J.K. ROCKSON vs. FIDELITY BANK GHANA LIMITED [2017]DLHC4033

Date	2017-10-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC/70/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4033

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. KWEKU Y. PAINSTIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. RAPHAEL KUMI FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC4033
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >J.K. ROCKSON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FIDELITY BANK GHANA
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION),
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SUIT&nbsp;NO. AC/70/2015&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 9TH OCTOBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. KWEKU Y. PAINSTIL 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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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
time has come to talk of many things – of a businessman’s dealings in Tramigo
T23 GPS from Espoo, Finland with the Defendant Company – and of the unstable
dollar exchange rate, the consequence thereof and a surreptitiously recorded
meeting which has become the centerpiece of the litigation – the legal
implication of the recorded meeting and its effects on the parties’ – and whether
the Defendant is liable for the shortfall in the exchange rate the Plaintiff
says he incurred. Those questions arise in this litigation, in which the
Plaintiff claims the Defendant breached the contract between them and therefore
seeks the payment of money and interest thereon.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By
a writ of summons issued on June 15, 2015 the Plaintiff claims against the
Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i. Breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>ii. Payment of the sum of US$20,847.20 or
its cedi equivalent; <o:p></o:p>iii. Interest thereon from 14th
July 2014; and<o:p></o:p>iii. Further any other reliefs as may
seem just.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After
the service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the
Defendant, Appearance was entered on June 29, 2015 after which a statement of
defence and Counterclaim was filed by the Defendant on July 29, 2015 to which
the Plaintiff filed a reply and defence to Counterclaim on December 02, 2015.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff’s
Claim<o:p></o:p>[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The case of the Plaintiff is that &nbsp;by an agr</main>