BIZZACO LTD. vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY [2016]DLHC3581

Date	2016-04-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO.RPC/365/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC3581

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

FELIX QUARTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

SAMUEL MENSAH AKRONG ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

[2016]DLHC3581
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">BIZZACO LTD.<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO.RPC/365/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 5TH APRIL, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>FELIX QUARTEY, ESQ., FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL MENSAH
AKRONG, ESQ., FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>On the George Walker Bush motorway, otherwise called
N1at the section at Abelemkpe is a piece of land by the highway which until the
3rd and 23rd of May, 2014 was occupied by the Plaintiff
and had been converted into a washing bay. Acting on concerns that the
activities of Plaintiff on the land poses threat to motorist coupled with a feud
between Plaintiff and residents of Abelemkpe, National Security was compelled
to demolish the property of Plaintiff on that piece of land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff company claims per the reliefs endorsed
on its amended writ of summons the following reliefs originally against National
Security, the Attorney General and Accra Metropolitan Assembly:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An amount of Ghc486.190.19
being the total amount expended by the Plaintiff on its business operations on
the aforesaid land from the date when the land was given it to the date of the final
demolition.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on same at
the prevailing Bank rate from the date of the issuance of this suit to the date
of final payment of same.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages and
compensation to be assessed by the court on a quantum meruit basis.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">iv.