EXFICON GMBH vs. ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA. [2019]DLHC9029

Date	2019-04-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO: CM/0015/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9029

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

NOOR-DEEN SAEED ESQ. OF BRAM-LARBI BEECHAM & CO. LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ASYLUM DOWN ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

AGBESI KWADZO DZAKPASU ESQ. OF LEXKUDOZ ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9029
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EXFICON GMBH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) ACCRA]<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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NO: CM/0015/16&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 10TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NOOR-DEEN
SAEED, ESQ., OF BRAM-LARBI, BEECHAM &amp; CO., LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, ASYLUM
DOWN, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LEXKUDOZ, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On December 18, 2018, after a full trial had been
conducted, this Court went ahead and entered judgment in part for the
Plaintiff/Respondent (hereinafter referenced as “Plaintiff”).&nbsp; A copy of the said Judgment is attached to
the affidavit of the Defendant/Applicant in support of the application and is
marked as Exhibit “JD1”.&nbsp; It is noted
that the Defendant/Applicant is hereafter in this Judgment referred to as the
Defendant.&nbsp; In particular and for reasons
that are not relevant to the application before the Court, the Court awarded
the Plaintiff the lesser sum of seventy thousand euros (€70,000.00) in lieu of
the sum claimed on its writ of summons and cost of thirty-five thousand Ghana
cedis (GH¢35,000.00).&nbsp; It is noted that
the Plaintiff’s claims as endorsed on the writ of summons was for the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“a) The sum of €4,432,211.00 for work done, loss of profit,
delayed interest, legal fees, unauthorised use of its designs and concepts,
travel and transport costs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest
on the €4,432,211.00 at the prevailing LIBOR rate from 1st December,
2015 until date of final payment,<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
other relief as to the Honourable Court may seem just[sic].”<o:p></o:p>Subsequent to this judgment, the Plaintiff proceeded to
enter the judgment with the Registry of this Court on January 15, 2019, by
filing an Entry of Judgment, a copy of which is attached to the affidavit in
support of the motion and marked as Exhibit “JD2”, which stated in relevant
parts that:<o:p></o:p>“This matter having come
before Her Ladyship Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie sitting at the High Court,
Commercial Division, Accra on Tuesday 18th December, 2018 and the
said Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie having entered final judgment in favour of
the Plaintiff against the Defendant in the sum of seventy thousand Euros
(€70,000.00) and interest against the Defendant in the sum of seventy thousand
Euros (€70,000.00) and interest thereon at the prevailing LIBOR rate of 3.02%
per annum from 1st December, 2015 until date of final payment and
costs of thirty-five thousand Ghana Cedis:<o:p></o:p>IT
IS ADJUDGED