AFRICAN CATERING SERVICES. vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLHC6822

Date	2019-05-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO: AC/288/2011
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6822

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

MR. ERIC KWAME ATIEKU FOR THE PLAINTIFF - PRESENT

MRS. PATIENCE ADUMOA LARTEY WITH MS. ENID MARFUL SAU FOR THE DEFENDANT – PRESENT

[2019]DLHC6822
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AFRICAN CATERING
SERVICES.<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANT}<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO: AC/288/2011&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: 27THMAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
ERIC KWAME ATIEKU FOR THE PLAINTIFF - PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MRS.
PATIENCE ADUMOA LARTEY WITH MS. ENID MARFUL SAU FOR THE DEFENDANT – PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This decision
is about the Defendant’s position that the Plaintiff ought to have used the
United States Dollar interest rate to compute accrued interest when it filed
the Entry of Judgment in this matter because the transaction was contracted in
the US Dollar. In my respectful opinion it is only appropriate that I reiterate
and re-state parts of my ruling dated January 10, 2019 in respect of this case
which has been on-going for some time now. As stated in that ruling; this Court
differently constituted on September 11, 2014 entered judgment in terms of the
following orders in favour of the Plaintiff as follows:<o:p></o:p>“1. That the Plaintiff recover from the
Defendant the sum of USD$297,000.00
or its Cedi equivalent being GH₵1,098,900.00
(at the rate of GH₵3.70 = 1 USD
which is the forex bureau rate).<o:p></o:p>2. Interest on the GH₵1,098,900.00 at the prevailing
commercial lending rate of 32% per
annum from the 3rd October 2008 till the date of final payment being GH₵2,227,104.00
as at 4th February 2015.<o:p></o:p>3. Cost of GH₵20,000.00”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff
consequently filed an ‘Amended Entry Judgment’ on February 17, 2015 and served
same on the Defendant. The Defendant after being served with the Amended Entry
of Judgment filed a Motion on Notice for Leave to set aside same on April 12,
2015 on the grounds that the “Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor/Respondent used the
Ghana Cedi interest rate instead of the US Dollar interest rate on a
transaction which was contracted in US Dollars and the judgment debt was stated
in US Dollars”. The record shows that this Court differently constituted on April
30, 2015 referred the matter to the Head of Audit of the Judicial Service to
“compute the exact amount that is due the Plaintiff per the judgment of this
Court”. The Court also ordered both lawyers to co-operate with the Auditor. <o:p></o:p>