SAMUEL BENYA vs. SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCETRUST (SSNIT) AND SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCETRUST (SSNIT) vs. PETER DOMPRE [2012]DLCA8935

SAMUEL BENYA vs. SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCETRUST (SSNIT) AND SOCIA... [2012]DLCA8935

Date	2012-03-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/61/2009
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8935

MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA JA

AYEBI JA

AHUMAH OCANSEY FOR THE APPELLANT

SYLVIA ADUSU (CSA) FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2012]DLCA8935
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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 INSURANCETRUST
(SSNIT)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL INSURANCETRUST
(SSNIT)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<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>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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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>AHUMAH
OCANSEY 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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SYLVIA ADUSU, (CSA) FOR THE RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>MARFUL-SAU
JA (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA JA, AYEBI JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARFUL-SAU, JA: - <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>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 working condition.<o:p></o:p>4. General and Special
damages for wrongful and unlawful seizure of the said vehicle no. GT 1803-C.<o:p></o:p>5 .Perpetual injunction to restrain
the defendants, their agents, servants, privies and assigns from having
anything to do whatsoever with the said vehicle no. GT 1803-C.’’<o:p></o:p>The
appellants counter-claimed in that suit as follows:-<o:p></o:p>‘’a) &nbsp;A declaration that the plaintiff is not the
beneficial owner of the VW LT Bus No. GT 1803-C having sold same to Peter
Dompre an ex-Accounting Officer of the defendant who embezzled workers
contributions.<o:p></o:p>b) The defendant as a
Statutory Public Trust is entitled to trace and seize all properties illegally
acquired by Peter Dompre including VW LT Bus No. GT 1803-C with workers Social
Security contributions.’’ <o:p></o:p>In
suit no. CS 27/2000, the appellant herein claimed the following reliefs against
Peter Dompre, who was their dismissed employee:-<o:p></o:p>‘’a)Declaration that the
defendant is the beneficial owner of LT VW Bus No.GT 1803-C which he
surrendered to the plaintiff and had since been in the custody of the plaintiff
in respect of workers Social security contributions embezzled by him.<o:p></o:p>b) A declaration that as a public
statutory Trust is entitled to trace and seize all properties acquired by the
defendant with the social security contributions embezzled and not refunded and
pay such proceeds into the social security fund.<o:p></o:p>