SKANSKA JENSEN INTERNATIONAL vs. KLIMATECHNIK ENGINEERING LTD [2003]DLSC1040

Date	2003-07-23
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2003]DLSC1040

BAMFORD-ADDO JSC

AFREH JSC

BADDOO JSC

TWUM JSC

KLUDZE JSC

AMARKAI AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.

D K ANYADI FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENTS.

[2003]DLSC1040
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">SKANSKA JENSEN INTERNATIONAL<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">vs.<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">KLIMATECHNIK ENGINEERING LTD<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2003-2005]
1 GLR 356<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>AMARKAI
AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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D K
ANYADI FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENTS.
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BAMFORD-ADDO,
AFREH, BADDOO, TWUM AND KLUDZE JJSC<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Twum JSC On
17 February 1999 the plaintiff-respondents (hereinafter refered to as the
respondents) issued a writ of summons accompanied by a statement of claim in
the High Court, Accra against the defendant-appellants. In the course of the
trial, the respondents wholly discontinued their action against the second
defendant, namely Glahco Hotels &amp; Tourism Development Co Ltd and its name
was struck out from the suit, leaving Skanska Jensen International (hereinafter
referred to as the appellants).<o:p></o:p>The
writ of summons was indorsed with the following reliefs:<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">“(i)
Payment of the sum of US$224,533.29 or its cedi equivalent at the current forex
bureau rate of exchange at the date of payment, being the plaintiff’s bill for
the supply of equipment and materials and engineering services for HVAC works
executed by the plaintiff at the new executive guest rooms wing of Golden Tulip
Hotel at the request of the first defendant as the main contractors for itself
and on behalf of the second defendant as the contract owners from December 1996
to March 1997 and which bill the defendants have failed or refused to pay
despite persistent demands up to this day. <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">(ii)
Interest on the said US$244,533.29 from 15 April 1997 up to the date of final
payment at the current bank rate. <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">(iii)
Damages for breach of contract. <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">(iv)
Any other relief found due.”<o:p></o:p>Statement of claim<o:p></o:p>This
contained 22 paragraphs. For the purpose of this appeal we set out below the
most important paragraphs:<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">“(4)
In the latter part of 1996, the first defendant, as the main contractor, for
itself and on b</main>