MONICA GEZINA COWING & ANOTHER VS GROUP FIVE POWER INTERNATIONAL (PTY) LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)
January 31, 2023
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
- HER LADYSHIP, JANE HARRIET AKWELEY QUAYE (MRS.)
Areas of Law
- Corporate Law
January 31, 2023
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
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Counsel for Applicants in this matter prays the Court to recognize Foreign Liquidation proceedings currently going on in South Africa relating to Group Five Power International (Pty) Limited pursuant to Order 19 Rules 1 & 2 of C.I. 47, Section 152 and the Schedule to Act 1015 which is the Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring Act, 2020. Having heard submissions by Counsel for Applicants and having read the Affidavit in Support filed on behalf of the Joint Liquidators for the said order, the Court hereby grants the said application. Subsequently, the Court also grants the ancillatory orders that are included in the orders and which can be found on the face of the Motion Paper filed in this Court on the 14th of April.
(SGD.)
H/L JANE HARRIET AKWELEY QUAYE (MRS.)
(JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT)
R.A.
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In an application before the Ghana High Court, counsel for the applicants sought recognition of foreign liquidation proceedings ongoing in South Africa concerning Group Five Power International (Pty) Limited. The application invoked Order 19 Rules 1 and 2 of C.I. 47 and Section 152 with the Schedule to the Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015). After considering counsel’s submissions and the affidavit filed on behalf of the Joint Liquidators, Her Ladyship Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye (Mrs.), Justice of the High Court, granted the application. The Court also granted ancillary relief as requested and reflected on the face of the motion paper filed on 14 April. The order recognizes the foreign insolvency proceedings and authorizes related ancillary measures in Ghana under the stated statutory and procedural bases.