[2015]DLCA8012 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">CAL BANK LTD.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;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="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">INTERNET GHANA LTD, ELECTROMOD COMPANY LTD AND LESLIE TAMAKLOE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:23.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/CROSS-APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/94/2015 </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">DATE: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">10<sup>TH</sup></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""> DECEMBER, 2015</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;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><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">S.E. KANYOKE J.A. (PRESIDING), K. A. ACQUAYE J. A., S. DZAMEFE J. A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">K. A. ACQUAYE, J. A.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This is a judgment in respect of an appeal filed by the plaintiff against the judgment delivered by the Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra as well as a cross-appeal by the defendant of the same judgment delivered on 29<sup>th</sup> August 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The plaintiff/appellant issued a writ of summons claiming against the defendants/respondents cross-appellants jointly and severally that:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The defendants pay to the plaintiff the amount of Gh¢492, 014.30 being as at 5<sup>th</sup> April 2011 the outstanding balance of the overdraft facility granted to the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant and guaranteed by the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> defendants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest on the above amount from 6<sup>th</sup> April 2011 to the date of final payment at the prevailing bank lending rate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The defendants pay to the plaintiff the amount of US$1,045,774.61 being as at 5<sup>th</sup> April 2011 the outstanding balance of the medium term loan granted to the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant and guaranteed by the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> defendant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest on the above amount from the 6<sup>th</sup> of April 2011 to the date of final payment at the prevailing bank lending rate <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">e)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Judicial sale of House No. 1, Hibiscus Street, Teshie Nungua Estates, Accra also known as parcel No. 67, Block 4, Section 74, Teshie, Nungua Estates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">f)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Judicial sale of office building known as “Mama Abui Plaza” located at No. 2, Hall Avenue, Adabraka.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:210.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua&q