[2010]DLCA4387 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">DACHEL COMPANY LIMITED</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PLAINTIFF / RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">FRIESLAND FRICO DOMO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CIVIL APPEAL N0: H1/13/2008 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">DATE: 4<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY, 2010<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MR. AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MR. J. K. AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ASARE KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING), F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A. AND IRENE DANQUAH (MS.) 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