KOFI KODUAH-SARPONG vs. EDERN SECURITY SERVICES LTD. & ANOTHER [2016]DLHC9061

Date	2016-12-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. OCC/19/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC9061

JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DADZIE

SEAN POKU ESQ. OF SORY@LAW EAST LEGON ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

ABUBAKAR MUTIU-RAHAMAN ESQ. (H/B FOR ANTHONY NAMOO ESQ.) OF LAW TEMPLE ADABRAKA ACCRA FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS

[2016]DLHC9061
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI
KODUAH-SARPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDERN SECURITY SERVICES LTD. &amp;
ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS)<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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NO. OCC/19/2015&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 DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SEAN POKU, ESQ.,
OF SORY@LAW, EAST LEGON, ACCRA, 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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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ANTHONY NAMOO, ESQ.) OF LAW TEMPLE, ADABRAKA, ACCRA, FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
JENNIFER A. DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>From the Plaintiff’s Writ of Summons
and Statement of Claim, Plaintiff’s case is that he contracted with the 1st
Defendant in 2009 for the 1st Defendant to provide security guard
protection services at his premises and this service extended to his personal
properties, among other things.&nbsp; The
Defendant charged the Plaintiff a fee for the provision of this service.&nbsp; Plaintiff claims that while this contract was
in force, his premises were burglarised on a day that the 2nd
Defendant was the security guard on duty resulting in the loss of some large
sums of money, electronics, clothing and other personal items of the Plaintiff.&nbsp; Some arrests were subsequently made in the
case and a few of the items were retrieved.&nbsp;
Plaintiff however contends that the Defendants breached the
contract.&nbsp; He also states that the Defendants
were negligent and breached their duty of care owed to the Plaintiff which
caused the Plaintiff to suffer such loss.<o:p></o:p>According to the Plaintiff, when all
attempts to get the Defendants to fulfil their contractual obligations and pay
for the losses proved futile, he took out a writ of summons and sued the Defendants.&nbsp; These are the reliefs endorsed on the writ of
summons:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:23.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that Defendants owe Plaintiff
a duty of care to ensure that Plaintiff’s house is safeguarded and suffers no
loss and/or damage whatsoever.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:23.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that Defendants have breached the contract between the parties and
are responsible for the loss sustained.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:23.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at Defendants to pay to Plaintiff the sum of Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars ($20,000.00) or its cedi equivalent that was lost as a
result of Defendant’s negligence and breach of contract.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:23.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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order directed at Defendants to pay to Plaintiff the sum of Nine Hundred and
Fifty United States Dollars ($950) or its cedi equivalent being the cumulative
cost of the items stolen. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:23.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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