ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY vs. CITY AND COUNTRY WASTE LTD [2008]DLSC7565

Date	2008-02-13
Suit No.	[2008–2009) I GLR
Citation No.	[2008]DLSC7565

AKUFFO JSC

DATE-BAH JSC

ANSAH JSC

ANINAKWAH JSC

ASIAMAH JSC

STANLEY AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

TONY LITHUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

[2008]DLSC7565
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CITY AND COUNTRY WASTE LTD<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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[2008–2009) I
GLR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
13TH FEBRUARY, 2008<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>STANLEY
AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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TONY
LITHUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AKUFFO
JSC, DATE-BAH JSC, ANSAH JSC, ANINAKWAH JSC, ASIAMAH JSC <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Date-Bah
JSC delivered the unanimous judgment of the court at the invitation of Akuffo JSC. The
facts in this case are as follows: <o:p></o:p>The plaintiff City &amp; Country Waste Ltd, is a limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of Ghana. It carries on the business
of waste collection, disposal and management and also provides landfill services. The defendant, Accra Metropolitan Assembly is a statutory
body whose existence as a district assembly was continued by the Local
Government Act, 1993 (Act 462). By an agreement of 4 December 1997 the
defendant engaged the plaintiff to render waste disposal services, including
landfill services, within the city of Accra. The agreement was to last seven
years from the date of its execution. The agreement further provided that both
parties had the option of renewing it for a further seven years. The plaintiff
averred that it commenced work under the agreement on 13 July 1999 and
continued to perform its obligations under it until 29 June 2001 when the
defendant terminated the agreement by a letter of that date. The plaintiff contends that this termination constituted a
breach of contract and has therefore brought this action, by a writ dated 25
June 2002, cuiming the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:50.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.55pt;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">“(a) an order compelling the defendant to pay to
the plaintiff the sum of the equivalent in cedis of US$10,207,718.51 at the
prevailing forex bureau rate on the date of actual payment, being the cost of
services provided by the plaintiff for the defendant pursuant to the service
agreement executed by the parties on 4 December 1997, less any amount adjudged
upon independent valuation to be owing to the defendant for the use by the plaintiff of the defendant's waste
management depot; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:50.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.55pt;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) interest on the sum mentioned in paragraph
(a) above from 28 June 2001 until the date of judgment; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:50.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.55pt;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(