THEOPHILUS MORGAN vs. AFRICA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED & ANOR [2019]DLHC9046

Date	2019-04-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/065/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9046

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

CHARLES ZWENNES ESQ. WITH FRANCESCA AWOTWI ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT/APPLICANT

[2019]DLHC9046
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THEOPHILUS MORGAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AFRICA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, (COMMERCIAL
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. GJ/065/2019&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DATE: 16TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT/APPLICANT<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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before me is an ex-parte application filed by the
Plaintiff/Applicant or Plaintiff seeking an Anton Piller order to issue against
the 1st Defendant/Respondent or 1st Defendant, to allow
the Plaintiff a right of entry into 1st Defendant’s premises to
enable Plaintiff seize and obtain certain evidence relating to the Plaintiff’s
claim now pending before the court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I have reviewed the application, the affidavit in
support thereof, the annexures thereto and also given great thought to the
averments put forth by Counsel for Plaintiff as he addressed the court today in
addition to the statement of case filed by the Plaintiff in this matter.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff asserts that he is the winner of
GH¢57,603,306.20 plus bonuses arising from 220 betting contracts offered and
accepted by the 1st Defendant on result predictions of 24 football
matches between 7th November 2018 and 11th November 2018,
which winnings the 1st Defendant has refused to honour.&nbsp; The Plaintiff states further that he has
issued a writ of summons seeking among other reliefs to recover the said
amount.&nbsp; According to the Plaintiff, he
has brought this application ex-parte due to the actions of 1st
Defendant in refusing to pay him the said winnings and also freezing his online
account held with them as well as the fact that the winning balance on his
account has also been taken down.&nbsp; For these
and other reasons such as the foreign nature of the 1st Defendant
and the fact that the 1st Defendant has started closing down some of
its businesses, the Plaintiff seeks this order to prevent the 1st
Defendant from attempting to lose/destroy evidence, whether tangible or
intangible, which evidence is in the possession of the 1st Defendant
and could destroy them and should the 1st Defendant hear of the
pendency of this application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In disposing of this application, I have also
considered the authorities to include the English Court of appeal case of Anton
Piller K.G vs. Manufacturing processes Ltd {1976] CL 55 (CA) and other
cases such as Punjabi Brothers vs. Namih (1958) 3 WALR 381 and Frimpong vs. Nana Asare Obeng II
[1974] as well as the Order 25 of the
C.I 47 which deals with the grant or otherwise of an application such </main>