TAMAKLOE & PARTNERS UNLTD vs. GIHOC DISTILLERIES CO. LIMITED [2019]DLSC6580

Date	2019-07-03
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/70/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC6580

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING)

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

KOTEY JSC

CHARLES HAYIBOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

TWUMASI ANKRAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLSC6580
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TAMAKLOE
&amp; PARTNERS UNLTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GIHOC
DISTILLERIES CO. LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/70/2018&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: 3RD JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES HAYIBOR FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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TWUMASI ANKRAH
FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING), BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC,
MARFUL-SAU JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, KOTEY JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AMEGATCHER,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This appeal arose from a legal fee
dispute between the appellant law firm and the respondent company. The appellant lost the suit it filed in the High Court
and a subsequent appeal to the Court of Appeal, prompting the instant appeal to
this Court. What the appellant is urging on us is to reverse the decision of
the Court of Appeal dated 7th July 2016 which confirmed the judgment
of the High Court presided over by Dery J, dated 25th July 2014.<o:p></o:p>The appellant is a law firm registered under the
laws of Ghana while the respondent is a limited liability company engaged in
the manufacture of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The facts gleaned
from the record reveals that the respondent engaged the services of the appellant
to handle a suit brought against it by another limited liability company,
Integrated Investments Limited in the High Court, Accra and a subsequent appeal
in the Court of Appeal. The relationship between the parties ended abruptly
when the respondent, by a letter dated 12th July 2010, terminated
the services of the appellant. The appellant thereafter served a one-month
formal demand notice on the respondent in July 2011 claiming legal fees for
outstanding services rendered to the respondent from 2006 till the date of
termination. The respondent failed to comply with the notice served by the appellant
on it, prompting the appellant to issue a writ at the High Court, Accra on 26th
August 2011 claiming the following:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
GH¢35,000.00
being deposit of fees charged for legal services rendered to the defendant in
respect of the suit known as number AC 155/2005, Integrated Investment Limited
v GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited in the High Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
GH¢35,000.00
being final deposit of fees charged for legal services rendered to the
defendant in respect of the suit known as number AC 155/2005, Integrated Investment
Limited v GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited in the High Court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
GH¢35,000.00
being fees charged for legal services rendered to the defendant for conducting
two (2) appeals at the Court of Appeal in respect of suit known as number AC
155/2005, Integrated Investments Limited v GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;