PERSUS MINING GH LTD (PLAINTIFF) vs. WESTERN AUTOMOBILE LTD (DEFENDANT) [2018]DLHC7211

Date	2018-04-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/352/13
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC7211

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

NANA AMA STEPHENS FOR PLAINITFF/J/CR/RES.

BEN SERVOR FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

[2018]DLHC7211
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PERSUS
MINING GH LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>WESTERN
AUTOMOBILE LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. RPC/352/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH
APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>NANA
AMA STEPHENS FOR PLAINITFF/J/CR/RES.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BEN
SERVOR FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>This is an application for the removal
of July Auction Mart as the officially appointed auctioneer.&nbsp; I have read the application and the
affidavits filed by the parties.&nbsp; I have
listened to both counsel for the parties.&nbsp;
It appears to me that there was a scuffle on one of the date of the
auction between officers of the Defendant/Judgment/Debtor and officers of the
auctioneer which case has been reported to the police for investigation.&nbsp; Since that matter is currently under
investigation, I find it premature for me to use it as a basis to revoke the
powers granted to the auctioneer.&nbsp; Until
I receive a full report on that incident so as to be able to comprehend the
underlying cause of the scuffle, I do not deem it necessary to remove the
auctioneer appointed for the auction sale.<o:p></o:p>My attention has been drawn to Section
24(2) of the Auction Sales.&nbsp; I must say
that the decision to remove an auctioneer is not based on the flimsy excuses or
unsubstantiated allegations of a party.&nbsp;
For a court to remove an auctioneer appointed to conduct an auction,
there must be genuine and compelling reasons which are based on credible and
sufficient evidence adduced before the court before such a decision shall be
taken.&nbsp; Mere allegations without substantiation
is not enough, in my view, to occasion the removal of an auctioneer.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>In the circumstance, I refuse the
application.&nbsp; I make no Order as to
costs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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