Summary: The author considers the impact of the Supreme Court’s strained and narrow interpretation of the word “judgment” in Article 131 in Owusu v Addo on the pathways for appealing against decisions to the Supreme Court. As the decision provides, special leave is required in appealing against decisions not “judgments” from the Court of Appeal...
Introduction Grounds of appeal are the complaints in a judgment which touch upon issues of fact, law or procedure in a case, which if upheld will lead to an appeal being allowed. The grounds of appeal are the alleged errors of law or fact constituting the defects in the judgment and which are relied on...
The Supreme Court in Victoria Annang v Emoho & 4 Ors[1] has held that subject to a few exceptions, a party cannot raise a point of law for the first time on appeal. This case concerned parties to a lease agreement. The Plaintiff, granted a lease to S. Under the agreement, S was supposed to obtain the...