An (incomplete) attempt to arrange the cases by topic and make something like a casebook out of them is also available.
Scroll down to see links to all the cases (40 or so) which are on-line.
Questions, comments, or requests for other information: send email to duboisj@codeweavers.com
Topical Arrangement of Cases | HTML | PDF (text) |
Adjei.v.Appiagyei, (1958) 3 WALR 401. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Adjei.v.Grumah, [1982-83] GLR 985. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Ado.v.Wusu, 6 WAC 24, 1940 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Agbloe.v.Sappor, (1947) 12 WACA 187. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Aidoo.v.Adjei, [1976] 1 GLR 431. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Allotey.v.Abrahams, (1957) 3 WALR 280. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Amatei.v.Hammond, [1981] GLR 300. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Ameoda.v.Pordier, [1967] GLR 479. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
AttaPanyin.v.NanaAsani, [1977] 1 GLR 83. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Attah.v.Esson, [1976] 1 GLR 128. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Awortchie.v.Eshon, (1872) Sar. F.C.L. 170 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Awuah.v.Adututu, [1987-88] 2 GLR 191. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Baidoo.v.Osei, 2 WALR 289, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Bayaidee.v.Mensah, (1878) Sar. F.C.L. 171. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Bruce.v.Quarnor, [1959] GLR 292. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
BuduII.v.Caesar, [1959] GLR 410. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Buor.v.Bekoe, 2 WALR 289, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Dadzie.v.Kokofu, [1961] GLR 91. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Fiaklu.v.Adjiani, [1972] 2 GLR 209. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Ghassoub.v.Sasraku, [1961] GLR 496. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Golightly.v.Ashrifi, [1961] 1 G.L.R. 28. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Heyman.v.Attipoe, (1957) 3 WALR 86. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
JamesTown.v.Sempe, [1989-90] GLR 393. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Kakrah.v.Ampofoah, 1957 W.A.L.R. 303 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Komey.v.Korkor, 3 WALR 331, 1958 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Kotei.v.AsereStool, [1961] GLR 493 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Kuma.v.Kuma, 5 WAC 4, 1938 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Kwadwo.v.Sono, [1984-86] GLR 7. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Kwami.v.Quaynor, [1959] GLR 269 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Larbi.v.Cato, [1960] GLR 146. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Lokko.v.Konklofi, (1907) Ren. 450 (D.C. and F.C.) | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Mansu.v.Abboye, [1982-83] GLR 1313. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Mensah.v.Blow, [1967] G.L.R. 424 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Mensah.v.GCB, 2 W.A.L.R. 123, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Nana.HyeamanII.v.Osei, [1982-83] 1 GLR 495 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Ngmati.v.Adetsia, [1959] GLR 323 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Norquaye-Tetteh.v.Malm, [1959] GLR 368 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Nyaasemhwe.v.Afibiyesan, [1977] 1 G.L.R. 27 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Nyamekye.v.Ansah, [1989-90] 2 GLR 152. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Ohimen.v.Adjei, 2 WALR 275, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Robertson.v.NiiAkramahII, [1973] 1 GLR 445. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Saaka.v.Dahali, [1984-86] 2 GLR 774 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Schandorf.v.Zeini, [1976] 2 GLR 418. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Thompson.v.Mensah, 3 W.A.L.R. 240, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
TotalOil.v.Obeng, [1962] 1 GLR 229. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Wiapa.v.Solomon, (1905) Ren. 410 (F.C.) | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Yaw.v.Amobie, (1958) 3 WALR 406. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Yeboah.v.Kwakye, [1987-88] 2 GLR 50. | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
Yiboe.v.Duedu, 2 WALR 293, 1957 | TEXT | HTML | PDF (text) | PDF (image) |
The PDF(text) versions can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader and should be reasonably formatted, accurate versions of the files. They are much smaller than the PDF(image) versions, and it is possible to search for words in them and cut and paste editable text using them. These (like the TEXT versions) may contain errors, though. They have been created either by typing the cases in from photocopies by hand, or by using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to automatically read the text from the scanned images. Some have been more carefully proofread than others.
The TEXT versions contain only plain text (ASCII). They are the smallest files but have no formatting. (And some information, such as the occasional British Pound symbol (which cannot be represented in ASCII text on a computer) is lost in the TEXT versions.) These are generated automatically from the PDF(text) versions, and will contain all the errors which the PDF(text) versions have.
The HTML versions are also generated automatically and contain the same errors as the previous two.
The PDF(image) versions are the original scanned images. The cases were photocopied before they were scanned, and some of the images suffer accordingly. The PDF(image) versions are inconvenient because of their large file size and also because some of the photocopies are not easy to read. If there are errors in the other versions, the PDF(image) versions are hopefully accurate representations of what the pages in the source books actually look like.
NOTE: As of fall, 2004, the image pdfs are not on-line. the web-server hosting this site does not have room for them (for the most part they should be of less practical use than the other formats).
Photocopies were made at the University of Ghana Law Library in Legon, the Law Library at the Ghana Law School in Accra, and at the library of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Support provided by The Law Office of Joel M. Vecchio, P.C. and DFW Personal Injury Lawyer. The library staff of the University of Minnesota in the United States were generous in digitizing and emailing two cases which could not otherwise be located.
Questions or comments can be sent to duboisj@codeweavers.com. Notes about errors will be especially appreciated.