GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD.vs. GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD & ANOR EX-PARTE: TOTAL PETROLEUM GH. LTD & 2 ORS [2017]DLHC7308

GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD.vs. GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD & ANOR EX-PARTE: TOTAL PETROLE... [2017]DLHC7308

Date	2017-01-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/0298/16
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC7308

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

K. PEASAH BOADU FOR APPLICANTS

SAMUEL CODJOE FOR RESPONDENT

[2017]DLHC7308
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE MATTER OF TOTAL
PETROLEUM GH. LTD &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>IN THE MATTER OF THE
REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA AIRPORTS CO. LTD
&amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: TOTAL PETROLEUM GH. LTD &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL 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
NO. CM/0298/16&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
17TH JANUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>K. PEASAH BOADU FOR
APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL
CODJOE FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K.
KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>This contempt application was brought under Order
50 rule 1 of C.I. 47.&nbsp; The applicants
pray this Court to commit the two Respondents for contempt of Court, in that
the Respondents failed to obey the lawful orders of this Court made on the 21st
April, 2016.<o:p></o:p>A brief summary of the facts which gave rise to the
present application is that the applicants filed a suit in the Commercial Court
on the 20th of April, 2016 asking for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the decision of the defendants to prevent Plaintiffs from using the main
apron at the Airport and decommission Plaintiffs existing hydrant system is
contrary to the provisions of the lease agreement dated March 2011, and the
offer letter of the defendant dated 9th July, 2014.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that by virtue of lease agreement executed between the parties dated March,
2011, and offer letter dated 9th July, 2014 the Plaintiffs are
(through JUHI partners) entitled to connect their fueling facilities to the New
Hydrant Line at Kotoka International Airport (the Airport) prior to
decommissioning of existing hydrant facilities.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other relief
the Court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs including
Lawyers’ Legal fees.<o:p></o:p>The applicants also filed an ex-parte application
for interlocutory injunction on the 20th April, 2016 for an order restraining
the defendant/Respondent, its agents, workmen, assigns and or any person or
persons claiming through it, from preventing the Plaintiffs/applicants from
using the main apron and its parking facilities and decommissioning Plaintiffs/applicants’
existing hydrant line and in any other way whatsoever, interfering with the
operation of Plaintiffs/applicants existing hydrant line a</main>