[2015]DLHC3532 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">DENHAN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">CHIEF ALI & 2 ORS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">SUIT </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">NO.RPC/81/13 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">5<sup>TH</sup> OCTOBER, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MATTHEW APPIAH FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="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;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="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;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">Denhan International (Ghana) Limited instituted the present action against the Defendants herein for these reliefs as set out on its writ of summons filed on 21/03/2013:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A declaration that the truck with Registration No. AW 1035 Y is the property of the Plaintiff Company;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Recovery of the sum of GH¢107,336.51 from the third Defendant made up as follows: GH¢29,548.13 which the 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendant unlawfully authorized his wife to use the Plaintiff Company's ATM card to withdraw without any authorization from Plaintiff; GH¢54,888.38 which Agyapaddo Construction Works paid to 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendant personally as proceeds/income accruing from Plaintiff's truck with Registration No. AW 1035Y and GH¢ 22,900.00 which the 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendant unlawfully withdrew from the Plaintiff's accounts after he had been suspended as director of the plaintiff's company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Interest on the sum of GH¢107,336.51 at the prevailing Bank rate from December 2012, till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> Recovery of GH¢588,323.75 from the 3rd defendant which said sum were unaccounted for withdrawals made by the 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendant from the Plaintiff's account between 2011 and 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">An order cancelling the names (if any) of the defendants on the Plaintiff's truck with Registration number AW 1035 Y.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A declaration that the following properties are the properties of plaintiff: two excavators; 2 trucks and 5 flat beds and recovery of possession of the said properties from the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:75.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">g)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: norma