[2020]DLHC8150 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">GHANA NATIONAL GAS COMPANY LTD </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(RESPONDENT)</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">EX PARTE: KINGS CITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(APPLICANT)</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <span style="color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">[LAND COMMISSION -</span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">INTERESTED PARTY</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">] <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">SUIT NO. GJ/1535/2019 DATE: 13<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">COUNSEL:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">EYRAM KOJO AKYEA-ANSAH, ESQ., </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#0F0F0F">(BEING LED </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">BY KWAME</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.05pt;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;tab-stops:114.6pt 6.0cm 286.65pt 337.4pt 398.95pt 439.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">AMANKWAH-TWUM) OF LANDMARK LEGAL, ASYLUM DOWN, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:165%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#212123">ABUBAKARI<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>NUHU,<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>ESQ.,<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>LEGAL<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>DEPARTMENT,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#0F0F0F">LANDS<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">C<span style="letter-spacing:-2.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">OM</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.6pt"> </span>M<span style="letter-spacing:-2.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">ISSIO</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>N</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#494949">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#212123">ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR THE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#0F0F0F">INTERESTED<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">PARTY</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:.2pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:165%;tab-stops:389.85pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">ERNEST KUSI, ESQ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#494949">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#0F0F0F">(HOLDING </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#212123">BRIEF FOR NII ODOI ADOTEI, ESQ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#494949">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#0F0F0F">) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#212123">OF AFRICA LEGAL ASSOCIATES, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#0F0F0F">LABONE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#383838">-ACCRA, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#212123">COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:90%">JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B">This </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#181818">is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#2A2A2B">an application for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#181818; mso-font-width:105%">judicial review </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B;letter-spacing:-.15pt; mso-font-width:105%">fil</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#424246;letter-spacing:-.15pt; mso-font-width:105%">e</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B;letter-spacing:-.15pt; mso-font-width:105%">d </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B;mso-font-width:105%">by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#181818; mso-font-width:105%">the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#2A2A2B;mso-font-width:105%">Applicant </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#181818; mso-font-width:105%">for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#424246;letter-spacing:.4pt;mso-font-width: 105%">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#2A2A2B;letter-spacing:.4pt;mso-font-width:105%">n </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#424246; letter-spacing:.5pt;mso-font-width:108%">o</span><span lang="EN-US" style="fon