AGVAD GHANA LTD. (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. TRADING MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2019]DLCA7743

AGVAD GHANA LTD. (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. TRADING MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE (DEF... [2019]DLCA7743

Date	2019-04-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO H1/232/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7743

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]DLCA7743
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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><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>TRADING MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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 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; &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>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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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>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; 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>