[2014]DLHC17347 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">MIKKMOS LOGISTICS 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/250/12 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">F. K. YEBOAH FOR DEFENDANTS<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">PETER OSEI-ASAMOAH FOR PLAINTIFF<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-top:0in;margin-right:7.6pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Plaintiff’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>jointly<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>severally<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>amount of GH¢331,305.27 together with interest at the monthly rate of 5.0% per month from<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>31<span style="position:relative; top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span></span>July<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>2012<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>till<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>date<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>final<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>payment.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>sued<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>costs<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and their attorney’s fee.<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>In the alternative, the Plaintiff also sued for a judicial sale of the 2<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt; mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span></span>Defendant’s landed property situated at Okpoi Gonno.<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 Defendants in<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>their Statement of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>Defence stated that the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>loan<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the Plaintiff disbursed<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>purchase<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>DAF<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>XF95<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>trucks<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>carting<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of goods for DHL Supply Chain.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The DHL Supply Chain was to make payments in the joint names of the Plaintiff and the 1<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span></span>Defendant but had failed to do so.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>As a result, they deemed themselves not liable to the Plaintiff’s claim.<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<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>issues<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>set<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>trial<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>as <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">follows:</span><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"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:51.15pt; 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