DE SIMONE LIMITED (PLOT NO. IND/A/38/2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA TEMA) vs. OLAM GHANA LIMITED (17 DADEBAN ROAD NORTH INDUSTRIAL AREA ACCRA) [2017]DLCA7973

DE SIMONE LIMITED (PLOT NO. IND/A/38/2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA TEMA) vs. OLAM GHAN... [2017]DLCA7973

Date	2017-04-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/24/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA7973

V.D. OFOE J.A (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI J.A

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

W. ADDO WITH D. DAJO AND R. ADJEI BEING LED BY YAW O. OSEI FOR PLAINTIFFF/APPELLANT

EWURA ADWOA ANNIE-BUDU for DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA7973
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DE SIMONE LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLOT NO. IND/A/38/2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA TEMA)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OLAM GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(17 DADEBAN ROAD NORTH INDUSTRIAL AREA ACCRA)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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.
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APRIL ,2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>W. ADDO WITH D.
DAJO AND R. ADJEI BEING LED BY YAW O. OSEI FOR PLAINTIFFF/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EWURA
ADWOA ANNIE-BUDU for DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>V.D. OFOE J.A (PRESIDING), ADUAMA OSEI J.A, AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A<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>AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The designation of
the parties in the high court will be maintained in this appeal. The Plaintiff
sued the Defendant for the recovery of the sum of US$6,146,363.09 being the
amount owed them for work done regarding the construction of the latter's
factory, interest thereon and an order extending the time for completing the
construction of the said factory.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant
denied this claim and counterclaimed for reliefs of its own.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Hearing in the
suit commenced but in the course of the evidence of the Plaintiff's
representative on 5th May 2015, the Defendant applied for a stay of
proceedings and sought a referral of the matter to arbitration. The Plaintiff
opposed this but the court granted the application. Being dissatisfied with
this, the Plaintiff has filed the present appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Two grounds of
appeal were filed but Counsel for the Plaintiff states in his written
submissions that only the second ground will be argued. The first ground that
the ruling is against the weight of evidence affidavit adduced is therefore
deemed abandoned. The remaining ground of appeal is that the Learned Judge erred in law when he granted
the application to stay proceedings of the suit and referred the suit to
arbitration.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The gist of the
submissions of Counsel for the Plaintiff/Appellant is as follows:<o:p></o:p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Despite
the mandatory language of section 7(5) of the Alternative Dispute Resolution
Act (to be referred to simply as the Act hereon), in the light of the
provisions of section 6(1), an interpretation that the Court shall at any stage of the proceedings
refer a suit for arbitration upon discovery that a contract the subject matter
of a suit contains an arbitration agreement cannot be correct.<o:p></o:p>