ASHONG v. ASHONG [1967] GLR 135-143

Husband and wife—Maintenance—Jurisdiction—Application by wife based on English Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950—Whether Order 55, r. 1 of L.N.140 A excluded the English Act of 1950 such that the 1937 Act determined the law and practice in Ghana—Whether the 1950 Act being the law for the time being in force in England was automatically in force in Ghana—Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4 (1951 Rev.), s.17—Courts Decree, 1966 (N.L.C. D.84), para. 93—Matrimonial  Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57)—Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 23—Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), Order 55, r.1.

