HASNEM ENTERPRISES LTD vs. IBM WORLD TRADE CORPORATION

JUDGMENT OF BENIN J. By an amended writ of summons filed on 16 December 1988 the plaintiffs claimed these reliefs against the defendants: (i). “Specific performance of an (oral) agreement between the plaintiff-company made in 1977 for an after sale service of the plaintiff-company’s IBM Copier II machine “on call basis.” (ii). The sum of ¢1,205,000 special damages being loss of income for 200 working days at the rate of ¢5,000 per diem as from 24 March 1986 through 28 February 1987. (iii). Interest on the said sum of ¢1,205,000 at the rate of 25 per cent per annum from 1 April 1986 to the date of final judgment. (iv). Mesne profits as from 1 March 1987 up to the date of final judgment at the rate of ¢15,000. (v). Interest on the total sum of the said mesne profits at the time of final judgment.” The statement of claim was filed on 17 March 1987. The plaintiffs are a limited liability company incorporated in Ghana with their head ...