WIREN INTERNATIONAL GH LTD vs. MECHANICAL LLYOD CO. LTD [2018]DLHC3842

Date	2018-03-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/0103/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3842

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. (JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT)

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF – SAMANTHA CARBOO FOR RANDALL OBENG-SAYKI

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT – ALFRED ENYAAH FOR PETER ZWENNES

[2018]DLHC3842
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WIREN INTERNATIONAL GH
LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MECHANICAL LLYOD CO. LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. CM/0103/2016&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; 15TH MARCH, 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>COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF – SAMANTHA CARBOO FOR RANDALL OBENG-SAYKI <o:p></o:p>COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT – ALFRED ENYAAH FOR PETER ZWENNES <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 claims the following reliefs endorsed on its writ issued
against the <o:p></o:p>Defendant: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of the sum of €74,793
being the value of a BMW 7 series vehicle damaged in the custody of the
Defendant <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said amount
from 6th of November, 2014 to date of final payment <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for negligence <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for loss of use of the
vehicle from 6th of November, 2014 until date of receipt of full
value for the vehicle. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost including lawyers’ fees
(with liberty to apply) <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the statement of claim, Plaintiff states that it has been a
long standing customer of Defendant, who is the sole agent and representative
of BMW AG and Ford Motors in Ghana. Plaintiff avers that it purchased a BMW 7
series saloon vehicle with registration No GR 437-10 for the use of its Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), George Wiredu. Plaintiff notes that the said vehicle
for some inexplicable reason suffered a battery fire which caused the Plaintiff
to tow the vehicle to the workshop of the Defendant. Plaintiff claim to rely on
the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor for
the exact cause of the battery fire as it subsequently came to its attention
that Defendant had recalled several vehicles worldwide to rectify problems
responsible for battery fires. To Plaintiff Defendant took several months
before it notified Plaintiff that it had repaired its vehicle whereupon the
Plaintiff notified the Defendant that it was no longer interested in taking
back the vehicle due to the security concerns it had about the vehicle when the
fire inci</main>