KEYEMEB TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD vs. CHRIST THE KING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [2018]DLHC9196

Date	2018-12-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/0152/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC9196

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

ROBERTSON KPATSA ESQ. OF KPATSA & ASSOCIATES WORLANYO CHAMBERS KANDA ESTATES ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

JUDE YAW OSAFO ADU-AMANKWAH ESQ. OF MESSRS ADU-AMANKWAH & ASSOCIATES OSU ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC9196
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KEYEMEB TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHRIST THE KING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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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SUIT NO.
CM/0152/16&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 17TH DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ROBERTSON
KPATSA, ESQ., OF KPATSA &amp; ASSOCIATES, WORLANYO CHAMBERS, KANDA ESTATES,
ACCRA, COUNSEL 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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JUDE
YAW OSAFO ADU-AMANKWAH, ESQ., OF MESSRS ADU-AMANKWAH &amp; ASSOCIATES, OSU,
ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>From the record of proceedings the
following facts can be ascertained.&nbsp; The
Plaintiff is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ghana
and is engaged in Travel and Tour Services including airline ticketing. The
Defendant is an educational institution providing primary and Junior High
School facilities. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s case is that in July
2015, it entered into a Service Agreement and a Credit Facility Agreement with
the Defendant to facilitate the travelling arrangement of Defendant’s students
and teachers to Norway. It is the contention of the Plaintiff that at all
material times during the period of negotiations and discussions it dealt with
the headmistress of the Defendant’s school as the Defendant’s lawful
representative. The Plaintiff asserts that in the various conversations that it
had with the Defendant, by email correspondence and by text messaging and
telephone, the Defendant always acted through its headmistress who represented
herself as acting for and on behalf of the Defendant.&nbsp; It is the Plaintiff’s case that after
discharging its obligations under the said contract, the Defendant has refused
to pay the full cost of the services provided as agreed by the parties and that
all payments made so far by the Defendant were by cheques drawn on the
Defendant’s bank.&nbsp; Yet in response to a
demand letter written by its solicitors to the Defendant, the solicitors of the
Defendant insisted that the Plaintiff was not known to the Defendant and it did
not owe the Plaintiff the amount claimed.&nbsp;
For the foregoing reasons, the Plaintiff contends that it is obvious the
Defendant does not have any intention of paying its just debts unless compelled
by this Court so to do.&nbsp; To this end, on
February 19, 2016, the Plaintiff caused to be issued a Writ of Summons together
with the accompanying Statement of Claim, which was subsequently amended on
August 10, 2017, seeking against the Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-54.0pt;line-height:150%;tab-stops:13.5pt 18.0pt 36.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “a.&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for the recovery of an amount of
GH¢137,977.34 being the outstanding balance for the cost of Airline Tickets
supplied and travel services rendered to the Defendant by the Plaintiff which
amount include[sic] interest and penal interest as at 24th
January 2016.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Century Gothic&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for the payment of
interest and penal interest on the above amount from the 31st July
2016 to the date of final payment as agreed in the Credit Facility Agreement
executed by the parties.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Century Gothic&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;">c.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost including solicitor’s
fees at 15% of the amount claim[sic].”<o:p></o:p>The Defendant, in its Statement of
Defence, vehemently denied the allegations of the Plaintiff and contends that
it never approached the Plaintiff for the provision of the said travelling
services in respect of any planned trip of its students and teachers. In fact
the Defendant denies ever executing any Service Agreement and a Credit Facility
Agreement with the Plaintiff and that if ever the Plaintiff did execute any
such agreement with anyone acting allegedly on behalf of the Defendant, same
was false by reason of the fact that the Defendant had not at any time material
to the said alleged execution sanctioned same.&nbsp;
It is the Defendant’s further contention that the lack of due process
shows that the Plaintiff did not deal with any organ of the Defendant or under
the Defendant’s authority but was at all material times providing services for
the named individuals in whose names the air tickets were issued with the
former Headmistress as their ostensible agent. The Defendant concludes its
defence by alleging that the only reason the Plaintiff has resorted to pursuing
the Defendant is because the said individuals refused to honour the payments
when they became due.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the close of pleadings, the
following issues were set down by the court for trial after pre-trial
settlement failed:<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the Defendant engaged the
Plaintiff to provide travel and tour services for their students and teachers?<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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