DAVID OFOSU, MR. ALBERT BAHUN WILSON AND MRS. EUNICE BAHUN WILSON vs. F.K.A COMPANY LIMITED, ERIC DAANO AND NATHANIEL MYERS ESQ. [2019]DLHC10202

DAVID OFOSU, MR. ALBERT BAHUN WILSON AND MRS. EUNICE BAHUN WILSON vs. F.K.A COMP... [2019]DLHC10202

Date	2019-02-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GJ/959/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10202

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

[2019]DLHC10202
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID OFOSU, MR. ALBERT BAHUN WILSON AND
MRS. EUNICE BAHUN WILSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>F.K.A COMPANY LIMITED, ERIC DAANO AND NATHANIEL
MYERS ESQ.<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO.GJ/959/18&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
21ST FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;RULING ON MOTION ON NOTICE FOR JOINDER AND
MISJOINDER OF PARTIES<o:p></o:p>Ruling<o:p></o:p>The High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules,
2004, provides per Order 4 rule 5
(2) (a) and (b) as follows:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;5 (2) “At
any stage of proceedings the Court may on such terms as it thinks just
either&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of its own motion or on
application <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;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; order any person who has been improperly or unnecessarily made a party
or who for any reason is no longer a party or a necessary party to cease to be
a party;<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;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(b)&nbsp; order any person who ought to have been joined as a party or whose
presence before the Court is necessary to ensure that all matters in dispute in
the proceedings are effectively and completely determined and adjudicated upon
to be added as a party.”<o:p></o:p>It is under this rule that the first
defendant/applicant has prayed the Court for an order to join one Patience
Owusu to the substantive suit as the fourth plaintiff and also to disjoin the
third defendant as a party to the suit. <o:p></o:p>The reasons advanced by the applicant
for its request are that in respect of Patience Owusu, the applicant claims
that it was the late husband of the said Patience Owusu who originally acquired
the plot in dispute and that subsequently Patience Owusu sold the plot to a
couple by name Mr and Mrs Bahun Wilson who have been joined to the substantive suit
as the second and third plaintiffs. <o:p></o:p>It is the belief of the applicant that
the presence of Patience Owusu in the suit will aid the Court to effectively
and completely adjudicate on all the matters that are in controversy in this
suit; and in respect of the request for misjoinder of the 3rd
defendant, it is the applicant’s belief that the Statement of Claim and Writ of
Summons do not disclose any reasonable cause of action against the 3rd
defendant.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent has opposed
this application on point of law. Counsel for plaintiff/respondent has stated that
no party can be joined to a suit without the written consent of the said party.
He referred the Court to order 5 rule 3 of the High Court rules mentioned supra
and said the applicant cannot seek to join the said Patience Owusu without her
written consent and in respect of the 3rd defendant. It is the
plaintiff/respondent’s submission that allegations of fraud has been made against
the 3rd defendant and so the latter ought to be maintained as a
party to the suit for him to answer the said allegations.<o:p></o:p>The Court has listened to both sides
and has also considered the affidavit of the 1st defendant/applicant
and the Court is of the opinion that it agrees with the submission of counsel
for plaintiff/respondent that the said Patience Owusu cannot be made a
plaintiff to the substantive suit without her written consent and so the
request to join her as a plaintiff ought not to be granted.<o:p></o:p>