REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE LANDS COMMISSION (VANDERPUYE ORGLE ESTATES LTD, INTERESTED PARTY) [1995-96] 1 GLR 208-226

Chieftaincy—Chief—Destoolment—Disposition of stool land—Effect of destoolment of chief after grant—NAK II de jure and de facto chief of James Town—Respondent purchasing tract of stool from NAK II and stool elders—Land duly registered by Lands Commission—NAK II subsequently destooled—Successor to NAK II confirming grant to respondent for valuable consideration—Whether destoolment of NAK II invalidating grant to respondent—Whether Lands Commission competent to declare sale a nullity and expunge it from its records.

Land law and conveyancing—Sale of land—Litigation against vendor commenced after sale—Effect on sale—Purchaser of land unaffected by litigation against vendor initiated after conclusion of sale—Sale of stool land to respondent by NAK II, chief of James Town, and stool elders—Installation of NAK II subsequently declared null and void—Whether destoolment invalidating sale.