The Court of Appeal constituted by the learned Judicial Secretary, Cyra Pamela Koranteng J.A (Presiding), Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe J.A and the respected Kweku Ackaah-Boafo J.A dismissed some of the grounds of appeal filed by Mr. Adu Gyamfi against the High Court decision in a contempt application brought before it against the Member of Parliament of North North Tongu, Hon. Smuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.

The court in a terse ruling gave an exposition of the procedural rules as contained in C.I 19 which cover the requirements for the canvassing of grounds and presentation of same in a notice of appeal, the base document attacking the High Court's ruling on the contempt application.

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In its reliance on some decided cases, the Appellate court upheld the arguments as contained in the application brought by the learned Thaddeus Sory who enjoyed the company of his partner, the learned Nuhela Seidu. The Court however was open to hang it's future judgement or otherwise on any further grounds upon which the Appeal is being prosecuted by the applicant through his lawyers, the respected and relatively young but bold Bobby Banson who enjoyed the company of the learned Emanuel Gyan in Court today. ⁠

Despite the offer of the cost of GH¢2000 by lawyers for Mr. Adu Gyamfi in response to the request of GH¢5000 by Counsel for the Honourable Member of Parliament, the Court as if to tow the median of the sums requested from both end ordered cost of GH¢3000 https://www.instagram.com/p/C8O0l3Gi5gP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Preliminary objection against reconstitution of Panel

In a well written ruling read by the calm and poised looking Ackaah-Boafo J.A, the Court rejected arguments canvassed by Mr. Sory against the reconstitution of the panel which was early on Presided by Dzamefe J.S.C.

The court appeared to lean on the arguments proffered by the learned Bobby Banson with his reliance on the famous Tsatsu Tsikata v Attorney-General Case (Judicial bias case). As characteristic of his judicial analysis, Ackaah-Boafo J.A invited listeners of the packed Court of Appeal Chamber into English, Canadian and American jurisprudential perspectives of judicial bias and the objection to same.