AGVAD GHANA LTD vs. TRADING MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE [2019]DLCA6365

Date	2019-04-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/232/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6365

P. K. GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

NICHOLAS CHARLES AGBEVOR J.A

AHMED MUSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

BARBARA EWOENAM KUKAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA6365
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AGVAD GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TRADING MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. H1/232/2018&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;DATE: 4TH
APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AHMED
MUSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BARBARA EWOENAM KUKAH FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

P. K. GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING), AVRIL
LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, NICHOLAS CHARLES AGBEVOR J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AVRIL
LOVELACE-JOHNSON (JA):<o:p></o:p>On 6th February
2018, the commercial division of the high court refused the appellant’s
application to strike out the respondent’s statement of claim on the ground
that it disclosed “no cause of action” against them.<o:p></o:p>It is this refusal that
has caused the appellants to launch the present appeal on the following grounds<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the learned High Court Judge erred when he held that he could not grant the
application unless he saw the evidence Plaintiff intended to rely on in the
trial<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the learned High Court Judge erred when he held that he would not dwell so much
on agency and its principles in determining the application.<o:p></o:p>They seek from this court
a setting aside of the High Court’s ruling and an order striking out the
statement of claim in question on the ground that it discloses no cause of
action against them.<o:p></o:p>No additional grounds were
filed.<o:p></o:p>Order 11 rule 18(1)(a) of
CI 47 under which the application was brought states as follows<o:p></o:p>18.&nbsp; (1) The Court may at any stage of the
proceedings order &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>any pleading or anything &nbsp;in any pleading to be struck &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>out on the grounds that<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a) it disclose no reasonable cause of action or defence.<o:p></o:p>The pleading which the
appellant seeks to have struck out is the plaintiff’s statement of claim which
states as follows<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff is a company registered
under the laws of Ghana and engages in the business of medical equipments.<o:p></o:p>