THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION, ACCRA) EX-PARTE: GHACEM LIMITED [AJ FANJ CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING LIMITED- INTERESTED PARTY] [2018]DLSC485

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION, ACCRA) EX-PARTE: GHACEM LIMITE... [2018]DLSC485

Date	2018-05-30
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/29/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC485

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

YONNI KULENDI WITH HIM DANIEL SAGU OSEI FOR THE APPLICANT.

MICHAEL GYAN OWUSU WITH HIM OSCAR FORDJOUR FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLSC485
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION, ACCRA)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE:
GHACEM LIMITED [AJ FANJ CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING LIMITED-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTERESTED PARTY]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

CIVIL
MOTION NO. J5/29/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:&nbsp; 30TH MAY, 2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>YONNI
KULENDI WITH HIM DANIEL SAGU OSEI FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MICHAEL
GYAN OWUSU WITH HIM OSCAR FORDJOUR FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>DOTSE
JSC (PRESIDING), YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, APPAU JSC AND&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>PWAMANG JSC<div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DOTSE, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>By
these proceedings commenced in this court, the Applicants herein are seeking an
order of Certiorari directed at the High Court (Commercial Division), Accra to
remove and bring up into this court for the purpose of being quashed, the ruling of the High Court Accra, Coram:
Samuel K. A.&nbsp; Asiedu J, dated 21st
December, 2017 in Suit No. MISC./0184/17 intitutled In The Matter of The High
Court Civil Procedure Rules 2004, Order 19 r. 1 (2) And in The Matter of
Section 40 of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798) And in The
Matter of Arbitration Between AJ FANJ Construction Limited And West Africa
Quarries Limited And in The Matter of An Application For Determination of A
Preliminary Point of Law Pursuant to Section 40 of Act 798, Regarding The
Joinder of GHACEM Limited To the Arbitration As a Non Signatory Party.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>FACTS OF THE CASE<o:p></o:p>The
facts of the instant application are fairly simple and admit of no controversy
whatsoever. They may therefore be stated as follows:-<o:p></o:p>On
the 8th of July, 2009, West Africa Quarries Limited (hereinafter called WAQL)
entered into a contract with AJ FANJ Construction and Engineering Limited
hereafter referred to as the (Interested Party) for the operation of limestone
mining, crushing and haulage of limestone from it’s concessions at Yongwa in
the Eastern Region. Subsequent to terms of settlement executed between WAQL and
the Interested Party, the parties agreed that the Interested Party shall
continue to mine and supply limestone from the Yongwa Concession as they had
been doing previously based on agreements beyond December 2012, which was the
expiry date of the then prevailing agreement. As part of the settlement it was
agreed to extend the duration of the 2009 Yongwa contract which was to end in
December 2012 for an indefinite period.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
June 2016, the Yongwa Concession was attached in execution of a judgment
obtained against WAQL. Following the shutdown of the Yongwa Concession as a
result of the attachment of same in execution of the judgment, the Interested
Party herein, instituted arbitral proceedings against WAQL as stipulated in the
contract. WAQL not only disputed the claims of the Interested Party, but also
proceeded to file it’s statement of Defence, after which the Interested Party
filed a Reply. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
parties thereafter proceeded to appoint a sole arbitrator to conduct the
arbitral proceedings. In the course of the arbitral proceedings, the Interested
Party by motion for joinder filed on the 1st of March 2017, brought an
application before the Tribunal of the Ghana Arbitration Centre. The Interested
Party herein, sought to join the Applicant herein ( GHACEM), a non-signatory
party, to the ongoing arbitration between the Interested Party and WAQL in the
said application. The arbitral tribunal dismissed the application for joinder
whereupon the interested party filed,in the High Court (Commercial Division),an
originating motion on notice under section 40 of the Alternative Dispute
Resolution Act 2010(Act 798) and order 19 r 1 (2) of C. I. 47, praying the
Court for a determination of a preliminary point of law. That is, as to whether
in arbitral proceedings conducted in Ghana with the Ghanaian law as the
substantive law, the court will have power to join a non-signatory party to the
arbitral proceedings in the proper circumstances. The High Court assumed
jurisdiction and made an order for joinder of the applicant herein as a party
to the arbitral proceedings. It is the decision of the High Court that the
applicant invokes the supervisory jurisdic</main>