[2017]DLHC12112 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">DELIN CONSULT LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">SCANCOM LTD AND ATC TOWERS (GHANA) LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANTS) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. AC 74/2013 DATE:19</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">JANUARY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">REPRESENTED BY IGNATUS WINFUL ROMAINE ABBEY FOR ANKAMA MENSAH FOR PLAINTIFF ,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JOEL ANNAN -AFARI FOR BENSON NUTSUKPUI FOR 1ST DEFENDANT WITH ABA EWUSI MENSAH ,<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KOW ESSUMAN FOR 2ND DEFENDANT<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>both<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">for:</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:8.9pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:91.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">“(a)<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Recovery of the sum of GH¢239,473.91 being the aggregate outstanding sum owed to the Plaintiff by the Defendants on the agreement dated which the Defendants have failed to honour.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:8.1pt;margin-right:8.95pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:91.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt; line-height:148%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:91.35pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:148%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:148%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest on the said sum of GH¢5239,473.91 at the Commercial Bank interest rate of 29% per annum at the time of judgment inclusive of the date of payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:8.3pt;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:91.35pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>breach<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> contract.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Costs”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:8.8pt;text-indent:35.95pt;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Each<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>denied<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>liability<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>statement<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Defence<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>answer<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the averments<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>statement<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>claim.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>At<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>close<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>pleadings,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>the Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>issues<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>considered<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>resolving<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>dispute:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:7.95pt;margin-right:8.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:91.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-