[2019]DLHC10702 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0">W.B. IMPEX LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0">HON. BABA JAMAL AND AMINU SOWDOGOR IBRAHIM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></i></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;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">SUIT NO: AC/769/2015 DATE: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">21<sup>ST </sup>JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:180.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-180.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">PETER ZWENNES FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPLICANT<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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">CARLOS DE-SOUZA FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">CORAM:<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: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <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 style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">SUMMARY JUDGMENT – RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">i. Introduction:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">[1]</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""> By a writ of summons issued on July 22, 2015 the Plaintiff claims against the Defendants jointly and severally the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Payment of the sum of One Hundred and Thirty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars Fifty Cents (US$ 139, 629.50) or its cedi equivalent being an outstanding debt due and owing from the Defendants to the Plaintiff Company per the Credit Sale Agreement executed between the parties on or about the 27<sup>th</sup> day of January 2014 and then 4<sup>th</sup> day of March 2014 respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Interest on the said amount US$ 139, 629.50 the rate of 5% compounded as specified in the Credit sale Agreement from the 15<sup>th</sup> day of June 2015 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">An order of this Honourable court for seizure and preservation of the Foton Tipper Truck with Registration Number GT6390-14 and the Kinglong Bus Registration Number GT4977-14 pending the final determination of this action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">4)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; fon