[2017]DLHC5363 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">BANK OF AFRICA GHANA LIMITED</span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(</span></i></b><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">PLAINTIFF</span></i></span><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">)</span></i></b><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#00B0F0">vs.</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">SIBEL COMPANY LIMITED, CHARLES KWAME SIAW AND ALEXANDER AYISI <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">(</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">DEFENDANTS</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">)</span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">SUIT NO.GJ/1371</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">/2016</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE: 8</span><sup><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">TH</span></sup><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> FEBRUARY, 2017</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">KOJO ASARE BOATENG HOLDS BRIEF FOR EUGENE AKOTO-BAMFO FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">STEPHEN SAH FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM: </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO</span></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">RULING</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">[1]</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> This is an application by Plaintiff/Applicant bank herein praying that summary judgment be entered against the Defendants/Respondents for the reliefs endorsed on the Writ of Summons filed on April 2nd, 2014 stated below as:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Plaintiff claim is for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> Recovery of the sum of <b>GH¢85,325.74.00</b> being the outstanding balance due on the principal and interest on a revolving loan facility granted to the defendants by the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Interest on the said sum from January 29, 2014 till the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bot