[2016]DLHC17231 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;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">GHANA HOME LOANS LTD</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:211.5pt center 243.0pt"><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="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 243.0pt left 295.5pt"><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">ANTHONY BOATENG SEKYERE, HILDA SEKYERE</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;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" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <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;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. BFS/18/2015 DATE: 16<sup>TH</sup> MARCH 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt right 481.5pt"><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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <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"">YAW ESHUN ESQ WITH HIM DAWN ZANEY ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <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"">CHRISTIAN ASARE-PREMPEH ESQ HOLDING THE BRIEF OF CHARLES OTCHERE ESQ FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:106.5pt"><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="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;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 JUSTICE JEROME NOBLE-NKRUMAH <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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <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"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-right: 19.9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">By<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>writ<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>summons<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>claims<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>defendants<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>jointly<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>and <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">severally:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A] An amount of $135,261.24, being the outstanding balance on a facility granted the defendants.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:17.65pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:20.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">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<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>said<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>amount<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>12/12/13<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>date<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>final<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>payment<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>rate of 22.5% per annum.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:19.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:19.25pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt">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; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt">Costs</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.75pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.75pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">After the service of the writ with accompanying statement of claim, the defendants entered appearance<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>filed no<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>defense<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>compelling<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>file<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>motion for default judgment. Before that could be moved the defendants filed their defense. After an unsuccessful pretrial settlement the matter was set down for trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.85pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line