GLORIA NYAMEKYE vs. 21ST CENTURY CONSTRUCTION LTD [2017]DLHC4031

Date	2017-07-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO.BMISC 958/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4031

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. SAM WOOD FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. ANTHONY LARTEY HOLDS STEPHEN BEKOE’S BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC4031
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GLORIA NYAMEKYE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>21ST CENTURY CONSTRUCTION LTD<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
(GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT&nbsp;NO.BMISC 958/2015&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; DATE: 24TH JULY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. SAM WOOD FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <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><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:0in;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:0in;
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</div><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Plaintiff, Gloria Nyamekye, a retired
Nurse-Midwife agreed with the Defendant Construction Company for the purchase
of a two bed-room executive house and paid the full purchase price agreed upon
in 2013. According to the Plaintiff the Defendant agreed to hand over the
property to her in two months but four years after the house is still not
delivered. The Defendant says after receiving the purchase price it encountered
problems including encroachment on a large tract of its land earmarked for the
construction and it duly informed the Plaintiff. The issues for my resolution
in this case are: whether the Plaintiff entered into the purchase agreement
with the Defendant, whether the Plaintiff is entitled to the relief of specific
performance and whether the Plaintiff is entitled to recover costs of rent
incurred because the Defendant failed to deliver the house on time.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[2]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having failed to deliver
the house further to the agreement reached the Plaintiff issued out a Writ of
Summons from the registry of this Court for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of specific performance to compel
the defendant to perform its part of the agreement to provide the Plaintiff
with a 2 bedroom executive house; OR.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternatively to pay the Plaintiff the
replacement value or cost of a 2 bedroom executive house as at the time of
judgment or payment.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for breach of contract<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs”.<o:p></o:p>