KOFI GYIMAH ANTWI. (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD [2019]DLCA8705

Date	2019-06-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/68/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8705

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

KWAME ASIRI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

MITCHELL OSEI DONKOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA8705
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI GYIMAH ANTWI.<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
 OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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.H1/68/2018&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;
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 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME ASIRI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 MITCHELL OSEI DONKOR FOR
 THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 </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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 OWUSU J.A.
 (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A., WELBOURNE 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:
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 </div>MARIAMA OWUSU,
J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 21st November, 2014, the
High Court, Commercial Division, Kumasi, gave judgment for the plaintiff
against defendant.&nbsp; In his judgment, the
trial Court Judge held among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Having made a finding that the plaintiff’s
contract with the Total Petroleum Ghana was terminated as a result of the
unprofessional (negligence conduct of the defendant), it goes without saying
that the plaintiff is entitled to general damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>In awarding the damages to
the plaintiff, I take into consideration the fact that his contract with the
Total Petroleum Ghana was terminated in 2008.&nbsp;
This suit has been in court for more than 5 years.&nbsp; The plaintiff has been out of work for all
this while.&nbsp; The suit has suffered
numerous adjournments.&nbsp; The plaintiff
stays in Tamale and has to come to Kumasi anytime the suit is called.&nbsp; I think an amount of Gh¢100,000.00 to the
plaintiff as general damages will be appropriate under the circumstances.<o:p></o:p>Accordingly, I enter
judgment for the plaintiff as follows:<o:p></o:p>