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The Supreme Court awarded an amount of 6,000.00 GHc to Alfred Agesi Woyome, a businessman struggling with financial difficulties, in the case of 51.2 million GHC debt.
It was after a three-member jury chaired by Judge Julius Ansah had dismissed a petition for review filed by Woyome's lawyers in order to overturn the decision of a single judge.
Woyome's application for review challenged the decision of Judge A.A. Benin.
Judge Benin rejected Woyome's lawyer's objection that the case against his client should have been brought before the High Court to give them an opportunity to appeal their case.
But the review panel, in a unanimous decision, rejected the applications.
Deputy Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame had, in the past, urged the court to award costs to the state to individuals and lawyers who appear with "frivolous" deterrence claims.
Subsequently, Mr. Dame asked the court to award 10,000 GHc to the cost, against Mr. Woyome, who had lost the claim.
Stephen Sowah Charway, who represented the case of Osafo Buabeng, counsel for Woyome, requested the court to disregard the request for costs, finding that Mr. Woyome exercised his constitutional right to material.
When it was recalled that his client acting under his constitutional law could not be justified in rejecting the award of costs, Mr. Charway told the court that his client would offer 1,000.00 GHc.
Judge Yeboah, however, awarded an amount of 6,000.00 GHc against Woyome.
– Daily guide
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