[ 2012-04-25 ]

The embattled Alfred Agbesi Woyome

Court adjourns Woyome’s case
The Commercial Court in Accra hearing the suit
brought against Alfred Agbesi Woyome, on Tuesday
adjourned the case.

This is to allow the Appeal Court to determine an
application filed by lawyers of Woyome against its
earlier ruling to let the Attorney General (AG) to
amend its motion.

The court said it could not proceed further on the
matter until the determination of the appeal file
by lawyers of Woyome at the Appeal Court.

It also directed the parties involved in the case
to brief the court on the appeal process on May
15.

The lawyers of Woyome on April 3, announced that
they had filed a motion at the Appeal Court asking
the Commercial Court to stay proceedings until the
determination of the case on April 18.

The Appeal Court adjourned the case sine die
because both parties had not been served with
copies of the applications for them to file their
responses.

Meanwhile, the AG has told the Commercial Court
that it had filed an application challenging the
various costs awarded against it.

The court asked the AG to move the motion, and ut
subsequently adjourned the case to April 30.

On January 16, this year, the former Attorney
General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin A.B.K.
Amidu, filed an affidavit to amend an earlier
writ, praying the court to set aside a consent
judgment awarded to Woyome, which the A-G alleged
was procured through fraud.

He said new information had come to the AG's
attention, and that required an amendment to the
writ of summons and statement of claim filed on
August 18, 2010.

Mr Amidu in his amended writ said it had come to
the AG's attention that Woyome lacked the legal
capacity to maintain his claim against the A-G.

This was because there was no contract between
Woyome and the Government of Ghana upon which
Woyome could have maintained any cause of action
in the suit.

Source - Joy News

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