AUGUSTINA TWUM vs. JISLAH FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD [2019]DLHC9026

Date	2019-05-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/RPC/0614/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9026

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

SENAM KALITSE ESQ. OF LAW BUREAU ADABRAKA ACCRA (HOLDING BRIEF FOR ALFRED BUATSI ESQ.) COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

EDDIE YAO HARVEY ESQ. OF LORD & LORDS LEGAL PRACTICE KOKOMLEMLE ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

[2019]DLHC9026
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AUGUSTINA TWUM<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JISLAH FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, (COMMERCIAL
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SENAM KALITSE, ESQ. OF LAW BUREAU, ADABRAKA, ACCRA,
(HOLDING BRIEF FOR ALFRED BUATSI, ESQ.), COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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PRACTICE, KOKOMLEMLE, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before me is a Motion on Notice to Set Aside the
Judgment of this court entered on 23rd November, 2018 and the Entry
of Judgment filed by the Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor on 5th December,
2018 pursuant to that Judgment. &nbsp;It is noted that the Judgment in question was
obtained by the default of Defendant/Applicant herein to enter appearance in
the suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Upon consideration of the application of the
Defendant/Applicant to set aside the above mentioned processes, the court
deemed it to say that this was an issue bordering on reconciliation of accounts
between the parties as the Defendant/Applicant was challenging, essentially,
the quantum of the debt outstanding that was claimed by the
Plaintiff/Respondent as endorsed on the Writ of Summons.&nbsp; In that regard, the court appointed an
auditor whose task was to reconcile the accounts as between the parties based
upon the pleadings before the court and then the auditor was to issue a report
that would inform the court as to the correct balance outstanding on the
account of the Defendant/Applicant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The auditor has completed the works and has filed his
report, which the court will mark in evidence as Court Exhibit “1” (“CE 1”). A review of this Report shows
essentially that the Defendant/Applicant is right in its protest of the figure
upon which the Plaintiff obtained judgment in respect of her relief (a).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I would note that both lawyers in this matter have
accepted the Report of the auditor as marked in evidence.&nbsp; Therefore, based on Exhibit “CE 1”, the court will vary its Judgment entered on 20th
November, 2018 by setting aside the judgment entered in respect of relief (a)
for the sum of Forty-Five Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six Ghana cedis,
Forty-Four pesewas (GH₵45,926.44) and entering judgment for the Plaintiff in
respect of its relief (a) in the sum of Thirty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and
Fifty-Nine Ghana cedis, Six pesewas (GH₵34,859.06).&nbsp; In
respect of the other reliefs granted in the Order of 20th November,
2019, same remain unchanged.<o:p></o:p>