FRANCIS NYAME & 1 ANOR. vs. GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION [2019]DLHC10267

Date	2019-04-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IL/002/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10267

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

ALFRED PAAPA DARKWA COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS PRESENT

LISA ACQUAH HOLDING BRIEF FOR JOHN KWAME WAJA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT PRESENT

[2019]DLHC10267
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FRANCIS
NYAME &amp; 1 ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA
BROADCASTING CORPORATION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. IL/002/2019&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: 10TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DEFENDANT ABSENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ALFRED PAAPA DARKWA, COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
PRESENT<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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HOLDING BRIEF FOR JOHN KWAME WAJA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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</div>&nbsp;It is provided
by Order 14 rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 as follows:-<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-ansi-language:EN-GB">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Where in an
action a defendant has been served with a Statement of Claim and has filed
appearance, the plaintiff may on notice apply to the Court for judgment against
the defendant on the ground that the defendant has no defence to a claim
included in the Writ, or to a particular part of such a claim, or that the
defendant has no defence to such a claim or part of a claim, except as to the
amount of any damages claimed”.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs’
application is brought under the above-quoted rule and it is the prayer of the
plaintiffs that the Court enters summary judgment in their favour against the
defendant herein for all the reliefs endorsed on their Writ of Summons and
Statement of Claim. The reliefs of the plaintiffs are as follows:-<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-ansi-language:EN-GB">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of the
total amount of ninety thousand, three hundred and seventy-two Ghana cedis,
ninety-six pesewas (Gh₵90,372.96)
being the severance payment for the plaintiffs <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-ansi-language:EN-GB">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on ninety
thousand, three hundred and seventy-two Ghana cedis, ninety-six pesewas
(Gh90,372.96) from 3rd July 2017 till date of final payment<o:p></o:p>