LEADCON GHANA LIMITED AND HTG MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED vs. MRS. DORIS NYANTA ASSABIL, THOMAS F. G. INSAIDOO, ALBERT MENSAH, RITA MANU AND HARRIET MANU [2020]DLCA8590

LEADCON GHANA LIMITED AND HTG MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED vs. MRS. DORIS NYANTA AS... [2020]DLCA8590

Date	2020-01-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/36/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8590

OWUSU JSC (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

NANA AKWASI OSEI BONSU FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

NARTEY TETTEH FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2020]DLCA8590
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LEADCON GHANA LIMITED AND HTG MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED&nbsp; (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>MRS. DORIS NYANTA ASSABIL,
THOMAS F. G. INSAIDOO, ALBERT MENSAH, RITA MANU AND HARRIET MANU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/36/2019&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;DATE: 30TH JAN, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA AKWASI OSEI BONSU FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NARTEY TETTEH FOR
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OWUSU JSC (PRESIDING),
DZAMEFE J.A., WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, JSC:<o:p></o:p>On 16th day of March, 2018, the Circuit Court,
Kumasi in an application for an Interim Injunction ruled that:<o:p></o:p>“As
said the people who are directly to be affected by the citing of the mast in
the Anwomaso area include the plaintiffs and several others not part of this
suit.&nbsp; The plaintiffs are apprehensive of
the likelihood health hazards the project might bring to them.&nbsp; This cannot be adequately compensated in
future if same is not dealt with today.<o:p></o:p>I
agree also that defendants might have expended money and other resources to
procure the various permits but we shall not sacrifice the health of the people
in the area at the expediency of monetary loss.<o:p></o:p>I
hereby grant the application.&nbsp; The
defendants are restrained in the interim from hoisting the tower until the
final determination of the suit.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the ruling of the Circuit Court, the
defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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The court misdirected itself
of the legal effect of the Electronic Communication Act, 775, 2008 Certificate
of Conditional Compliance.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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The trial court unjustly
determined the application for injunction on an issue not put forward by the
parties thereby causing surprise.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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