RAANAN FISH FEED WEST AFRICA LTD. vs. GHANA PROTEIN LTD [2017]DLHC1278

Date	2017-01-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: RPC/394/2012
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC1278

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J

MR. MIRACLE ATTACHEY FOR MR. J. AMENUVOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2017]DLHC1278
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RAANAN FISH FEED WEST AFRICA
LTD.<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA PROTEIN LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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.: RPC/394/2012&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; &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: 27TH
JANUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. MIRACLE
ATTACHEY FOR MR. J. AMENUVOR FOR&nbsp; THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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</div>In
October 2011, the plaintiff company bought fish oil from the defendant company
and used same to produce fish feed which it sold to its customers who are
mostly commercial fish farmers. Sometime after the customers have fed their
fishes with the produce purchased from the plaintiff, they started experiencing
high rate of mortality in the fishes. The farmers therefore notified the
plaintiff who conducted some investigations and later recalled the unused fish
feed from the customers who were thereafter compensated by the plaintiff
company. The defendant company was informed of this development. After sometime
the plaintiff also demanded compensation from the defendant. However, when the
defendant refused to pay any compensation to the plaintiff, the instant action
was instituted by the plaintiff company against the defendant company for:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Special and general damages<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Compensation in the sum of US$187,500.00 or its
cedi equivalent for direct loss and damage suffered by the plaintiff as a
result of the contaminated fish oil sold it by the defendant.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs including legal costs.<o:p></o:p>From
the pleadings filed by the parties the court finds that it is not in dispute
that the plaintiff company is incorporated in Ghana and manufactures fish feed
for the use of commercial fish farmers in Ghana and West Africa. It is also not
in dispute that the defendant is a Ghanaian registered company and a producer
of fish oil among others. It is also not in dispute that prior to the purchase
of the defendant’s products, officials of the two companies met and discussed
the possibility of the plaintiff purchasing fish oil from the defendant company
to be used in the production of &nbsp;fish
feed by the plaintiff in its factory in Ghana. The defendant has admitted that
during negotiations officials of the plaintiff made it aware that the fish feed
was being purchased for use in the production of fish feed. <o:p></o:p>The
court, again, finds that the defendant has admitted that the plaintiff, on the
26th October 2011, purchased about 3.71 tons of fish oil amounting
to GH₵3,710.00 from the defendant company.<o:p></o:p>The
court finds from the evidence on record that the plaintiff company produced fish
feed and used the fish oil purchased from the defendant herein to coat about
ninety tons of the fish feed produced by the company. There is also evidence to
the effect that it is not all the fish feed pro</main>