The case between the Vehicle Embossment Manufacturers Association of Ghana (VEMAG) and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been adjourned to February 13, 2026, following the joinder company's absence in court on Friday.

When the case was called on Friday, February 6, the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Isaac Addo, adjourned it for another week after the company, which had joined as the second defendant, failed to appear.

Counsel for VEMAG, led by private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, told the court that the second defendant, which is Original Manufacturers and Embossment Company Limited, and its lawyers were absent.

He submitted that, since the second defendant was not in court, a short adjournment was necessary to enable the plaintiffs to serve it with a hearing notice so that the court could deal with the motion comprehensively.

Counsel for the DVLA, Alexander Adjei, holding brief for Sibiri Edmond Kardiri, was present.

The court therefore adjourned the case to February 13, 2026, and directed that a hearing notice be served on the second defendant.

Background

The suit forms part of VEMAG’s legal challenge against the DVLA over the introduction of a new vehicle number plate system and the award of both manufacturing and embossment of the plates to a single company.

In earlier proceedings, the court granted an application for Original Manufacturers and Embossment Company Limited to be joined as a second defendant. The joinder was not opposed.

Following that ruling, the court directed the plaintiffs to amend their writ of summons and statement of claim to reflect the joinder and to serve all processes on the newly joined defendant.

The case was then adjourned to February 6 for further hearing, which led to Friday’s brief sitting and the new adjourned date.