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SARAH KANTON VS CAL BANK LTD & 2 ORS

June 6, 2019

HIGH COURT

GHANA

CORAM

  • JUSTICE NICHOLAS M. C. ABODAKPI J.

Areas of Law

  • Civil Procedure

AI Generated Summary

This High Court ruling by Justice Nicholas M. C. Abodakpi addresses CAL Bank Ltd’s motion to strike out the pleadings in a fresh suit filed by Sarah Kanton on 22/06/2018. Kanton sought a declaration that a prior 16/06/2010 High Court order dismissing her interpleader claim—concerning House No. 203, Konigs Street, Accra—was a nullity for breach of audi alteram partem and asked to stop a scheduled auction. CAL Bank, referencing its 2008 judgment against Edmund Agyapong Bossman and EKAB Engineering, detailed Kanton’s repeated litigation since 2010: multiple suits, applications, and appeals, many dismissed, struck out, or discontinued, all targeting the 2010 decision. Applying res judicata and the Henderson v Henderson rule, and relying on Ghanaian Supreme Court authorities and English precedents, the court found that the natural justice issues had been conclusively determined and that none of the prior decisions were pending review or appeal. It held the fresh action barred and abusive under Order 11 Rule 18(1)(d), and awarded GH¢8,000 costs to CAL Bank.

RULING