JIDEM SECURITY LTD vs. BULK OIL STORSGE AND TRANSPORTATION [2017]DLHC3846

Date	2017-04-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/0134/15
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3846

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED BY GERSHON WORNOO

MELISA AMARTEIFIO WITH VELDA ATUAH KUSI AND ISAAC ABURAM LARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF

[2017]DLHC3846
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JIDEM SECURITY LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BULK OIL STORSGE AND
TRANSPORTATION<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
COURT 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. CM/0134/15&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; 28TH APRIL, 2018<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>PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED BY GERSHON WORNOO <o:p></o:p>MELISA AMARTEIFIO WITH VELDA ATUAH KUSI AND ISAAC ABURAM LARTEY
FOR PLAINTIFF &nbsp;<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 claim the following reliefs endorsed on its writ issued
against the Defendant 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 €33,390.71 or its cedi equivalent which the Defendant owes the Plaintiff
<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Interest on relief (1) above
from the 11th of August, 2015 till date of final payment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Damages for breach of contract <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Cost <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Any other relief as this
honourable court may deem just. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>In a 39 paragraph statement of claim Plaintiff avers that it won a
bid to provide services for the installation and maintenance of a closed
circuit television system (CCTV) at the Defendant’s depot at the Accra Plains
for an amount of €412,348.15 (Four Hundred and Twelve Thousand Three Hundred
and Forty Eight Pounds and Fifteen Pence). And that as part of the terms of the
contract 75% of the contract price had to be paid before order and installation
or the receipt of advanced payment guarantee from a reputable insurance company
with 25% of the amount to be paid upon the issuance of a certificate of
completion by the supplier. To Plaintiff it complied with the terms of the
contract by providing an advance mobilization guarantee and a performance bond
from SIC Insurance Ltd. Plaintiff claim that Defendant delayed for several
months in paying the 75% of the contract sum which also delayed the performance
of the contract leading to the completion of the project on the 4th of
April, 2014. That upon completion it wrote to notify Defendant and informed
Defendant of the need for adequate security to ward of threats to the safety of
the installation and of the need for the training of Defendant’s personnel on
the use of the facility. <o:p></o:p>