THE ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. BALKAN ENERGY CO. LLC & 2 ORS [2010]DLHC16004

Date	2010-09-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDC/32/10
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC16004

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA ACKAH-YENSUA (J)

HON. BARTON ODRO (DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL) WITH PERPETUAL

YANKSON AND RICHARD GYEMBIBI FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

MR. ACE ANKOMAH WITH DAAD AKWESI AND YAA AMPADU SACKEY FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2010]DLHC16004
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BALKAN ENERGY CO. LLC &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT<span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. BDC/32/10&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;<span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:#2000">&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: 6TH SEPTEMBER 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>HON. BARTON ODRO (DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL)
WITH PERPETUAL YANKSON AND RICHARD GYEMBIBI FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">MR. ACE ANKOMAH WITH DAAD
AKWESI AND YAA AMPADU SACKEY FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA ACKAH-YENSUA (J)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>&nbsp;This ruling is two-fold. It
is firstly in respect of an application by the Plaintiff herein for an order of
interlocutory injunction for the following:<o:p></o:p>a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
restrain the 2nd Defendant/Respondent from proceeding with or taking
any further steps whatsoever in the arbitration proceedings instituted by it on
23rd December 2009 against the Government of Ghana in the Permanent
Court of Arbitration, save to notify the Tribunal that it is enjoined by the
order of this Court from taking any further steps in the arbitration
proceedings, pending the final determination of this suit;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
restrain the 2nd Defendant from taking any further steps in relation
to or in connection with a decision made by the District Court of Amsterdam in
the Netherlands on 26th February 2010 attaching assets of the
Government of Ghana in Netherlands pending the final determination of this
suit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
restrain the 2nd Defendant,its privies and agents from instituting
or pursuing any other arbitration proceedings or any other relief in any
jurisdiction outside the jurisdiction of Ghana in respect of a Power Purchase
Agreement dated 27th July 2007 pending the final determination of this
suit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This ruling is also in
respect of an application by the 2nd Defendant/Respondent for the
stay of proceedings to compel the Plaintiff herein to conclude the arbitration
commenced on 23rd December 2009.The parties agreed to argue the two
applications together.<o:p></o:p>The grounds for the
application for interlocutory injuction as deposed to in the affidavit in
support are that pursuant to the Notice of Arbitration the 2nd
Defendant has demanded that the dispute described in the Notice arising out of
a&nbsp; Power Purchase Agreement herein after
referred to as (PPA) between the 2nd Defendant and the Government of
Ghana dated 27th July2007,be referred to arbitration at the
Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in the Netherlands. The Plaintiff/Applicant is however of
the opinion that both the Power Purchase Agreement and the Arbitration
Agreement contained therein are international Business or Economic Transactions
within the meaning of Article 181(5) of </main>