HASSAN ABDULLA A. AL-ABDULGHANI DOHA, QATAR vs. E.A.R. LOGISTICS LIMITED, DAILY SHIPPING LIMITED, EMMANUEL KAMKAM, JOSEPH AGBETOH AND LORD OWUSU LARBI [2019]DLHC9033

HASSAN ABDULLA A. AL-ABDULGHANI DOHA, QATAR vs. E.A.R. LOGISTICS LIMITED, DAILY... [2019]DLHC9033

Date	2019-04-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/RPC/0675/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9033

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DADZIE

DR. ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ BAMBA ESQ. OF AZIZBAMBA & ASSOCIATES EAST LEGON ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.

YAW OPPONG ESQ. OF AMPOFO OPPONG & ASSOCIATES ADABRAKA ACCRA COUNSEL FOR 1ST 2ND 3RD AND 5TH DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2019]DLHC9033
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HASSAN ABDULLA A. AL-ABDULGHANI DOHA, QATAR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>E.A.R.
LOGISTICS LIMITED, DAILY SHIPPING LIMITED, EMMANUEL KAMKAM, JOSEPH AGBETOH AND LORD
OWUSU LARBI<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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. CM/RPC/0675/18&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: 8TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DR. ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ BAMBA, ESQ., OF AZIZBAMBA &amp;
ASSOCIATES, EAST LEGON, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR 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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ADABRAKA, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR 1ST, 2ND, 3RD AND
5TH DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP, JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In this application, the Plaintiff/Applicant is
praying the Court for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction in the form of a
freezing or mareva order on accounts of the Defendants held by certain banks
including Access Bank Limited, Accra, Ghana and National Investment Bank
Limited, Accra Ghana to negate the duty of those bankers to pay out funds limited
to the Defendants’ liability and being held by those banks among other
consequential reliefs, pending the final determination of the suit which the
Plaintiff/Applicant has filed against them.&nbsp;
More specifically, the Plaintiff/Applicant seeks:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to withhold an amount of at least
Four hundred and twenty thousand, three hundred and sixty eight United States
dollars (USD420,368) standing to the credit of the Defendants/Respondents in
any and all accounts of the Defendants/Respondents domiciled with any bank in
Ghana including Access Bank Limited, Accra, Ghana and National Investment Bank
Limited, Accra, to satisfy any judgment debt that may be entered in favour of
Plaintiff/Applicant.<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="2" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;
 text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">An
 order freezing all the bank accounts of the Defendants/Respondents
 domiciled with any bank in Ghana including Access Bank Limited, Accra,
 Ghana, and National Investment Bank Limited, Accra and restraining the
 Defendants/Respondents, their agents, privies, and workmen from performing
 or authorizing any withdrawals from the said accounts save in so far as
 such or as such moneys lodged in the said accounts exceed in value the sum
 of USD 420,368 until trial or further order;<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;
 text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">An
 order directing the Defendants/Respondents to authorize and/or permit
 Access Bank Limited, Ghana and the National Investment Bank Limited, Ghana
 to provide detailed Bank Statements or some other record of the current
 account balance; transfer and receipts of funds from Plaintiff/Applicant’s
 bankers, International Bank of Qatar, Doha, Qatar, into the said accounts;
 the dates of any withdrawals or transfers from the said accounts of the
 Defendant/Respondent subsequent to the transfer of the said USD 420,368
 into the bank accounts of 1st and 2nd
 Defendants/Respondents domiciled with Access Bank Limited, Ghana and the
 National Investment Bank Limited, Ghana; the names of the persons who made
 the withdrawals from the said accounts after the Plaintiff/Applicant has
 transferred the said USD 420, 368 into the account; and to disclose the
 identity of the signatories of the bank accounts of the 1st, 2nd
 and 3rd Defendants/Respondents domiciled with the Access Bank
 Limited, Ghana and the National Investment Bank Limited, Ghana;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>pending
the final determination of the instant suit.”<o:p></o:p>I h</main>