2020 GROUP LIMITED. vs. KLUDJESON INTERNATIONAL LTD [2019]DLHC10531

Date	2019-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: FTC/11/2002
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10531

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DANIEL MENSAH J.

YVONNE AKUFFO-ADDO ESQ. FOR KWAME BOAFO

AKUFFO-ADDO FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

KWAME DARKO ESQ. FOR JULIO DE-MEDEIROS ESQ FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC10531
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >2020 GROUP LIMITED.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KLUDJESON INTERNATIONAL LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO: FTC/11/2002&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;&nbsp;DATE: 26TH FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>YVONNE
AKUFFO-ADDO ESQ., FOR KWAME BOAFO <o:p></o:p>AKUFFO-ADDO&nbsp; FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>KWAME
DARKO ESQ., FOR JULIO DE-MEDEIROS ESQ, <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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DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DANIEL MENSAH J.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;The
applications before me touches on the amendment to judgment of the Court as
well as the determination of the true and exact judgment debt and others per
our leave.<o:p></o:p>In respect of the application filed by the
defendant/applicant dated 5/2/2018, counsel for the plaintiff/respondent does
not object and to <o:p></o:p>that extent the said application is granted
as prayed.&nbsp; Consequently leave is granted
the defendant/applicant to file the said processes.<o:p></o:p>The next application relates to the question
whether judgment of the Court as stated by the court can be amended in the
manner being prayed.<o:p></o:p>I
have had regard to the processes filed by the parties in that regard and the
submissions made by both parties and I have formed the view that the
application fails and same is accordingly dismissed with respect to counsel for
the plaintiff/applicant.<o:p></o:p>In
coming to this conclusion, I wish to state that order 16 rule 10 of CI 47 cannot
be applicable in the instant case when the plaintiff/applicant who had sued for
an amount of GH₵136,000.00 being
the equivalent of $200,000.00
granted to the defendant/respondent leading to summary judgment for the
equivalent of the said money&nbsp; in Ghana
cedis in or around 2002 with interest and cost.&nbsp;
Infact per the said application counsel for the Defendant/respondent was
emphatic about the amount being demanded.<o:p></o:p>To
that extent the said amount as endorsed cannot be changed at this moment when
the Defendant/respondent had executed the judgment and sold certain properties
of the plaintiff/applicant.<o:p></o:p>In
all the documents sighted by me in the matter, the plaintiff/respondent leaves
no one in doubt about the amount he had claimed. <o:p></o:p>Having
led the defendant/respondent in that situation it would not be proper for the defendant/respondent
after 16years to move for the judgment debt to be amended to read a value of
$200,000.00.&nbsp; In my view having been
granted the amount in cedis it would be inequitable for the court to amend same
at this point.<o:p></o:p>It
is in this vein that I refused the instant application with respect to counsel
for the plaintiff/applicant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(SGD)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;DANIEL MENSAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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