[2015]DLHC12190 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">STRATEGIC ENEGIES LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">CHARLES POUZUING ESQ., POUZUING & ASSOCIATES <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. AC 488/2015 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> DECEMBER 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">GODWIN KOMLA ATSOR FOR DELA BLAGOGEE FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">1ST DEFENDANT FOR SELF<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J<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 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Against<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>claim: <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">-</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.8pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:31.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -31.6pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:36.85pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">“1.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> The payment and refund at the prevailing forex bureau exchange rate, the Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:3.5pt; mso-font-width:150%"> </span>cedis<span style="letter-spacing:3.8pt;mso-font-width: 150%"> </span>equivalent<span style="letter-spacing:3.7pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:3.8pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>SEVENTY-FIVE<span style="letter-spacing:3.7pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>THOUSAND<span style="letter-spacing:3.8pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">UNITED</span> STATES<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>AMERICA<span style="letter-spacing:3.9pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>DOLLARS<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>(us$75,000.00)<span style="letter-spacing:3.95pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">being</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">money</span> received by<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>the defendant for Two plots of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>land from<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the Plaintiff or in the <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">alternative,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:31.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-28.1pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:36.55pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The payment and or refund of TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND GHANA CEDIS GH¢250,000.00 being the equivalent of US$75,000.00<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>prevailing<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>forex<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>bureau<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>rate<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>1 US<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Dollars<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>equals<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to GH¢3.40 being money received by the Defendants for two plots of land from the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:31.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:38.6pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest on either of relief one at prevailing commercial interest rate from the 19<sup>th</sup> day of July 2013 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:31.55pt;text-indent:-27.05pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:38.6pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">General<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">damages</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:31.55pt;text-indent:-27.05pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:38.6pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: &qu