LEXI BOOK vs. ETOYS AND MORE LTD [2018]DLHC3847

Date	2018-06-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 725/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3847

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF – CHRISTOPHER ARCHER PRESENT.

[2018]DLHC3847
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LEXI BOOK<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ETOYS AND MORE LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
DIVISION 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. GJ 725/2017&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; 14TH JUNE, 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 – CHRISTOPHER ARCHER PRESENT. <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>ERIC K. BAFFOUR, ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT <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 reliefs endorsed on its writ issued against
the Defendant the following: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of the sum of
US$28,893.02 or its cedi equivalent being the unpaid purchase price of goods
sold and delivered to Defendant <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Interest on the sum of
US$28,893.02 at the prevailing bank rate from 20th April, 2012 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;
Costs of the action <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Further or other orders as may
be just or proper in the circumstances. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff, a foreign company based in France claim that upon a
request from Defendant, a Ghanaian company it agreed to supply electronic toys
and learning materials to the Defendant with the goods corresponding to the
order made by the Defendant. That the goods arrived at the port of Tema on the
28th of October, 2011 aboard vessel Portofino and another arriving
on the 19th of October, 2011 from the port of Anvers. Plaintiff
contend that upon arrival Defendant cleared the goods but has refused to pay
since at 20th April, 2012. To Plaintiff numerous demands for the
payment has not been heeded by the Defendant and hence the prayers contained in
the endorsement on the writ. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant in its statement of defence admit of a long standing
business relationship between the parties since 2004. And that the payment of
goods supplied by Plaintiff was conditioned upon the successful sale of the
goods by Defendant. And that the goods supplied Defendant was only paid for
after the goods are cleared and sold to customers in Ghana. Defendant further
claim that Plaintiff delayed in notifying it of the shipment of the goods
whiles the shipping documents were also received late leading to the goods
being kept in an Aktos bonded warehouse. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>To Defendant whiles the goods were being kept at the warehouse,
the</main>