ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND CONSORTIUM HOUSE LTD. vs. ALBERT ADOMAKO [2010]DLSC2933

Date	2010-07-07
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/4/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLSC2933

AKUFFO (MS) JSC (PRESIDING)

DR. DATE-BAH JSC

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

J. K. AGYEMANG FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

JAMES QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2010]DLSC2933
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
AND CONSORTIUM HOUSE LTD.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ALBERT ADOMAKO<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J4/4/2010&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:&nbsp;7TH&nbsp;JULY,
2010<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">JAMES
QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">DR. DATE-BAH, JSC:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This is the unanimous judgment of
the Court.&nbsp; On the&nbsp;fifteenth day of February 1999, the first
and second plaintiffs brought action against the defendant in the High Court in
Accra.&nbsp; The first plaintiff is a well-known insurance company in Ghana and
the second plaintiff is a company incorporated in Ghana which has been, since
1994, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the first plaintiff.&nbsp; &nbsp;The
defendant is a lawyer and businessman and a sub-lessor of premises in Accra in
relation to which the present action has been brought. &nbsp;&nbsp;The claims
endorsed on the plaintiffs’ writ of summons were:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&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;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“A declaration that the Plaintiffs are by law entitled to a
renewal of the Sub-lease dated the 18th&nbsp;day of June, 1971 on
its expiration on or about 31st&nbsp;day of May, 1996, and that the
Defendant is legally bound to grant to the plaintiffs a renewal of the said
Sub-lease.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&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;ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An order to compel the Defendant to execute in favour of the
Plaintiffs a Sub-lease in the terms of the draft attached to the Statement of
Claim, and marked “A”, which has already been submitted to the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>