HAPI SOURCE LIMITED vs. GOLD SHOP GHANA LIMITED &GODFROED TAWIAH [2018]DLHC9164

Date	2018-09-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/RPC/0490/18
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC9164

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

KWAME DANKWA ASARE-BEDIAKO ESQ. OF DE MEDEIROS & ASSOCIATES

NUDEKEFE CHAMBERS ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.

NANA KOFI BEKOE ESQ. (HOLDING BRIEF FOR DR EMMANUEL MAURICE

ANKRAH) OF KUUKUA LEGAL CONSULTING ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2018]DLHC9164
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HAPI
SOURCE LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GOLD SHOP GHANA LIMITED &amp;GODFROED
TAWIAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. CM/RPC/0490/18&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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 SEPTEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME DANKWA ASARE-BEDIAKO ESQ., OF DE MEDEIROS &amp;
ASSOCIATES, NUDEKEFE CHAMBERS, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>NANA KOFI BEKOE, ESQ., (HOLDING BRIEF FOR DR. EMMANUEL
MAURICE ANKRAH), OF KUUKUA LEGAL CONSULTING, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.<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>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In this application, the Plaintiff is praying the
Court for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction in the form of a freezing or
mareva order on accounts of the 1st and/or the 2nd
Defendants held by the United Bank of Africa (GH) Limited and Access Bank Ghana
Limited to negate the duty of those bankers to pay out funds limited to the
Defendants’ liability and being held by those banks, among other consequential
reliefs, pending the final determination of the suit which the Plaintiff has
filed against them.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>I have read the various affidavits and statements of
case filed by the parties herein.&nbsp; I have
also read the written submissions of counsel for both parties as they argued
out the various positions of the parties and have given great thought to same.
It appears to me that the facts of the matter in dispute are quite
uncomplicated.&nbsp; The Plaintiff contends
that it entered into a sales and purchase agreement with the Defendants for the
supply of a specific quantity of gold upon demand and availability.&nbsp; According to the Plaintiff, the practise
between both parties has been that the 2nd Defendant would first
confirm to the Plaintiff the quantity of gold the Defendants had in stock and
then he would raise a pro forma invoice in his name and send same to the
Plaintiff.&nbsp; Upon receipt of the invoice,
the Plaintiff would do a bank transfer to the tune of the amount indicated on
the invoices into the account of the 1st Defendant.&nbsp; When the 2nd Defendant receives
confirmation of this transaction, he would then ship to the Plaintiff by air
the corresponding quantity of gold.<o:p></o:p>It is the claim of the Plaintiff that between the
period of January 22, 2018 and February 5, 2018, the Defendants issued invoices
totaling Two Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand, Two Hundred and
Eighty Dollars, Seventy-four cents (US$2,675,280.74) representing the cost of
seventy-four kilograms (74 kg) of gold.&nbsp;
Relying on these invoices, the Plaintiff within the said period
transferred the stated amount of Two Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-five
Thousand, and Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars, Seventy-four cents
(US$2,675,280.74) into the account of the 1st Defendant.&nbsp; The Plaintiff now claims that since the
Defendants received the said money, till date, they have failed and/or refused
to deliver the requisite quantity of gold to the Plaintiff as agreed.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>It is for this reason that the Plaintiff on July 3,
2018, caused a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim to be issued against the
Defendants claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;
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 font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
 mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">An order
 for the recovery of the total sum of Two Million, Six Hundred and
 Seventy-five Thousand, and Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars, Seventy-four cents
 (US$2,675,280.74) being funds transferred to Defendants for the supply of
 74kg of gold.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;
 mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
 font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
 mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Damages of
 One Hundred and Eighty-seven Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-nine United
 States Dollars Sixty-two cents (US$187,269.62) in respect </main>