FRANCIS BALFOUR AGURGO. vs. RUDAN ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD. [2016]DLHC11832

Date	2016-10-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC 267/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC11832

HER LADYSHIP NOVISI AFUA ARYENE (MRS.)

[2016]DLHC11832
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FRANCIS BALFOUR AGURGO.<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>RUDAN ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD.<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. RPC 267/13&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:
26TH&nbsp;OCTOBERBER 2016<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP NOVISI
AFUA ARYENE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

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Plaintiff sued defendant
seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

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115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:44.0pt 44.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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;;
letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-font-width:99%">I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of the amount of GHc43, 864.02 being the outstanding debt owed by the defendant to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>

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115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:44.0pt 44.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-font-width:99%">II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the amount
of GHc43, 864.02
at the current bank rate from November
2012 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.2pt;
mso-font-width:99%">III.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs<o:p></o:p>

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Plaintiff, an Information Technologist
and Remote Sensing Consultant was engaged by the defendant to perform
specific tasks under a project.
The duration of the project
was from November 2011 to April 2013 worked in man months. It was a
term in the agreement (which is in evidence
as exhibit 1), that plaintiff
would be paid $4,000