BOATENG ASANTE (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SCANSHIP GHANA LTD. (DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT) [2011]DLCA7884

BOATENG ASANTE (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SCANSHIP GHANA LTD. (DEFENDANT/ APPELL... [2011]DLCA7884

Date	2011-12-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/16/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7884

G. M. QUAYE JA (PRESIDING)

YAW APPAU JA

DENNIS D. ADJEI JA

MR. OSAFO-BUABENG FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

MR. FRIMPONG BUADU FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7884
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BOATENG ASANTE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>SCANSHIP GHANA LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO.: H1/16/2011&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
1ST DECEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
OSAFO-BUABENG FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
FRIMPONG BUADU FOR 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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G.
M. QUAYE JA (PRESIDING), YAW APPAU JA, DENNIS D. ADJEI JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DENNIS D. ADJEI JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Accra (Financial Division)
dated 29th January, 2010.&nbsp; For
the purposes of this appeal the Plaintiff/Respondent would be referred to as
the Plaintiff and the Defendant/Appellant as the Defendant.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff per his writ of summons filed on 31st
May 1996 claimed against the Defendant for:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for breach of
contract and <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
And/or in the alternative
damages for negligence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The brief facts of the case are that, the Plaintiff, an
architect who is a Ghanaian lived in Germany for twenty-eight (28) years.&nbsp; He finally, decided to settle in Ghana in
1990.&nbsp; He instructed his wife in Germany
to ship all his personal belongings to him in Ghana.&nbsp; The shipper shipped the goods consigned to
the Plaintiff through OTB Overseas Transport.&nbsp;
The Defendant herein was an agent of OTB Overseas Transport.&nbsp; The Plaintiff after waiting for about two (2)
years without hearing about the goods instructed his lawyers to inquire about
the whereabouts of the goods.&nbsp; His
lawyers found that the goods arrived in Ghana on 11th November, 1990.
The Plaintiff contacted the Defendant and the Defendant informed him that it
sent Arrival Notice to the Plaintiff to inform him about the arrival of his
goods but he failed to clear same and after several months had lapsed the goods
were sent to the state warehouse&nbsp; to be
auctioned as unclaimed as required by law.&nbsp;
The Plaintiff got to know that he did not receive the Arrival Notice
because of the wrong postal address that was used by the Defendant.&nbsp; The Plaintiff’s name on the arrival notice
was equally wrong.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the Plaintiff, he provided his address as:
BOATENG ASANTE C/O MR. AGYEKUM, P O BOX 5926, ACCRA.&nbsp; The Arrival Notice however had a wrong name
and postal address and if the Arrival Notice was posted at all, it went to a
wrong letter box.&nbsp; The address on the
Arrival Notice is as follows: <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&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;&nbs</main>