APPLE HEALTH LIFE EXPERTS vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLHC6836

Date	2019-01-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1143/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6836

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

MR. WILLIAM ADDO WITH KELLY SERWAH KWAKYE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

MR. WILLIAM AKWETEY BONSU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC6836
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >APPLE HEALTH LIFE
EXPERTS<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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO: GJ/1143/2018 &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: 11TH JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR. WILLIAM ADDO WITH
KELLY SERWAH KWAKYE 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.
WILLIAM AKWETEY BONSU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <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>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
is an application by Plaintiff/Applicant herein praying that summary judgment
be entered against the Defendant/Respondent for the reliefs endorsed on the
Writ of Summons filed on July 20th, 2018 stated below as:-<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff claims against the Defendant
as follows:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The payment of the sum of GH₵2,614,000.00 being the contract sum for
the supply and installation of gymnasium equipment to the defendant which it
has failed to pay.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest of 35% on the said GH₵2,614,000.00 from the 1st day of
January, 2018 to the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff/Applicant
reproduced on the Motion paper filed on October 4, 2018 the above stated
reliefs against the Defendant. Accompanying the Application is a 9 paragraph
Affidavit sworn to by Dr. Eric Boachi Randolf who describes himself as the
Managing Director of the Plaintiff Company with attached exhibits setting out
the grounds for the prayer for an order for Summary Judgment.&nbsp; The thrust of the Plaintiff/Applicant’s case
is that in or about the year 2008 the “Plaintiff was contracted by the Ghana
Sports Authority under the Ministry of Youth and Sports at its own expense to
supply and install gymnasium equipment to it, it did so until 2010 when the
Ministry itself stepped in and took over the said contract to ensure that the
Plaintiff equipped all the stadia in Ghana with the said gymnasium equipment”.
The Plaintiff contends that it self-financed the project and fully supplied the
equipment and installed same and as a result it is owed an amount of GH₵