GHANA PRIVATE ROAD TRANSPORT UNION vs. NTRAKWA

JUDGEMENT Brobbey JA. This action started at the High Court, Sekondi where the respondent was the plaintiff and the appellant was the defendant. The plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) claimed two reliefs. The first was for an order for the payment of ¢31,500,000, being agreed compensation for preventing the plaintiff from using his petrol station for business since 1990. The second was an order for the payment of interest on that sum at the rate of 45 per cent per annum from 1 September until the date of payment. After evidence had been taken in a full trial, judgment was given in favour of the respondent. The defendant (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) then appealed to this court. Their original grounds of appeal were as follows: “(a) The leaned trial judge erred in giving judgment for the plaintiff having regard to the evidence on record. (b) The learned trial judge erred in awarding interest on the said sum. (c) The learned...