BIZGEO CO. LTD (PLAINTIFF) vs. ADANSI GOLD GH. LTD (DEFENDANT)

On the 16th of March, I refused an application for leave to amend the pleadings of the plaintiff/applicant and reserved my reasons which I now proceed to give. In the said application plaintiff wanted to amend the writ of summons by adding two new reliefs. The first is that the plaintiff asked for leave to add a relief for the recovery of the sum of USD99,240.00 or its cedi equivalent. The second being interest at 1.4% on the said sum from 14th January, 2011 to date of final payment. Moving the motion, counsel contended that the necessity for the amendment had been occasioned by an answer which the plaintiff’s representative gave to a question asked by defence counsel on the 2nd of July, 2015. I have examined the answer which the witness gave on the said date to the question. I do not think that it constitute sufficient evidence for one to conclude that evidence had been led to justify an amendment for the pleadings to be in line with the evidence. The question is, at what poi.....