[2014]DLHC17346 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk154138250"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">REF LOGISTICS COMPANY LTD & 2ORS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> </span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">Suit No. BFS/44/13 DATE: 31<sup>ST</sup> JANUARY 2014</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">PETER OSEI-ASAMOAH FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">DUA ADDONTENG FOR 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">On 22<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span></span>February 2013, the Plaintiff issued its writ jointly and severally against the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>claiming<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>¢12,817.38<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>together<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>monthly rate of 5% per month from December 31<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span></span>2012 until the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Plaintiff also prayed for an order of judicial sale of the 2<span style="position:relative; top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span></span>Defendant’s mortgaged<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>property<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>described<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>parcel<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>extent<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>0.16 acre and situate at Klagon in the Tema Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The 1<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span></span>and 2<span style="position:relative; top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span></span>Defendants were served with the writ and statement of claim. However,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>2<span style="position:relative; top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span></span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>entered<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>appearance<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>defence<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the action.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The records indicate that the 3<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">rd<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span></span>Defendant was not served at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Accordingly,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>judgment<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>would<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>respect<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>1<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>2<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span></span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> only.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style