WALTERGATES (GH) LTD vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2018]DLHC6265

WALTERGATES (GH) LTD vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY-GENER... [2018]DLHC6265

Date	2018-06-28
Suit No.	Suit No. CM/0342/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC6265

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

GODWIN TAMEKLO FOR PLAINTIFF

JULIANA ADDO-YOBO SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS

[2018]DLHC6265
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WALTERGATES (GH) LTD<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANTS}<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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Suit No. CM/0342/16&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;DATE: 28TH JUNE 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>GODWIN TAMEKLO FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JULIANA ADDO-YOBO, SENIOR STATE
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JENNIFER DODOO (MRS) JUSTICE OF THE
HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a writ issued out of the Registry
of this court on 16th May 2016, the Plaintiff claimed against the
Defendants the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">A Declaration that the decision
 by the 1st Defendant to withdraw from the Agreement is a breach
 of contract and wrongful.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">An order that the contract be
 specifically performed.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Damages of GH¢13,967,000.00 for
 breach of contract.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Special Damages of GH¢25
 million for the expenses incurred in printing the scratch cards.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Cost including legal cost.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">And any other orders that this
 court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It was the Plaintiff’s case as set
out in its pleadings and in its witness statement that sometime in 2011, the 1st
Defendant engaged its services to assist it move from the manual recruitment of
personnel to a technology based method of recruitment.&nbsp; After a series of negotiations, the parties
entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 13th June 2012 where
the Plaintiff was represented by its Chief Operating Officer and the 1st
Defendant signed on behalf of the Ghana Police Service.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff averred that on 19th
October 2012, the parties went a step further by signing a Public-Private
Partnership Agreement (PPA) where the Plaintiff was to provide the 1st
Defendant with the online recruitment services in accordance with the terms and
conditions stated in the agreement.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff stated that its
obligations under the PPA were to create the online e-recruitment
platform/portal, develop, finance, operate, maintain and co-manage the online
recruitment portal.&nbsp; It therefore began
to discharge its obligations by creating the e-recruitment platform and secured
funding from its investors to pre-finance the logistical and administrative
cost of the project.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff stated further that
the 1st Defendant’s obligations were to nominate Information
Technology and Human Resource personnel to be trained for the purposes of
implementing and co-managing the e-recruitment system created pursuant to the
PPA.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the Plaintiff, the
parties had agreed that all net revenue generated from the e-recruitment system
was to be shared in the ration of 60:40 to the 1st Defendant and to
the Plaintiff respectively.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>However, after it had fulfilled its
part of the bargain, the 1st Defendant unilaterally withdrew from
the PPA by a letter dated 9th April 2014.&nbsp; It therefore instituted suit for the reliefs
claimed above.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendants in their defence and
in their witness statement contended that after the signing of the MOU and the
PPA, these were forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Office which raised certain
queries which included the following:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo2">That the Police Service ought
 to have obtained approval from the Ministry of Finance through the
 Ministry of Interior before entering into a Public-Private Partnership
 Agreement.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo2">That the agreement was
 unacceptable and had to be redrafted by team comprising representatives of
 the Attorney-General’s Department, Ministries of Interior, Finance and the
 Ghana Police Service.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo2">