[2016]DLHC16570 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">ABII NATIONAL SAVINGS & LOANS LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">ZAP ENERGY GHANA LIMITED & 2 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. CM/BFS/0398/2016 DATE: 11<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. LAWRENCE ASANTE AHENKORA FOR MR. G. K. BEKAI FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The instant application seeks an order of the court to enter final judgment in default of appearance for the reliefs indorsed on the writ of summons against the defendants in favour of the plaintiff. The application is brought ex parte.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>writ<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>summons<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>claims<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">defendants:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:45.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:60.9pt 61.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: 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:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>Order<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>payment<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>GH¢358,160.09<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt"> </span>being<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>balance due<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>owing<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt"> </span>May,<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>2016<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>account<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>credit<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>facility<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>granted to 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant Company by Plaintiff on 4<sup>th</sup> September 2014, the repayment of which was secured by assignment to Plaintiff of 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>receivables of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>GH¢1,011,600<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Nestle<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>limited and joint several guarantees executed by 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendants but payment of which Defendants have failed to make good, several demand notices notwithstanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:45.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:60.9pt 61.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: 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:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest of 6% per month on the sum of GH¢358,160.09 and all unsatisfied payments respectively calculated at the end of each day and<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>payable<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>close<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>each<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>month<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>May,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>2016<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>and until the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:45.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.95pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:60.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; fon