EXFICON GMBH vs. ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA. [2018]DLHC9269

Date	2018-12-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO: CM/0015/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC9269

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

NOOR-DEEN SAEED ESQ. OF BRAM-LARBI BEECHAM & CO. LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ASYLUM DOWN ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

AGBESI KWADZO DZAKPASU ESQ. OF LEXKUDOZ ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC9269
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EXFICON GMBH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, (COMMERCIAL DIVISION)
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NO: CM/0015/16&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; &nbsp; DATE:
18TH
DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NOOR-DEEN
SAEED, ESQ., OF BRAM-LARBI, BEECHAM &amp; CO., LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, ASYLUM
DOWN, 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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LEXKUDOZ, 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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</div>The Plaintiff, a
financial advisory firm incorporated in Germany with its duly registered place
of business at Lyoner Strasse, 14 D-60528, Frankfurt am Main on 11th
January, 2016, caused a Writ of Summons with its supporting Statement of Claim
to be filed on its behalf at the registry of this Court by its lawful attorney,
one Larry Attafuah, claiming the following reliefs against the Defendant:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
sum of €4,432,211.00 for work done, loss of profit, delayed interest, legal
fees, unauthorised use of its designs and concepts, travel and transport costs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest
on the €4,432,211.00 at the prevailing LIBOR rate from 1st December,
2015 until date of final payment,<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
other relief as to the Honourable Court may seem.<o:p></o:p>The material facts
which gave rise to the matter before this Court as gleaned from the Statement
of Claim are as follows. Somewhere in the year 2012, a German company named
Wietmarscher Ambulanz-und Sonderfachrzeug GmbH (hereinafter referred to as
“WAS”), an European leader in special purpose vehicles, approached the
Defendant with a proposal for the provision of specialized vehicles and after
sales services to enhance Defendant’s operations and efficiency.&nbsp; After several meetings it was agreed that WAS
designs, develop and supplies Two Hundred and Ninety-Six (296) specialized
vehicles and accompanying spare parts and tools, which I shall refer to
hereafter as “the Specialized Products” solely suited for the purposes of the
Defendant.&nbsp; Since the Defendant did not
possess the financial muscle to foot the total cost of the Specialized
Products, it was further agreed that WAS assists the Defendant in procuring a
loan from financial institutions in Germany.&nbsp;
WAS then introduced the Plaintiff to the Defendant who undertook to
raise financing from German Governmental Agencies and BHF-Bank AG.&nbsp; According to the Statement of Claim, these
entities, that is the Plaintiff, WAS and BHF-Bank formed a consortium </main>