ARRITAL GHANA LTD vs. VODAFONE GHANA LTD AND DAVID WALTER LTD [2019]DLHC7533

Date	2019-05-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO.CM/0148/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC7533

JEROME NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

HANIFA YAHAYA FOR THE PLAINTIFF

BERNARD GADZEPKO WITH EMMANUEL MURRAY FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC7533
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ARRITAL GHANA
LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>VODAFONE GHANA
LTD AND DAVID WALTER LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERRCIAL 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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</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>HANIFA YAHAYA FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BERNARD GADZEPKO WITH
EMMANUEL MURRAY FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JEROME
NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Contract- Third Party Rights-Purchaser,
Main Contractor, Sub- Contractor Relationship&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff is a limited liability company
in the business of supply, installation and commissioning of kitchens, while
the 1st Defendant is a company in the business of providing
telecommunication services in Ghana. Sometime between 2010 and 2011, 2nd
Defendant, a company in the in the business of providing construction services,
entered into a contract with the 1st Defendant for the construction
of 1st Defendants head office at the Manet Towers, Airport City,
Accra.<o:p></o:p>According to the Plaintiff the 2nd
Defendant subcontracted to the Plaintiff the supply and installation of 9
Arrital Kitchens and one industrial steel kitchen and self-service. This
contract between the Plaintiff and the 2nd Defendant was fully
executed and paid for except for an outstanding Value Added Tax balance of GHC1,
995.00.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff says before it could do the
installation, it was requested by representatives of the Defendants and project
Architect one Forster Akonor to also undertake what it calls full plant works
which included plumbing and electrical works for the industrial kitchens and to
supply 295 square meters of Gres porcelain floor tiles even though this was not
part of the main contract. Plaintiff says it honored this request. Beyond this
the Plaintiff adds that there was a further request for the supply 9 instant
water heaters, which request was also complied with and fully executed making a
total of €7,502.00 for the additional works requested of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff states that it has made
several demands on the Defendants firstly on the 2nd Defendant who
has referred the matter to the 1st Defendant for the payment of the
amount due and owed but to no avail.<o:p></o:p>Consequently the Plaintiff has sued the
Defendants as follows<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for the payment of €7,502.00 being the amount that the Defendants owe Plaintiff
for the supply of materials and installation of plant works during the
construction of the Manet Tower offices of the 1st Defendant.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest
on the said sum of €7,502.00 at the prevailing commercial bank rates from
January 2011 till date of final payment<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for the payment of the sum of GHC1, 995.00 being the outstanding balance on
VAT from the contract between the Plaintiff and the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p>