[2017]DLHC1282 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">GLOBAL MARKET LEADERS GHANA LTD.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="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="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">UNIQUE TRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[HIGH COURT </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(COMMERCIAL DIVISION),</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> ACCRA]</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow: yes"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">SUIT NO.: OCC/12/2014 </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">24<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:36.0pt 72.0pt 166.5pt; border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-108.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MR. SULEMAN MUSAH FOR MR. AMOAKO ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;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;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MR. CHRIS ARCHER WITH HIM DENNIS MICHAEL AYITEY FOR THE DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By an amended writ of summons the plaintiff claims against the defendant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(a)<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> A declaration that the continuous detention of the plaintiff’s 2 Generator sets 200 KVA is unlawful and amounts to detinue.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(b)<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> An order releasing the said two Generators sets 200 KVA or in the alternative an order compelling the defendant to pay £50,000.00 being the value of the said generators.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(c)<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Recovery of loss of profits.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(d)<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">General damages.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After the service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the defendant and after the close of pleadings and the failure of pre-trial settlement conference, the following issues were set down for hearing and determination of the court. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Whether or not the action is statute barred.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="fon