TSATSU TSIKATA vs. TULLOW GHANA LIMITED [2019]DLCA8693

Date	2019-07-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO H1/87/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8693

GYAESAYOR J.A. (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

SOWAH J.A.

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

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

[2019]DLCA8693
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TSATSU TSIKATA<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(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;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">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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 <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">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;DATE: 31ST &nbsp;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><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;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 GYAESAYOR
 J.A. (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, SOWAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;
 margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;
 mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
 border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
 mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>SOWAH, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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 su</main>