[2017]DLHC12182 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">HAJIA BATI HABIB & 51 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">BEN-HENRY VENTURES, APOSTLE PRINCE HENRY KOFIE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. . IRL/20/2014 DATE: 27<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CHARLES KUSI FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">EDWARD HEMAN-ACKAH FOR MARTIN KPEBU FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The terms of settlement signed by the parties and their lawyers filed on 24<sup>th</sup> February, 2017, adopted as consent judgment of this Court as follows: -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.95pt;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Whereas the Plaintiffs sued the Defendants on 21<sup>st</sup> November, 2013, for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:63.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:70.0pt 70.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Recovery<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>total<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>GH¢315,130.00,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Defendants fraudulently collected from<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the Plaintiffs at various times for the sale of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">64.5<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>plots<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>Defendant’s<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>alleged<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>lands<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>situate<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>Amrahia<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Akatamanso</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Road<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> Plaintiffs.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-27.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:70.0pt 70.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>said<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>current<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>bank<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>rate<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> </span>31<sup>st</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>December,<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt"> </span>2012 to date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:63.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-27.05pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:70.0pt 70.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">fraud.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.95pt;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Whereas<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>statement<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>defence<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </