The Accra High Court (Land Division) has granted an interlocutory injunction in favour of Panbros Salt Industries Limited in a long-running land dispute at McCarthy Hill, restraining the plaintiffs from entering, developing, or granting any interest in the contested property.
Delivering his ruling on Friday, November 21, 2025, Justice William Boampong held that the activities being complained of by the Defendant/Applicant (Panbros Salt) posed a threat to the land and to the company’s operations, and therefore required immediate judicial intervention.
Panbros Salt Limited had argued in court that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the land, obtained through a 1966 lease, consolidated in 2011 into a 99-year lease covering 2309.590 acres.
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The company stressed that it has been mining salt on the land in uninterrupted physical possession for over 56 years.
It further alleged that while the case was pending, the plaintiffs had been forcibly entering the property… depositing laterite and altering the topography, a claim it supported with photographs tendered as Exhibit E.
Panbros claimed these activities exposed the land to flooding and threatened its salt mining operations.
The first plaintiff, Tang Wei, denied carrying out any such works, stating: “I have not engaged in any of the alleged activities on the disputed land, so I cannot be said to be altering the topography.”
He insisted the works attributed to him were being undertaken by Empire Cement Ghana Ltd., which is not a party to this action.
However, the second plaintiff, Nii Adam Kwartei Quartey, contradicted this position, telling the court: “The activities of the 1st Plaintiff complained of by the Defendant are without foundation as same is being carried out at my behest with my authorization and consent.”
He added that the land is being filled to alleviate the perennial flooding on the plaintiffs’ land.
Justice Boampong described the plaintiffs’ conflicting accounts as revealing an attempt by the first plaintiff to escape the sanctions of an injunction order”
After reviewing the affidavits, the court held that Panbros Salt remained in undisputed possession of the land and deserved protection pending final determination of the suit.
“Since the Plaintiffs have not disputed the Defendants’ occupation of the disputed land, I would grant this application as prayed and restrain the Plaintiffs from entry of disputed land to carry out any form of activity whatsoever.”
The court further restrained both sides from granting any interest in the land to third parties during the pendency of the case. In addition, the court awarded GH₵10,000 cost against the 1st Plaintiff.