GRIMALDI LINES & ANOR. vs. GEORGINA COLEMAN

TANKO AMADU J.A (1) In the High Court (Commercial Division) Accra, the Respondent herein (as Plaintiff) claimed against the Appellants (as Defendants) the following reliefs:- “(i)An order compelling the Defendant to refund to the Plaintiff £34,858.00 or its Cedi equivalent being the cost of assorted biscuits imported by the Plaintiff to Ghana (ii) Interest at the prevailing Commercial Bank Rate. (iii) General damages for breach of contract”. (2) In her accompanying statement of claim, the Plaintiff described herself as the sole proprietress of Top Shares Ventures who are importers of assorted goods such as biscuits to Ghana. According to the Plaintiff, she contracted the 2nd Defendant whose agent is the 1st Defendant to ship a consignment of biscuits from the United Kingdom to Ghana. Being perishable, it was envisaged by the contract that the period of sail should not exceed fourteen (14) days whereupon the parties agreed that the 2nd Defendant’s vessel would sail ...