[2017]DLHC16806 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">NANA KWAKU DUAH <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">MELCOM LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"> </span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. GJ 019/16 DATE: 17<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER 2017</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">GARY NIMAKO MARFO FOR PLAINTIFF<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;line-height:115%;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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">VIDA AKANLISE JOHNSON MORMESINE FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></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;line-height:115%; 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;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:8.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">To<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>check<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>existing<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>relationship<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>between<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>parties<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>being<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>broken<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>apart,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>this court<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>several<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>occasions<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>reminded<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>parties<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>existence<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Alternative<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Dispute Resolution (ADR) which they could adopt and have the matter settled amicably but the parties and their lawyers could not take advantage of this opportunity but chose the full blown adversarial system where privacy is not guaranteed as well as its demerits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:8.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>therefore<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>option<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>go<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>merits<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">case.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The triable issues set down of determination per the application for directions taken after close of pleadings are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin: 8.1pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt; text-indent: -17.95pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-font-width:99%">1.<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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Whether<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>breached<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>contract<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>dated<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>22nd<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>May<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">2009.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.45pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;mso-l