REIPCO LIMITED vs. ZEN PETROLEUM MALI AND 5 ORS [2019]DLHC9041

Date	2019-07-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/BDC/0417/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9041

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

PAA KWAME LARBI ASARE ESQ. (BEING LED BY AUGUSTINE KIDISIL ESQ.) OF KIMATHI & PARTNERS AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

LINDA ACHIAA AWUAH ESQ. (HOLDING BRIEF FOR SHADRACK ARHIN ESQ.) OF CORPORATE LEGAL CONCEPTS ACCRA COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS

[2019]DLHC9041
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REIPCO LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ZEN PETROLEUM MALI AND
5 ORS<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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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PAA KWAME LARBI ASARE, ESQ. (BEING LED BY AUGUSTINE
KIDISIL, ESQ.) OF KIMATHI &amp; PARTNERS, AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA, ACCRA,
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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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">LINDA ACHIAA AWUAH, ESQ., (HOLDING BRIEF FOR SHADRACK
ARHIN, ESQ.) OF CORPORATE LEGAL CONCEPTS, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before me today
is a Motion filed by the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th
Defendants (the “Applicants”) pursuant to Order 11 Rule 18(1) (a) of the High
Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, (C.I 47) &nbsp;praying for an Order to Strike out Pleadings
filed against them as disclosing no cause of action. This application is opposed
by the Plaintiff/Respondent (the “Respondent”). <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I have
carefully considered the submission of both parties to the suit in the form of the
written addresses of their respective Counsel. &nbsp;I had earlier reviewed the application itself
and the affidavits in support and in opposition to same and I have considered
all these in the light of the pleadings filed thus far in this case, the case
law and the authorities on an issue such as this.&nbsp; I would note that the Applicants do not seek
to invoke the inherent powers of the court but premise their motion solely on
Order 11 Rule 18(1) (a) of the C.I 47.&nbsp;
The relevant portions of this Order read as follows:<o:p></o:p>“The
court may at any stage of the proceedings order any pleading or anything in any
pleading to be struck out on the grounds that;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:19.3pt;margin-bottom:
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-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
It discloses no reasonable cause of action… <o:p></o:p>and may order
the action to be stayed or dismissed or judgment to be entered accordingly.<o:p></o:p>