TSATSU TSIKATA (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. TULLOW GHANA LIMITED (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7824

TSATSU TSIKATA (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. TULLOW GHANA LIMITED (DEFENDANT/RESPOND... [2019]DLCA7824

Date	2019-07-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/87/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7824

P. K. GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

CECILIA SOWAH JA

MR. TONY LITHUR WITH CEPHAS K. MOLEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. JOSEPH K. KONADU WITH DAVID ADU TUTU FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA7824
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TSATSU TSIKATA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>TULLOW GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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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CIVIL
APPEAL NO: H1/87/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
31ST JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
TONY LITHUR WITH CEPHAS K. MOLEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
JOSEPH K. KONADU WITH DAVID ADU TUTU FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<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 JA (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, CECILIA SOWAH JA<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>SOWAH, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>In
this appeal, the plaintiff/appellant will be referred to as ‘plaintiff’ whilst
the defendant/respondent will be called the ‘defendant’. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Background
Facts<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs' Writ of Summons filed on
29th June 2015 sought injunctive reliefs, damages for inducing
breaches of contracts, for conspiracy, and for tortious interference with
business relations, as well as exemplary damages and costs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Pleadings
were completed after an application by the plaintiff for further and better
particulars was granted and duly answered by the defendant. Each party filed
its proposed issues for trial and the Plaintiff filed his witness statement.
Thereafter there were applications by both parties to serve interrogatories
which were granted and answered. Notices for inspection and production of
documents by both sides were also complied with. I mention all these pre-trial
interlocutory applications and orders to indicate that both sides did a
thorough job of settling the facts in preparation for trial. The answers
extracted through these applications' are all part of the Record and provides
enough material to make the determination whether or not the plaintiff had
legal capacity to initiate the suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Subsequent
to these, the defendant moved an application under the court's inherent
jurisdiction for an order to strike out plaintiffs' statement of claim and to
dismiss the Action on grounds that same was frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of
process. Written submissions for and against the motion were filed.&nbsp; [See pages 582-604 and 728-765]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
a Ruling delivered on 13th June 2017, the trial High Court
(Commercial Division) granted the application and consequently dismissed
pla</main>