BENJAMIN YAW OBENG vs. KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL [2017]DLHC3755

Date	2017-11-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC 278/2014
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3755

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

SAMIR IBRAHIM ESQ. FOR M.B. SAHNOON ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF – PRESENT

[2017]DLHC3755
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN YAW OBENG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KORLE BU TEACHING
HOSPITAL<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
JURISDICTION DIVISION 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. AC 278/2014&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;17TH NOVEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SAMIR IBRAHIM, ESQ. FOR M.B. SAHNOON ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF –
PRESENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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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:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>Plaintiff claims the following reliefs endorsed on its writ issued
against the defendants the following: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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An order for the payment of the
sum of Ghc31,500.00 by the Defendant jointly and severally being sum due the
Plaintiff for the supply of printing to the Defendant <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Interest from the 1st April,
2013 to date of final payment <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the amended statement of claim Plaintiff claim to be operating
a printing press as a sole proprietor under the name Kwahuman printing press.
With Defendant as a leading teaching hospital in Ghana it invited him sometime
in February, 2013 to submit a sealed bid for the supply of printing items being
NHIS Form J, Post Mortem Forms, Operation Record Forms and Costing Sheet.
Plaintiff claim to have duly complied and his bid accepted to supply 150,000
NHIS Forms J which he supplied all the quantities he was asked to supply and
provided a waybill and a final invoice for an amount of Ghc31,000.00 for which
the head of Procurement in Defendant establishment instructed that the stores
should not take delivery without any tangible reasons. To Plaintiff numerous
letters written and efforts made to retrieve his money has not been successful
and hence his claim before the court. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant who entered appearance through its lawyer denied that it
was indebted to the Plaintiff as it never awarded any contract to the Plaintiff
for the supply of materials. It threw further light on its defence by stating
that it sometime in February, 2013 its Procurement Unit invited sealed
quotations for the supply of printing items. <o:p></o:p>With Plaintiff being one of the candidates he did not meet the
criteria as Plaintiff failed to furnish them with tax clearance certificate and
other relevant documentations. Defendant further averred that by a special
arrangement it made Plaintiff supply some critical items as a matter of urgency
as they had ran out and needed to be supplied immediately and made plaintiff to
supply them as stop gap but not that it had won the contract. Defendant
admitted owing Plaintiff for supplying 27,000 copies of NHIS Form J only and
payment would be made upon delivery of SSNIT, TCC and Tender Forms. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>With the closure of pleadings the following issues were set down
for determination: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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