ENI withdraws motion for special leave to appeal against Court of Appeal ruling
The applicant took a cue from the bench following the court’s dismissal of the motion in July this year.
ENI Ghana Exploration and Production Limited has withdrawn a motion filed at the Supreme Court seeking leave to appeal against a May 30, 2022 ruling of the Court of Appeal.
The applicant took a cue from the bench following the court’s dismissal of the motion in July this year.
On July 27, the Supreme Court dismissed a motion for special leave filed by ENI Ghana to appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal.
According to the apex court, the applicant failed to raise any convincing point in its motion to seek leave.
ENI Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd filed a motion for special leave to appeal against the May 30, 2022 ruling of the Court of Appeal per article 131(1) of the 1992 Constitution.
However, the panel presided over by the Chief Justice, His Lordship Kwasi Anin Yeboah, dismissed the application and duly awarded a cost of GHC30,000 against ENI.
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The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by ENI and Vitol Ghana Exploration and Production Limited and Vitol Upstream Ghana Ltd. which sought to set aside an order by the High Court for 30% of all funds, revenue, and monies accruing from the exploration and production of petroleum to be preserved in an escrow account.
This stemmed from a June 2021 order by Justice Mariama Sammo in an action instituted by Springfield Exploration and Production Limited against ENI and Vitol
ENI and Vitol had gone to the Court of Appeal seeking to reverse and set aside the June 2021 order but the court, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal describing it as unmeritorious, and awarded a cost of GH₵10,000 against ENI and Vitol.
On Tuesday, November 1, when the case was called, counsel for ENI, Kwasi Danso communicated his side’s notice of intention to withdraw the motion.
After being granted leave by the court, he so moved for the withdrawal.
The court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, granted the same and struck out the suit as withdrawn and awarded a cost of GHC 15, 000 against the applicant accordingly.
