A Justice of the High Court, Justice Paul Uuter Dery, has taken his fight to block the airing of the video on his alleged taking of a bribe to the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
Aside from suing the producers of the video, Tiger Eye PI, as well as the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General, his latest move is to stop the AICC from using its venue to screen the said video on September 22 and 23, 2015.
In pursuit of this, counsel for Justice Dery, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, Wednesday issued a writ of summons directed at the Director of Estates and General Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Chief Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Manager of the AICC and the Attorney-General.
The video has been scheduled for screening at the AICC on September 22 and 23, 2015, but Mr Dery wants the screening to be halted until his case with the private investigation entity, owned by ace undercover agent, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was settled.
According to the applicant, he would suffer prejudice and irreparable damage if the respondents were not restrained and his suit succeeded in the long run.
Reliefs sought
In this latest application, Justice Dery is seeking “a declaration that the intended public screening of the contents of the audio-visual recordings to the public by Tiger Eye PI at the AICC is prejudicial to the plaintiff’s right to a fair hearing”.
He is also seeking an order to restrain the defendants and their agents from making the AICC available for the intended public screening of the said video.
Grounds
Setting out a number of grounds for filing the motion, the applicant stated, among other issues, that “the confidentiality attached to the impeachment proceedings should also extend to documents and other relevant materials employed or to be employed in the proceedings.
“It would be just, fair and convenient for this honourable court to restrain the respondent, its assigns, privies and agents from carrying out its intended public screening of the alleged evidence contained in audio-visual recordings at the Accra International Conference Centre on September 22 and 23, 2015 at 8 p.m., part of the subject matter of this suit, until the final determination of the suit.”
Justice Dery contends he has established there is a serious question to be tried or a right to be protected.
His lawyer intends to rely on 36 legal authorities to make a case for him.
– Source: graphic.com.gh
