TRIL GHANA LIMITED vs. AKWASI OSEI BOATENG [2018]DLHC4003

Date	2018-06-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO. OCC 200/2013
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4003

DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

GEORGE FUSEINI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2018]DLHC4003
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TRIL GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKWASI OSEI BOATENG<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT&nbsp;NO. OCC 200/2013&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 25TH JUNE, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GEORGE
FUSEINI FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

</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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DR.
RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE JUSTICE OF THE HIGH
COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>By
a writ of summons filed against the defendant on the 25th June, 2015
the plaintiff sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the failure of the
defendant to return the chattels or goods and the continuous use of the same
without the consent of the plaintiff after a demand had been made amount to the
tort of detinue and conversion.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the immediate return of the
plaintiff’s chattels\goods or in the alternative the market values of the said
chattels\goods<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for unlawful detention and
conversion<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other relief as the justice of the case
requires.<o:p></o:p>Appearance
was entered on behalf of the Defendant by their solicitor on the 6th
of July 2015.He later filed a statement of defense where he denied liability to
the plaintiff’s claim.<o:p></o:p>After
unsuccessful attempts at settlement, the following issues were set down for
trial namely:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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Whether or not the Defendant’s failure to
handover the plaintiff’s chattel\goods to him amount to the tort of detinue or
conversion?<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the Defendant has been using
the Plaintiff’s chattel\goods without Plaintiff’s consent?<o:p></o:p><a name="_Hlk517637533"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp</main>