HULL BLYTH (GH) LTD AND WILHELMSEN LINES OF NORWAY vs. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD AND ATLAS MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING (GH) LIMITED

Pursuant to an order of this court of 11th March, 2010 the Plaintiffs and the Co-Plaintiffs amended their writ and claimed against the defendants as per the endorsement on the Amended Writ of Summons as follows:- 1. An order for the recovery of the sum of US$595,836.79 less US$88,039.12 paid by the defendant and received by the Co-Plaintiff for the value of the containers plus interest being the outstanding demurrage charges due and payable as at the date 15th February, 1999 when the containers were declared lost by the Co-Plaintiff in accordance with the custom in the shipping industry. 2. Interest on the amount claimed in (a) with effect from the 15th day of February, 1999 at the rate of 4% per annum until the date of judgment. 3. Costs. The defendants were equally granted leave of the court to amend their Statement of Defence. Consequent to that order the defendants counterclaimed against the Plaintiffs and the Co-Plaintiffs as follows:- i) A declaration t...