WILLIAM OFORI & COMPANY vs. SOCIAL SECURITY & NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST

PIESARE, JA This is an interlocutory appeal from the Ruling of the High Court, dated 16th May, 2001, refusing the appellant’s application for leave to amend the name of the plaintiff in the title of the case, by seeking to substitute WILLIAM OFORI & CO with WILLIAM OFORI (Carrying on business under the name and style of WILLIAM OFORI & CO; (2) To substitute the figure $329, 213.29 for the figure $289,213.29 in the endorsement; (3) and to delete paragraph 1 – 22 of the original statement of claim, and to substitute 15 new paragraphs. In refusing the amendment sought, the Learned Judge of the court below based her refusal on three grounds: (1) That it would add new parties to the suit; (2) That it would enable the plaintiff to change completely the nature of his case; and (3) That the amendment sought was not made bona fide. In this appeal the appellant abandoned all the original grounds of appeal, and argued only the additional grounds of appeal, which are: (1) The ...