RONER ENTERPRISE LIMITED vs. GLAHCO HOTELS & TOURISM DEELOPMENT LIMITED [2016]DLCA5102

Date	2016-10-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/179/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5102

KUSI-APPIAH JA (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI JA

TANKO AMADU JA

JACOB NOYETOR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

ACQUAH-SAMPSON & ASSOCIATES ACTS FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENTS

[2016]DLCA5102
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RONER ENTERPRISE LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GLAHCO HOTELS &amp; TOURISM
DEELOPMENT LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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SUIT NO. H1/179/2015&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 27TH OCTOBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JACOB NOYETOR FOR
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ACQUAH-SAMPSON &amp;
ASSOCIATES ACTS FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>KUSI-APPIAH
JA (PRESIDING), ADUAMA OSEI JA, TANKO AMADU JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ADUAMA OSEI JA:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
an action before the Commercial Division of the High Court, Accra, instituted
on the 8th of February, 2011, the Plaintiff/Appellant sought reliefs
for general and punitive damages for breach of contract, and general and
punitive damages for unlawful appropriation of goodwill against the
Defendant/Respondent. The trial Court delivered judgment on the 29th
of November, 2013 and awarded the Plaintiff/Appellant the sum of GH¢40,000.00 as
punitive damages for breach of contract. Not satisfied with the said judgment,
the Plaintiff/Appellant has appealed against the same to this Court praying
this Court to increase the damages awarded and place it in the position it
would have been in if the breach of contract had not occurred.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
grounds on which the Plaintiff/Appellant is impugning the judgment of the trial
Court are that:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the trial Court misdirected itself in law on the
legal requirements for terminating a commercial licence/tenancy such as that of
the Plaintiff/Appellant which misdirection led it to hold that the termination
of the Plaintiff/Appellant’s licence was lawful.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the trial Court misdirected itself in law on the
nature and effect of the goodwill established by the Plaintiff/Appellant over
18 years of starting its business from scratch which misdirection led it to
hold that the Defendant/Respondent had not appropriated the
Plaintiff/Respondent’s goodwill.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
by misdirecting itself on the unlawful nature of
the termination of the Plaintiff/Appellant’s licence, the trial Court disabled
itself from appreciating the full impact of the Plaintiff/Appellant’s loss of
business which failure made it award the meagre GH¢40,000.00 as punitive
damages.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
by misdirecting itself in law on the nature of
goodwill claimed by the Plaintiff/Appellant the trial Court failed to award any
damages for the appropriation of the said goodwill.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>