[2018]DLHC10104July 31, 2018High Court

FABIAN KOFI ADJAYE HEVI vs. ZENNITH BANK GHANA LTD, NAA DEDEI TAGOE, MANGEL KLICKS CO. LTD AND CHARLES KWAMENA ACKON

1.0 Introduction 1.1 The suit involves the legal implication of financial or investment advice that plaintiff claims 2nd defendant, who was then an employee of 1st defendant bank (the bank) gave him. The plaintiff invites the court to indict 2nd defendant for loss allegedly flowing from the investment advice. The plaintiff further invites the court to declare that 2nd defendant or her employer, the bank, or both owe him duty of care; indeed whether 1st defendant cannot be held vicariously liable for loss, injury, damages arising from his investment loss, and indeed the general conduct of 2nd defendant in relation with the subject matter. 1.2 Plaintiff is a customer of Spintex branch of the bank. 2nd defendant used to be an employee of the bank. 4th defendant is the managing director of 3rd defendant, a pharmaceutical company in Accra. Plaintiff has been a customer of the bank for over five years, at which period the bank accorded him a privileged status by assigning 2nd defendant t...