{"id":335253,"date":"2011-03-24T14:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/appeals-court-quashes-high-court-ruling-over-mabey-and-johnson-probe\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:26:17","slug":"appeals-court-quashes-high-court-ruling-over-mabey-and-johnson-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/appeals-court-quashes-high-court-ruling-over-mabey-and-johnson-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court quashes High Court ruling over Mabey and Johnson probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n<!-- Prova Advanced Social Bookmarker Plugin version 2.2 http:\/\/prova.com --> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/86a38072020x20234.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>The Court of Appeal has set aside the ruling of the of the High Court  (Human Rights Division) of June 11, 2010, prohibiting the Commission on  Human Rights and Administrative Justice from investigating the Mabey and  Johnson bribery allegations.<\/p>\n<p>CHRAJ had barely initiated  investigations into claims by the UK-based construction firm that it had  paid bribes to government officials in a number of African countries it  had operations, including Ghana. However a ruling by the High Court  stopped the commission from making further progress.<\/p>\n<p>The High  Court\u2019s ruling followed an application by Messrs Kwame Peprah, Alhaji  Baba Kamara, Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, Alhaji Amadu Seidu,  Brigadier-General Lord Attivor and Dr Ato Quarshie who were alleged to  have been compromised during Mabey &#038; Johnson Limited\u2019s operations in  Ghana between 1993 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>They have denied any wrongdoing,  and in their application for judicial review, the six prayed the court  to issue an order of prohibition to prevent CHRAJ from conducting any  further hearing into the allegation because its then Commissioner,  Justice Francis Emile Short, had made comments they said were  prejudicial and predisposed him as a biased arbiter in the case when he  appeared on a Metro TV programme.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court upheld their application and slammed the commission from investigating the case.<\/p>\n<p>But  the Commission, per a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations  Unit, Mrs Comfort Edu, expressed dissatisfaction in the court\u2019s ruling  and proceeded to the Court of Appeal for redress.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1f52f821index.php_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Court of Appeal has set aside the ruling of the of the High Court (Human Rights Division) of June 11, 2010, prohibiting the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice from investigating the Mabey and Johnson bribery allegations. 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