CONCLUDED
CASES.
Cases that have ended, and what the courts decided.
CONCLUDED MATTERS
Democracy Hub v NDC, Electoral Commission & Attorney-General
We asked the High Court to halt the Ayawaso East by-election over vote-buying in the NDC primary. The court struck the suit out on procedural grounds without hearing the evidence.
Justice Agyenim-Boateng upheld the NDC’s preliminary objection and struck the suit out as incompetent, holding that it should have been brought by application rather than by writ. The vote-buying evidence was not examined. The by-election went ahead the next day.
- 16 Feb 2026FiledSuit and injunction application filed
- 2 Mar 2026RulingSuit struck out on a preliminary objection
The 2024 Democracy Hub protest prosecutions
53 protesters arrested during our 2024 protests were charged. In January 2025 the Attorney-General dropped the case.
The Attorney-General filed a nolle prosequi, ending the prosecution of Oliver Barker-Vormawor and the other protesters.
- 21 Sep 2024UpdateArrests begin on day one of the protest
- September 2024Hearing53 protesters arraigned
- 16 Oct 2024OrderOliver Barker-Vormawor granted bail
Appiagyei-Atua & 7 Others v Attorney-General
With seven other plaintiffs, we asked the Supreme Court to strike down the law that let the President suspend fundamental rights. The Court declared it unconstitutional and void.
A seven-judge panel of the Supreme Court declared the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 unconstitutional, null and void. The Court held that Article 21(4) limits rights in normal times and is not a power to suspend them, and that emergency powers must follow Articles 31 and 32, with a proclamation and oversight by Parliament.
- 2022FiledWrit filed by eight plaintiffs
- 31 May 2023JudgmentSupreme Court strikes down Act 1012
The Republic v High Court, ex parte the Conveners of #FixTheCountry
The Supreme Court quashed the High Court order that had banned the #FixTheCountry protest indefinitely.
A five-judge panel held that the High Court judge exceeded her jurisdiction, that an ex parte order cannot last more than ten days, and quashed the indefinite ban. It declined to issue an order restraining the police.
- 6 May 2021OrderHigh Court bans the protest
- 8 Jun 2021JudgmentSupreme Court rules
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