SKY CONSULT (GHANA) LIMITED vs. GHANA POST COMPANY LIMITED [2012]DLCA5192

Date	2012-03-22
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/18/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA5192

HENRIETTA ABBAN J.A. (PRESIDING)

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A.

FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A.

MR. STANLEY AMARTEIFIO FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. THOMAS HUGHES FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

[2012]DLCA5192
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SKY CONSULT (GHANA) LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA POST COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/18/2012&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;MARCH 22, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
STANLEY AMARTEIFIO FOR 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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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HENRIETTA ABBAN J.A. (PRESIDING), MARIAMA OWUSU
J.A., FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>On the 18-1-2010, the High
Court, Accra ruled that:<o:p></o:p>“Having heard counsel’s argument and
upon reading the processes filed, I am of the view that the application has
been properly laid. I do not see any defence raised by the Defendant’s
Statement of Defence. I therefore grant the application and enter summary
Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant for all the reliefs endorsed
on the writs of summons as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Refund
of GH¢978,466.00<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest
as at 1st January, 2005.<o:p></o:p>Cost of GH¢2,000.00 for the plaintiff
against the defendant”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the
decision of the High Court, the Defendant appealed to this court.<o:p></o:p>The Grounds of Appeal are:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Learned Judge erred in law in summarily giving judgment to the plaintiff for
the sum of GH¢978,466.00 with interest from 1-1-2005 when the evidence before
him disclosed that the business started in June 2005 and that no such amount
was owed to plaintiff as at 1-1-2005.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Learned Judge erred in law when he relied on selective aspects of the
recommendation of a Ministerial Committee as conclusive evidence of defendant’s
indebtedness to plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In
the light of the pleadings and the processes filed in the case, the Learned
Judge erred in determining the matter summarily as serious triable issues were
raised. <o:p></o:p>