KUJO ELAS MCDAVE vs. GREATER PLAN COMPANY LIMITED AND GODFRED ANNANG AKRONG [2016]DLHC4269

Date	2016-12-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO.RPC/176/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC4269

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU

NANA AMA OWUSU FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. G. D. ZANEY FOR G. S. K. BABANAWO FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC4269
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">KUJO ELAS MCDAVE<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>GREATER PLAN COMPANY LIMITED AND
GODFRED ANNANG AKRONG<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[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/176/2014&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;DATE: 1ST
DECEMBER, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NANA AMA OWUSU FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU,
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>By a writ of civil
summons dated the 7th day of May, 2014 the plaintiff claims from the
defendants:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An Order compelling the 1st
Defendant to pay the total sum of GH¢582,000.00 and US$17,400 being the sums
owed the Plaintiff as Professional Fees as at 9th January, 2013.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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Interest on the said sum above at
the prevailing bank rate from the 10th January, 2013 until date of
final payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order compelling both the 1st
and 2nd Defendants either jointly or severally to pay the sum of
GH¢2,180,000.00 being the monetary value of the landed property assigned to the
Plaintiff as legal fees and guaranteed by the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(d)&nbsp; Interest
on the said sum (c) above at the prevailing bank rate from the 10th
January, 2013 until date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost.<o:p></o:p>The defendants
entered an appearance to the writ and then filed their statement of defence.
After failure of the pre-trial settlement, the case was set down for trial at
which the plaintiff gave evidence and then called one witness to close his
case. The defendants’ representative, Manfred Akrong, gave evidence on behalf
of the defendants and then called one witness before announcing the closure of
the case for the defendants.<o:p></o:p>The case of the
plaintiff is that he was engaged by the 1st defendant to act as the
lawyer for the 1st defendant upon terms set out in the letter of
appointment which the plaintiff tendered in evidence as exhibit ‘A’. The
plaintiff says that after work</main>