KAMA HEALTH SERVICES LIMITED vs. UNILEVER GHANA LIMITED [2013]DLSC2751

Date	2013-07-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/24/2013
Citation No.	[2013]DLSC2751

J. DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

ANIN-YEBOAH JSC

P. BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

A. A. BENIN JSC

J. B. AKAMBA JSC

ERIC MENSAH WITH HIM MELLISA AMARTEFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT /APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

ABENA NTRAKWA MENSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.

[2013]DLSC2751
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KAMA HEALTH
SERVICES LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>UNILEVER
GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, 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. J4/24/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 19TH JULY, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ERIC
MENSAH WITH HIM MELLISA AMARTEFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT /APPELLANT/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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BENIN, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;What began as a simple and straight-forward
transaction between two Ghanaian registered limited liability companies over
ten years ago has unfortunately led to a protracted litigation dating back to
30th June 2004. On the said date, the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent,
hereinafter called the Respondent, brought an action against the
Defendant/Appellant/Appellant, hereinafter called the Appellant, at the High
Court seeking these reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the cedi
equivalent of US$500,000.00 from 5th December 2002 to date of final
payment at the current Bank Rate.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Special damages.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for breach
of contract.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs.<o:p></o:p>The
facts which gave birth to the action before the High Court were the following. The
Appellant sold property numbered 1-3 &amp; 10-12 situate at Kumasi, popularly
called SNR 1 SAT Building, which forms part of Kumasi Part 1 lands, to the
Respondent at a fee of US$500,000.00, payable in three instalments over a given
period of time. Having received part payment in terms of the agreement, the
Appellant gave the documents on the property to the Respondent. The Respondent
was given possession and it started collecting rents from the sitting tenants.
The Respondent began the process of registering the property at the Land Title
Registry; publications were made in the newspapers about the intended
registration, as required by law. A number of objections were raised, prominent
among which were those raised on behalf of the Golden Stool of Ashanti whose
occupant is the Asantehene. As a result of these objections the registration
could not go through principally because of the Asantehene’s claim that his
consent was not sought before the sale. Consequently the Respondent treated the
sale transaction as having failed and therefore refunded the rents to the
Appellant but the latter returned same to the Respondent. The Appellant’s
position was that as far as it was concerned the Respondent was the new owner
since it had been given all the necessary documents to the property, including
the consent of the Lands Commission, and had been placed in possession.
Eventually the Respondent refunded the rents to the tenants. The sale contract
was subsequently cancelled by the act of both </main>