JORBIES TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS vs. J. A PLANT POOL GHANA LTD [2017]DLHC3322

Date	2017-06-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 628/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3322

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

[2017]DLHC3322
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JORBIES TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>J. A PLANT POOL GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ERIC K. BAFFOUR, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>It is provided under Order 11 rule 18(1)(b) and (d) of
the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, C. I. 47 that:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>“The Court may at any stage of the proceedings order any pleadings or
anything in any pleadings to be struck out on the grounds that:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(b) it is scandalous, frivolous or vexatious or<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d) it is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>And may order the action to be stayed or dismissed or judgment to be
entered accordingly”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1st Defendant has mounted this application
under Order 11 rule 18(b) &amp; (d) seeking an order for the dismissal of the
suit on the grounds that the suit is vexatious and constitutes an abuse of the
judicial process.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The basis of the claim of the Defendant/Applicant has
been stated in the 22 paragraph affidavit in support of the application. There
is unimpeachable evidence that the Plaintiff/Respondent was served with this
application on the 19th of May, 2017. Yet when the due date of 29/05/17
came for the application to be moved the Plaintiff and his counsel were absent
from court without any cause. The court had no good ground to adjourn the
hearing of the application and accordingly allowed the Defendant/Applicant to
move the application. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the applicant the Plaintiff/Respondent is
seeking to re-litigate a matter that has been fully and effectively determined
by the court, Coram: Afia Serwaah Asare-Botwe J. wherein Plaintiff had judgment
in his favour. To Defendant/Applicant rather than Plaintiff seeking to execute
the judgment through the methods of executions available to it under the Rules
of court it had rather chosen the path of filing this writ with intent to vex
the Defendant. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>If indeed the reliefs Plaintiff sought in the earlier
suit No BC 166/2015 is the same as the present suit it has filed before me,
then it may constitute an abuse of the judicial process. It is therefore
imperative that I examine the earlier suit before Afia Serwah Asare Botwe J. and
the present to see if there is substance in the claim of the
Defendant/Applicant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff/Respondent in Suit No. BC 166/2015 which has
been annexed to the affidavit in support of the application as Exhibit ‘KI’ sought
the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span 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;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that defendant breached the Sale Agreement
by failing to deliver a durable strong and quality equipment to the plaintiff<o:p></o:p>