STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GH. LTD. (PLAINTIFF) vs. YVONNE G. QUARTEY AND CLEMENT SAMUEL CRABBE (DEFENDANTS) [2016]DLHC7348

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GH. LTD. (PLAINTIFF) vs. YVONNE G. QUARTEY AND CLEMENT S... [2016]DLHC7348

Date	2016-01-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: BFS/179/2010
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7348

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

STERLING PARTNERSHIP SOLICITORS FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

A.K. BANNERMAN-WILLIAMS ESQ. OF SACKODAR CHAMBERS FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLHC7348
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
GH. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>YVONNE G. QUARTEY AND
CLEMENT SAMUEL CRABBE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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.: BFS/179/2010&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:
7TH JANUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>STERLING PARTNERSHIP,
SOLICITORS FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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A.K.
BANNERMAN-WILLIAMS, ESQ., OF SACKODAR CHAMBERS FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K.
KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top: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>AND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR
CONTEMPT;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;AND IN THE MATTER OF REPUBLIC v YVONNE G.
QUARTEY, EX-PARTE STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GH. LTD.<o:p></o:p>In
this application, the Applicant prays this Honourable Court for an Order
committing the Respondent herein for contempt of court in that the Respondent
has wilfully disobeyed the orders of the High Court (Commercial Division) dated
24th day of June, 2014.<o:p></o:p>What
then is the claim of the Applicant? Briefly, the material facts which gave rise
to the present application are that, the Applicant herein instituted an action
in the High Court, Commercial Division against the Defendants for<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
recovery of the amount of GH₵307,007.48 being the outstanding balance due on loan
facilities granted to the 1st Defendant,<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
interest
on the said amount from 22nd February, 2010 to date of final payment
at the prevailing bank rate<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs
occasioned by the action;<o:p></o:p>or
in the alternative, <o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
an
order for the judicial sale of a residential property situate at Dansoman,
Accra.<o:p></o:p>Subsequently,
the parties entered into terms of settlement which was filed with the court on
8th day of October, 2010 and was later adopted by the court as the
Consent Judgment in the suit on 13th October, 2010.<o:p></o:p>According
to the Applicant, the Defendants failed to abide by the terms of the Consent
Judgment and consequently, Applicant proceeded into execution. It was then discovered
that all the properties used in securing the facility by the Defendants were
non-existent and that an articulator truck with registration number GT 8914-Z
purchased in the joint names of the parties herein had also</main>