NASIB DAHABIEH vs. S. A. TARQUI & BROTHERS

T. K. ADZOE, J.S.C.: This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 29/6/ 2000. It was a decision which reversed the trial High Court's judgment in favour of the plaintiff/respondent/appellant whom we shall hereafter refer to simply as the appellant. The defendants/appellants/respondents will similarly be referred to as the respondents simpliciter. The appellant filed and argued four grounds of appeal — two original grounds plus two additional grounds. They are that: (1) The judgment is wrong in law; (2) The judgment is against the weight of evidence; (3) The learned justices erred in granting the order of recovery of possession in the absence of evidence that the landlord had served the requisite statutory notice on the tenant which notice is a condition precedent to taking any action based on the said breach; (4) In view of the substantial works on the premises in the nature of renovations, the learned justices ought to have suspended the order for recovery .....