UNION OIL GHANA LIMITED vs. BEN ANTWI

By the present application, the Defendant/Applicant (hereinafter, the “Applicant”) seeks to strike out the Statement of Claim of the Plaintiff/Respondent (also hereafter referred to as “Respondent”) as disclosing no reasonable cause of action, being scandalous, frivolous and vexatious and for an order dismissing the action pursuant to Order 11 Rule 18 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I 47) for reasons contained in the affidavit in support of the application deposed to by one Gabriel Norteye, a member of staff of counsel for the Applicant. The procedural background to this case in brief is as follows. On July 23, 2019, the Respondent took out a Writ of Summons accompanied by a Statement of Claim in which it avers that sometime in January 2018, at the request of the Applicant, it agreed to allow the Applicant to lift petroleum products from some Bulk Distribution Companies for sale to his customers upon the payment of the appropriate customs duties and Nationa...