BEDSTUY LIMITED vs. PHOENIX POWER MR. TAREK NASSER [2019]DLHC6808

Date	2019-04-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/872/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6808

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

NANA AGYEI BAFFOUR AWUAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPLICANT

MR. OSMAN GYAN FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT/ APPLICANT

[2019]DLHC6808
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BEDSTUY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PHOENIX POWER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>MR. TAREK NASSER<o:p></o:p>(2ND DEFENDANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION, COURT 6),
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SUIT
NO: GJ/872/2016 &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 18TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>NANA AGYEI BAFFOUR AWUAH
FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPLICANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
OSMAN GYAN FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT/ APPLICANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
facts of this case are free from complexity. On May 3, 2018 this Court granted
the Plaintiff/Applicant’s application for Amendment and in doing so joined Mr.
Tarek Nasser as the 2nd Defendant. Shortly thereafter on July 3, 2018 Mr. Bobby
Banson of Smith &amp; Adelaide Law filed a “Motion on Notice to Strike out Name
of 2nd Defendant”. The record shows that on Friday, 27 July 2018 Ms.
Ama Asare Korang holding the brief of Bobby Banson moved the application for
misjoinder of the 2nd Defendant. The record further shows that the
Court informed Counsel that there are two main problems with the application.
First, there was no proof of service of the joinder of the 2nd Defendant
after the amendment ruling for him to be officially joined. Secondly, the Court
informed Counsel that the reasons given for the misjoinder are the same
reasons/arguments advanced against the grant of the application for amendment.
The Court stated that the application was therefore not appropriate. The Court
however did not strike out the application but gave Counsel the opportunity to
confer with Mr. Bobby Banson. That application therefore remains on the docket.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Court further notes that the 2nd Defendant was later served with the
Amended Writ of Summons. After the service Mr. Osman Gyan of Messrs Agyeman
&amp; Associates entered Conditional Appearance on January 29, 2019 and filed the
instant application to strike out the 2nd Defendant as a party on February 21,
2019.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 2nd Defendant/Applicant
is by this application praying this court to strike out the name of the 2nd
Defendant/Applicant, Mr. Tarek Nasser as a party to the instant suit under Order 4 rule 5 (2)(a) of the High Court
Civil Procedure Rules C.I. 47 and the inherent jurisdiction of the
court. <o:p></o:p>[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order
4 rule 5 (2)(a) of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules C.I. 47 provides
that, “at any stage of proceedings the
Court may on such terms as it thinks just either of its own motion or on
application 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>The issue before the court is whether
or not the 2nd Defendant, Mr. Tarek Nasser is a necessary Party to this
suit?<o:p></o:p>[5]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 23rd June 2016 the
Plaintiff/Respondent caused a writ of summons and statement of claim to be
issued against the 1st Defendant for the reli</main>