Court throws out Receiver’s injunction application against uniBank arbitration process

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Jennifer Dadzie has dismissed an injunction application filed by the Receiver appointed to liquidate uniBank, by which he sought to halt an arbitration hearing with the shareholders of the bank.

On Friday, 12 June 2020, the court dismissed the Receiver’s application to injunct the parties from obeying the court’s order, saying the parties should go for arbitration, which the Receiver himself had earlier opted for.

The Receiver appointed to liquidate uniBank filed the injunction in June last year.

The lawyers for Nii Amanor Dodoo of accounting firm KPMG, prayed the court to also make a determination on the previous ruling which directed the case for arbitration.

Mr Dodoo referred the matter to court after the owners of uniBank sought to challenge the bank’s liquidation by Bank of Ghana.

Meanwhile, an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Philip Bright Mensah, a Court of Appeal Judge who sat with additional responsibility as a High Court Judge, in May ordered state prosecutors to furnish the defence team in the case of the Republic versus Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight (8) others with all the documents they intend to rely on in the trial by 15 June 2020, in line with directions of the Chief Justice.

On 21 May 2020, Justice Philip Bright Mensah adjourned sitting to 18 June 2020 for the case to take its natural cause.

Legal Representation

The State was represented by Gloria Akuffo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice; Yvonne Atakora Obuabisa, Director of Public Prosecution; Stella Ohene Appiah, Winifred Sarpong, and Richard Gyembibi, all Principal State Attorneys, as well as Hilda Craig and Penninah Danquah, Senior State Attorneys.

The accused persons were represented as follows: Dr Dominic Ayine for the 1st and 2nd accused persons; Simon Animley, holding the brief of Fred Dotse for the 3rd accused person; Charles Puozuing for the 4th accused person, Paul Abariga for 5th accused person, George Aborgah for the 7th accused person, Nana Agyei Baffour for the 8th accused person, Godwin Tameklo for 6th and 9th accused persons.