HBM COMPACT LTD vs. PROTEUS LTD. [2016]DLHC9058

Date	2016-11-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/33/15
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC9058

JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

RAYMOND BAGNABU ESQ. OF PWAMANG & ASSOCIATES COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

ALEX OSEI OWUSU ESQ. OF CARDINAL LAW GROUP COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

[2016]DLHC9058
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HBM
COMPACT LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PROTEUS
LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. RPC/33/15&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>RAYMOND
BAGNABU, ESQ., OF PWAMANG &amp; ASSOCIATES, COUNSEL 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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ALEX OSEI OWUSU, ESQ., OF CARDINAL LAW
GROUP, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff/Respondent (hereinafter, referred to as
“Plaintiff”) sued the Defendant/Applicant (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) for
the following reliefs endorsed on the Plaintiff’s writ of summons and the
supporting statement of claim:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“(a)&nbsp; &nbsp;
payment of the sum of GH¢178,500 being the cost of 5,100 bags of cement
supplied the defendant company which defendant company has failed and/or
refused to pay for.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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Interest
on the sum in (a) from the 23rd October, 2014 till date of final
payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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Costs.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On March 22, 2016, when the case was called for the trial to
begin, the Plaintiff and his counsel were in court.&nbsp; Even though there is proof on the record that
counsel for defendant had been served with the hearing notice and the court’s
notes entered at the last sitting, neither the Defendant nor its counsel was in
court.&nbsp; After evidence had been taken in
the matter, including the testimony of the Plaintiff’s representative and
Plaintiff’s Witness, the Court entered judgment in favour of the Plaintiff on
April 18, 2016.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is in respect of this
judgment that counsel for the Defendant has filed the present motion to stay
execution of and set aside the said judgement.&nbsp;
I will reproduce here the pertinent averments deposed to by the
Defendant in its affidavit in support of the motion.<o:p></o:p>“4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Plaintiff/Respondent Company
commenced the present action against the Defendant/Applicant Company for the
reliefs endorsed on the writ thereon and the originating processes were
delivered to our previous lawyer to conduct the defence on behalf of the
latter.<o:p></o:p>