SCANCOM LTD vs. IAIN SELORMEY AND VIVIAN SELORMEY [2015]DLHC17358

Date	2015-06-24
Suit No.	Suit No. RPC/469/13
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC17358

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

SAM CODJOE

MAXWELL LOGAN

[2015]DLHC17358
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<a name="_Hlk154138250"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">SCANCOM LTD <o:p></o:p></a>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">IAIN SELORMEY AND VIVIAN SELORMEY <o:p></o:p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(DEFENDANT)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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CODJOE FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

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JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
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The Plaintiff claimed against the
Defendants jointly and severally, an
amount of GH¢474,720.00 being a refund of rent advance it had paid to the
Defendant in respect of House No. 34, 1st Dade Link, North Labone,
together with interest from 25th September 2013 till date of final
payment. In addition, the Plaintiff
made claims for special damages of GH¢67,257.00 which it said it had incurred
in cleaning and fumigating the premises as well as other expenses. It also claimed for interest on the said
amount from 25th September 2013 till the date of final payment.
There was a further claim for
special damages of GH¢150.00 a week it said it had expended on storage of
property from 13th December 2013 together with interest on the
computed sum until suitable accommodation was found.<o:p></o:p>

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The
Plaintiff also sued for a perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendants
from renting the said House No. 34, 1st Dade
Link, North Labone until it had been fully repaid. It also sought a declaration that the act of the Defendant in terminating
the tenancy was wrongful and without basis.<o:p></o:p>

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Consequently, the Plaintiff prayed
for general damages for breach of contract and costs.<o:p></o:p>

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The Defendants in their defence
admitted receiving 2 years rent in advance from the Plaintiff which they used in
completing the house the subject matter of the instant dispute. They also admitted entering into a
contract with the Plaintiff for the rental of the said house. It was the Defendants’ case that there
existed previous draft agreements which culminated in a final agreement to
which the parties were to append their signatures. However, the Defendants discovered that the Plaintiff’s senior
officers doctored the agreement by inserting significant variations in it and
deceived the Defendants into signing it. On discovery of this,
the Defendants deemed the Plaintiff’s conduct as dishonest whereupon they
decided to terminate the contract. They gave the particulars of fraud as:<o:p></o:p>

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