GHANA CONSOLIDATED DIAMONDS LTD vs. TANTUO AND OTHERS [2001]DLCA1189

Date	2001-06-07
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2001]DLCA1189

BENIN JA

ADINYIRA JA

AMONOO-MOONEY JA

ADUAMA OSEI FOR THE APPLICANTS.

M B AFOOM (WITH HIM E ANOKYE) FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2001]DLCA1189
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color:#00B0F0">GHANA CONSOLIDATED DIAMONDS LTD<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">TANTUO AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002] 2 GLR 150<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ADUAMA OSEI FOR THE APPLICANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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M B AFOOM (WITH HIM E ANOKYE) FOR THE RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

BENIN, ADINYIRA AND AMONOO-MOONEY JJA<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Benin JA. <o:p></o:p>There is a dearth of judicial authority in our local jurisprudence
on the subject we are going to discuss in this appeal. The plaintiffs sued the
defendants, their former employers, for certain reliefs relating to their
terminal benefits. The defendants paid in some money under Order 22, r 1 of the
High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A). This appeal turns on the
practice and procedure under Order 22, r 1 and 2 of LN 140A. Since we are going
to refer extensively to these rules under Order 22 of LN 140A, I propose to set
them out here:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“1. (1) In any action for a debt or damages or in an Admiralty
action the defendant may at any time after appearance upon notice to the
plaintiff pay into Court a sum of money in satisfaction of the claim or (where
several causes of action are joined in one action) in satisfaction of one or
more of the causes of action; provided that with a defence setting up tender
before action the sum of money alleged to have been tendered must be brought
into Court. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) Where the money is paid into Court in satisfaction of one or
more several causes of action the notice shall specify the cause or causes of
action in respect of which payment is made and the sum paid in respect of each
such cause of action unless the Court or a Judge otherwise order. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(3) The notice shall be in Form 3 in Appendix B, and shall state
whether liability is admitted or denied and receipt of the notice shall be
acknowledged in writing by the plaintiff within three days. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">2. (1) Where money is paid into Court under Rule 1 the plaintiff
may within seven days of the receipt of the notice of payment into Court or,
where more than one payment into Court has been made, within seven days of the
receipt of the notice of the last payment into Court, accept the whole sum or
any one or more of the specified sums in satisfaction of the claim or in
satisfaction of the cause or causes of action to which the specified sum or
sums relate, by giving notice to the defendant in Form 3A in Appendix B; and
thereupon he shall be entitled to receive payment of the accepted sum or sums
in satisfaction as aforesaid. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) Payment shall be made to the plaintiff or on his written
authority to his solicitor, and thereupon in the action or in respect of the specified
cause or causes of action (as the case may be) shall be stayed.”<o:p></o:p>Pleadings had not yet closed in this action; but the defendants
had filed their statement of defence denying liability for the plaintiffs’
claim. After the defence, the defendants paid money into court accompanied by a
notice which reads:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Notice of payment into court—order 22, r 1 <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Take Notice that the defendants have paid into court the sum of
¢243,587,146 and say that the said sum is in full satisfaction of the
plaintiffs’ claims and all outstanding matters between the parties herein as
specified in the schedule herein attached.”<o:p></o:p>