TATA AFRICA HOLDINGS GHANA LIMITED (PLAINTIFF) vs. FAIRLLOP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (DEFENDANT) [2019]DLHC7272

TATA AFRICA HOLDINGS GHANA LIMITED (PLAINTIFF) vs. FAIRLLOP INTERNATIONAL LIMITE... [2019]DLHC7272

Date	2019-01-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/206/2015
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC7272

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

FELIX AMANKWA FOR PLAINTIFF (LED BY PAPA OWUSU ANKOMAH)

[2019]DLHC7272
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TATA AFRICA
HOLDINGS GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FAIRLLOP
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
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. RPC/206/2015&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: 16TH JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

FELIX
AMANKWA FOR PLAINTIFF (LED BY PAPA OWUSU ANKOMAH)<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On
the 3rd of July 2015, the Plaintiff filed the present suit against
the Defendant asking for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" 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;
An
order for the payment of the amount of USD$147,562.00 being the outstanding
balance on the dealership agreement with Fairllop Liberia, by the Defendant to
the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" 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;
An
order for the payment of interest on the said amount at the Commercial Bank
lending rate from the 1st of August, 2012 to the date of final
payment.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" 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;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" 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;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost<o:p></o:p>When
the writ of summons and statement of claim were served on the Defendant on the
11th July, 2015, the Defendant entered appearance through its
Counsel on the 24th July, 2015.&nbsp;
The Defendant then went to sleep.&nbsp;
It failed to file a statement of defence within the time stipulated by
the rules of Court. The Plaintiff therefore filed an application for judgment
in default of defence. Upon service of the application on the Defendant, the
latter filed its statement of defence on the 30th October, 201.<o:p></o:p>After
pre-trial settlement has broken down, parties were referred to this Court for
trial.&nbsp; On the 4th May, 2016,
the Court ordered parties to file their respective witness statements and
check-lists within 21 days with a further order that the Plaintiff serve the
Defendant with a copy of the said order.&nbsp;
The records reveal that on the 11th May, 2016 the Defendant
was served with a copy of the order made by the Court on the 4th
May, 2016.&nbsp; The witness statement of the
Plaintiff’s Representative Mr. Vivek Saraswat was also served on the Defendant
on the 10th December, 2016.<o:p></o:p>On
the 9th May, 2017, the Court I accordance with Order 32 rule 7A of
C.I 47 as amended struck out the statement of defence filed by the Defendant
for non-compliance with the Order of the Court made on the 4th May,
2016.<o:p></o:p>The
case of the Plaintiff is that in November, 2010, the Plaintiff entered into a
business arrangement with Fairllop Liberia, by which arrangement Fairllop
Liberia will be a dealer of Tata vehicles in Liberia and also to provide after
sales services and support</main>