CHARLES OPPONG ANOKYE vs. ADDAE OWUSU [2018]DLHC3972

Date	2018-10-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. OCC 19/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3972

DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

OBENG MANU JNR. FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2018]DLHC3972
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHARLES OPPONG ANOKYE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ADDAE OWUSU<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
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SUIT&nbsp;NO. OCC 19/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 22ND OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>By
a writ of summons, plaintiff claim against the defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the refund of SIX THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED- AND FIFTY-POUNDS STERLING <a name="_Hlk527961738">(£ 6,250.00</a>)being
the amount the Plaintiff advanced and transferred to the manufacturers in China
to effect payment of the printing machine at the behest of the Defendant which
was meant to be employed in commercial printing business for the joint benefit
of Plaintiff and Defendant.<o:p></o:p>B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for recovery of Twenty-Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (<a name="_Hlk527963320">GH¢27,500) being the
Plaintiff’s share of accumulated profit for 22 months </a>by way of special
damages.<o:p></o:p>C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said amount in relief”a” above
to be calculated by the Bank of Ghana at prevailing interest rate in the United
Kingdom (London) until date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>D.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for breach of contract
signed between Plaintiff and Defendant.<o:p></o:p>E.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost including solicitors fees.<o:p></o:p>On
7th May, 2018 the court entered final judgment in favour of the
Plaintiff in respect of reliefs (a) and (c) above. The court also entered
interlocutory judgment in respect of reliefs (d) and (e). The suit was,
however, adjourned for assessment of damages.<o:p></o:p>The
law is that general damages lie for every infringement of an absolute right.
The Supreme Court held in the case of Delmas Agency Ghana Ltd v Food
Distributors International Ltd [2007/2008] SCGLR 748, 760 thus:<o:p></o:p>‘‘General
damages is such as the law will presume to be the probable or natural
consequences of the defendant’s act. It arises by inference of law and
therefore need not be proved by evidence. The law implies general damages in
every infringement of an absolute right. The catch is that only general damages
are awarded.<o:p></o:p>Where
a plaintiff has suffered a properly quantifiable loss, he must plead
specifically his loss and prove it strictly. If he does not he is not entitled
to anything unless general damages are also appropriate.’’<o:p></o:p></sp</main>