reasoning of my sister Adinyira (Mrs.), JSC.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ANIN
YEBOAH<o:p></o:p>(JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)<o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>I
agree with the conclusion and reasoning of my sister Adinyira (Mrs.), JSC.<o:p></o:p>