SAMUEL BENYA vs. SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST (SSNIT) AND SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST (SSNIT) PETER DOMPRE [2012]DLCA8657

SAMUEL BENYA vs. SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST (SSNIT) AND SOCIA... [2012]DLCA8657

Date	2012-03-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/61/2009
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8657

MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA JA

AYEBI JA

PETER HAYIBOR FOR THE APPELLANT

ERNEST GAEWU FOR THE RESPONDENTS

[2012]DLCA8657
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL BENYA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST (SSNIT)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TRUST (SSNIT)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>PETER DOMPRE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/61/2009&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: 29TH MARCH,
2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PETER
HAYIBOR FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ERNEST
GAEWU FOR THE RESPONDENTS<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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MARFUL-SAU
JA (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA JA, AYEBI JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARFUL-SAU, JA: -
This appeal is from the judgment of the High Court sitting at Ho and dated the
27th December 2007. The said judgment was delivered in respect of
consolidated suits namely; suit No. CS 96/98 which was titled Samuel Benya&nbsp; vrs. Social Security and National Insurance
Trust; and suit No. CS 27/ 2000, titled Social Security and National Insurance
Trust vrs. Peter Dompre. In the Notice of Appeal filed on the 13th
August 2007, 13 grounds were filed by the Social Security and National
Insurance Trust, the appellant herein. The respondents to this appeal were
named as Samuel Benya the plaintiff in suit no.CS96/98 and Peter Dompre the
defendant in suit no.CS 27/2000.<o:p></o:p>In
suit no. CS 96/98 the plaintiff claimed the following against the appellant
herein:-<o:p></o:p>‘’
1. An order declaring as unlawful and wrongful the seizure of VW LT Bus No. GT
1803 C belonging to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>2. A
further order directing the defendant to release the said vehicle NO. GT 1803 C
to him as the registered owner as per vehicle form A of the Vehicle Examination
and Licensing Division (VELD) of the Ministry of Transport which is hereby
attached to the statement of claim as Exhibit A.<o:p></o:p>3.Loss
of use of the said vehicle which is a commercial vehicle at the rate of &nbsp;C40,000.00 per day for a 6 day week from date
of seizure up to date of release in a good and w</main>