NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD vs. AHAMAN ENTERPRISES LTD, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALEX A. ADUKO [2016]DLSC2870

NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD vs. AHAMAN ENTERPRISES LTD, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALEX... [2016]DLSC2870

Date	2016-03-10
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/29/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLSC2870

WOOD CJ (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE–BONNIE JSC

AKAMBA JSC

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) WITH MRS EWOOL (PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE 2ND DEFENDAN/ APPLICANT.

KWASI AFRIFA ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLSC2870
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NDK FINANCIAL SERVICES
LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AHAMAN ENTERPRISES LTD,
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALEX A. ADUKO<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME 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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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/29/2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 10TH MARCH, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>SYLVESTER
WILLIAMS (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) WITH MRS EWOOL (PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR
THE&nbsp;&nbsp; 2ND DEFENDAN/ APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWASI
AFRIFA ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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WOOD CJ (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, DOTSE JSC,
BAFFOE–BONNIE JSC, AND AKAMBA JSC<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>AKAMBA,
JSC:<o:p></o:p>On the 28th
November 2013 this court gave its decision dismissing an appeal brought against
a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the 28th March 2013 which had
reversed the judgment of the High Court entered in favour of the Plaintiff/appellant/
respondent, hereinafter simply referred to as the respondent. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>The 2nd
Defendant/Respondent/Applicant, hereinafter simply referred to as the Applicant,
invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this court, seeks a clarification of
parts of the judgment dated 28th November 2014. By the application
filed on 25/11/2015, pursuant to rule 5 of CI 16, the following three areas
have been set down as lacking clarity and thereby warranting our intervention.
These are:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
use of the word “jointly” and “jointly and severally” in the judgment and the
certificate of the order of this Honourable Court respectively.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
appropriate computation of the interest (whether compound or simple interest)
as regards the contract signed on 26th August, 2005 between
Plaintiffs, NDK Financial Services and the 1st Defendant, Ahaman
Enterprises Ltd.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
period for the computation of the interest exigible.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>When the motion came up
for hearing, the counsel for the respondents, Kwasi Afrifa, discounted the
applicability of rule 5 of CI 16 to the present motion, contending that the
applicant was merely trying to seek a further review after a failure of an
earlier review application. According to respondent’s counsel, the inherent
jurisdiction of this court must be expressly invoked.<o:p></o:p>It is sufficient in this
instance that the applicant placed reliance on rule 5 of CI 16 which states:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“Where no provision is expressly made by these
Rules regarding the practice and procedure which shall apply to any cause or
matter before the Court, the Court shall prescribe such practice and procedure
as in the opinion of the Court the justice of the cause or matter may require”.<o:p></o:p>This being the last and
final court of the land, in a situation in which the rules of court or any
other relevant statute, do not prescribe particular practices or procedure as
the justice of a cause or matter may require, it is appropriate to grant the
application, provided there is substance in it and regardless of the form in
which it has been intituled. This is in consonance with the duty of the courts
to do substantial justice on the issue/s before it. A court of justice has a
duty to render its decisions with sufficient clarity so as not to leave parties
in any doubt/s as to the outcome of its pronouncements. Where doubts are
evident or uncertainties obvious from the court’s orders, rulings or judgments,
it is appropriate to seek the intervention of the court in appropriate
circumstances to clarify the doubts. (See Okofoh Estates Ltd vs Modern Signs
Ltd &amp; Anor (1996-97) SCGLR 224, holding 1). <o:p></o:p>