ATLANTIC DAWN LTD ROSHINE ROAD KILLUBERGES CO. DONEGAL REPUBLICAN OF IRELAND, C/o PLOT NO 53 NORTHGBAWE ACCRA vs. EMPRESA DE NAVIGACION MARUBA S.A EMMA DE LA BARRE 353 3RD P-C1107 BXA BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND HULL BLYTH GHANA LTD SEATEC HOUSE, AKOSOMBO ROAD TEMA [2020]DLCA8827

ATLANTIC DAWN LTD ROSHINE ROAD KILLUBERGES CO. DONEGAL REPUBLICAN OF IRELAND, C/... [2020]DLCA8827

Date	2020-01-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: HI/175/18
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8827

OFOE J.A. (PRESIDING)

C. SOWAH J.A.

H. KWOFIE J.A.

BERNARD AGORTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

DESMOND NII ADAMAH FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA8827
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ATLANTIC DAWN LTD ROSHINE ROAD KILLUBERGES CO.
DONEGAL REPUBLICAN OF IRELAND, C/o PLOT NO 53 NORTHGBAWE ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMPRESA DE NAVIGACION MARUBA S.A EMMA DE LA
BARRE 353 3RD P-C1107 BXA BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND HULL BLYTH
GHANA LTD SEATEC HOUSE, AKOSOMBO ROAD TEMA<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<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.:&nbsp;
HI/175/18&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;DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BERNARD
AGORTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DESMOND NII ADAMAH FOR 2ND
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>OFOE
J.A. (PRESIDING), C. SOWAH J.A., H. KWOFIE J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>OFOE,
J. A.<o:p></o:p>For
reasons to be gathered from the pleadings of the plaintiff/appellant company, which
we will narrate presently, it sued the defendants for:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of an amount of US$237,500.00.<o:p></o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the amounts in relief ii)
above from 21st day of May, 2009 to date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Special damages of US$20,000.00 for
travel and other incidental cost;<o:p></o:p>v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the amounts in relief iv)
above from 8th day of December, 2009 to date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost
including cost incidental to this suit. <o:p></o:p>vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any other relief the Honourable Court may
deem fit to make &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
trial court refused all these reliefs except for general damages for breach of
contract which she assessed as GHC10,000.&nbsp;
&nbsp;GHC10,000 cost was also awarded
in its favour.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved
at this judgment the plaintiff/appellant, who we will refer to in this judgment
as the plaintiff, has filed the following grounds of appeal seeking from this
court a reversal of the judgment after a review of the entire proceedings which
were held before the trial court. What it expects should guide our review it
has provided in its grounds of appeal which reads as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge
erred in holding that the defendants did not convert the consignment of fish by
releasing the consignment without the consent of the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned judge erred in
holding that the company had fully paid the plaintiff for the consignment of
fish released by the defendants to the company<o:p></o:p>