GLENCORE A.G vs. VOLTA ALUMINUM COMPANY LIMITED [2015]DLSC5617

Date	2015-01-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/40/2013
Citation No.	[2015]DLSC5617

WOOD (MRS)CJ (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKAMBA JSC

DAVID ATTA ASIEDU ESQ. WITH HIM DAVID ADU-TUTU JNR. JOSEPH

KWADWO KONADU AND NELSON AKONDOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF /APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

RAYMOND CODJOE ESQ. WITH HIM BARBARA HOLM-FLEISCHER FOR THE

DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

[2015]DLSC5617
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GLENCORE A.G<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>VOLTA ALUMINUM COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/40/2013&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 28TH
JANUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DAVID ATTA ASIEDU ESQ.
WITH HIM DAVID ADU-TUTU JNR.&nbsp; JOSEPH
KWADWO KONADU AND NELSON AKONDOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF /APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RAYMOND
CODJOE ESQ. WITH HIM BARBARA HOLM-FLEISCHER FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/
RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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WOOD
(MRS)CJ (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, AKAMBA JSC<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>JONES DOTSE JSC:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is provided in sections 1 (1), 47, 48 (1) and (2) of the Sale of Goods Act, 1962 (Act
137) as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “1(1)
a contract for the sale of goods is a contract by which the seller agrees to
transfer the property in the goods to the buyer for a consideration called the
price, consisting wholly or partly of money.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 47. Damages for non-acceptance<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)
Where the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to accept and pay for the goods
in accordance with the terms of the contract, the seller may maintain an action
against the buyer for damages for non-acceptance.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)
In a contract for the sale of goods to be delivered by instalments,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)
if each instalment is to be separately paid for, subsection (1) shall apply to
each instalment separately, but where
the buyer has by words or conduct shown an intention to repudiate the contract the
seller may, if the seller accepts the repudiation, maintain an action for
damages for non-acceptance in respect of the goods;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)
in any other case, a breach in respect of one or more instalments shall be
treated for the purposes of subsection (1) as though it were a breach in respect
of the whole contract or of the remaining part of the contract.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 48.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assessment
of damages<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(1) The
measure of damages in an action for damages is the loss which could reasonably
have been foreseen by the buyer at &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the
time when the contract was made as likely to arise from the breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)
Where there is an available market for the goods, the measure of damages is
prima facie to be ascertained by the differences
between the contract price and the market or current price.<o:p></o:p>