Woyome v Republic of Ghana [2020] AfCHPR 40 (26 June 2020)
Court
African Court on Human and Peoples Rights
Judge
Orè P
The African Court dismissed Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s review application as inadmissible, finding the alleged new evidence was not new and made provisional measures moot.
The Supreme Court held that the application for review was filed after an unreasonable delay of one year and eleven months, which compounded the five-year period between filing suit and delivery of judgment without mention of the impugned letter. The letter dated 14th July 1998 was found suspect by both the trial Judge and the Court of Appeal due to lack of credible evidence regarding its source, absence of prior mention, and inconsistency with the bank's position. The appellant failed to demonstrate that the letter constituted new and important evidence not within his knowledge at the time o…