VIVO ENERGY GHANA LIMITED vs. AYA COMPANY LIMITED [2019]DLHC10347

Date	2019-07-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/825/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10347

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)

PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED BY ABIGAIL APPENTENG

DEFENDANT REPRESENTED BY JOHN AFFUL JUNIOR

MR. SEAN POKU COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT

GEORGE E.F LAING COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">VIVO
ENERGY GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:204.5pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">AYA COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;">

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED
BY ABIGAIL APPENTENG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">DEFENDANT
REPRESENTED BY JOHN AFFUL JUNIOR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">MR. SEAN POKU,
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT<o:p></o:p></span></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:
justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">GEORGE
E.F LAING, COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US">RULING ON GARNISHEE PROCEEDINGS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The
plaintiff/judgment/creditor issued garnishee order nisi proceedings against
Ghana Cocoa Board (hereinafter called the garnishee), claiming that the defendant/judgment/debtor
has funds in the possession of the garnishee and so the Court should order the
garnishee to pay the judgment debt of four hundred and fifty-eight thousand,
five hundred and twenty-five Ghana cedis (GH</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ȼ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">458,525.00)
to the plaintiff/judgment/creditor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The
garnishee was represented by one Felix Quist who is a Senior Civil Works
Manager at the headquarters of the garnishee. The evidence of the garnishee’s
representative shows that the defendant/judgment/debtor was contracted by the
garnishee to do a Bitumen surfacing of the Noyem -Winsu -Amuana-Praso feeder
road at a consideration of eleven million, three hundred and ninety-seven
thousand, seven hundred and thirty-two Ghana cedis, fifty-two pesewas (GH</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ȼ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">11,397,732.52)
and that the defendant has been paid monies for the works so far done less the
agreed retention sum of GH</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ȼ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">569,886.63 which the
witness says are held against defects on the project. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The
witness explained to the Court that every contract has a defect liability
period which usually lasts for a period of one year after the completion of a
particular contract.&nbsp; He says if there are
any defects on the project during this period the contractor is asked to
rectify the defects and it is only after a satisfactory rectification of the
defects that the retention money is released to the contractor. He further
stated that if a contractor refuses to rectify the defects the garnishee can
engage another contractor to rectify it and the original contractor will be
surcharged with the cost of the rectification.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The
witness also informed the Court that the defects liability period commences 365
days after completion of the works on a particular project. The witness further
stated that there are some outstanding works to be done by the defendant on the
project and so the defendant cannot be paid until all works are done on the
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