KOMMANDITGESELSCHAFT MTI-VETRIBS GESELSCHAFT MBH & CO vs. SOTREC GHANA LIMITED [2017]DLHC11918

Date	2017-10-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. . AC/284/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11918

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH

NATHAN YARNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

GODWIN DJOKOTO FOR DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC11918
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOMMANDITGESELSCHAFT
MTI-VETRIBS GESELSCHAFT MBH &amp; CO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SOTREC
GHANA LIMITED <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. . AC/284/2015&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;DATE: 20TH&nbsp;OCTOBER 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS
TETTEH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>The
plaintiff is a German Company in the business of frozen meat suppliers. Its
business with the defendant, a Ghanaian Company had however gone sour as a
result of defendant’s failure or refusal to pay for certain consignment of meat
products shipped to Ghana in the name of the defendant. The plaintiff therefore
claims against the defendant as follows;<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of an amount of $264,989.22 being the outstanding balance due on several
consignments of frozen meat products delivered to the defendant on CIF terms to
Tema, Accra.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest
on the afore-mentioned amount set at the prevailing commercial rate from
21/01/14 till date of final judgment.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost
on full indemnity basis.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;CASE
OF THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>It
is the case of the plaintiff that it supplies frozen meat products
internationally and it is registered under the laws of the Republic of Germany.
According to the plaintiff, the defendant, a company registered under the laws
of the Republic of Ghana is its business partner. The plaintiff’s case is that,
it has engaged in business with the defendant for a considerable period of time
within which the plaintiff supplied frozen meat product to the defendant upon
its order on CIF terms for delivery to Tema, Ghana from Europe. The plaintiff
stated that in 2013, several sales contracts were executed by the parties for
the supply of frozen meat and the said contract values were due as per a table
produced by the plaintiff, and each of these contracts provided the terms
agreed between the parties. The defendant is named as the customer on each of
these contracts. The product is described and its quantity in weight and value
are both indicated and terms of payment stated. The same procedure as has been
in their usual business practice was followed as in the case herein.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff stated that the defendant also requested some of the consignment to
be invoiced to its purported subsidiary by name Afrik Negoce Distribution
Limited, by an undertaking made on the 29/09/13. The defendant declared itself
irrevocably liable for all debts due to the said subsidiary. It is the case of
the plaintiff that, the defendant has kept an irregular pa</main>