[2024]DLHC17823 • January 31, 2024 • High Court
KINGSLEY ANIM-BOATENG SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY OFOSU ISAAC vs. VANKOFF SHIPPERS & 2ORS
JUDGMENT 1. INTRODUCTION [i] The Plaintiff herein stated he is a retired Ghanaian businessman who is resident in Canada and deals in shoes for men, women and children. Sometime in 2012, the Plaintiff stated he was introduced to the 2nd Defendant by one Christiana Osei Bonsu as a shipping agent and a freight forwarder. The Plaintiff thus entered into an agreement with the 2nd Defendant and the shipping companies that the 2nd Defendant was said to be managing both in the UK and in Ghana, i.e. the 1st and 3rd Defendants, to package and subsequently ship to Ghana 2,915 pairs of brand new mixed shoes in a total of 135 boxes; together with 3 suit cases containing personal items. [ii] The 2nd Defendant was thus said to have personally taken custody of the 135 boxes of shoes and the 3 suitcases from Christiana Osei Bonsu in London and issued an invoice with a summary and details of the Plaintiff’s shoes to be shipped to Ghana, together with the cost of transportation, handling, pac.....