Injunction suit against DVLA over digital embossment adjourned to Jan 23
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The court said the applicants, VEMAG and 26 others, had not been formally served with the DVLA’s affidavit opposing the injunction request.
The High Court in Accra has adjourned to 23 January 2026 the hearing of an application by the Vehicle Embossment Association of Ghana (VEMAG) seeking to stop the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) from introducing a digital, or any new, vehicle number plate registration system.
The delay was triggered by a procedural gap. The court said the applicants, VEMAG and 26 others, had not been formally served with the DVLA’s affidavit opposing the injunction request.
The suit was brought by BEMENCO Embossment Ltd and 26 other plaintiffs, all members of VEMAG. They are asking the court to restrain the DVLA from rolling out any digitalised plates or a new registration plate regime from January 2026 until the substantive case is determined.
They are also seeking an order to block the DVLA from adopting any new arrangement for embossment and supply of number plates outside the existing framework involving the current providers.
At proceedings on Monday, 19 January 2026, lawyers for the plaintiffs told the court they had not received the DVLA’s processes. Court records, they said, showed no proof of service, a position the judge accepted.
Lawyers for the DVLA said the affidavit in opposition and entry of appearance were filed on 16 January.
With service outstanding, the court adjourned the injunction hearing to 23 January. VEMAG spokesperson Joojo Bruce-Quansah later addressed the media after the sitting.
