LIONEL AMAKA vs. EFA MOTORS CO. LTD [2020]DLHC10299

Date	2020-03-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO.LD/0048/2015
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10299

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR.PATRICK POKU MABOAH ESQ.

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT: SETH AGYEPONG ESQ

[2020]DLHC10299
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LIONEL AMAKA suing per His
lawful attorney EDMUND ASARE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EFA MOTORS CO. LTD<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO.LD/0048/2015&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:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">18TH MARCH 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL
FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR.PATRICK POKU MABOAH, ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT: SETH AGYEPONG,
ESQ<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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0cm;margin-left:14.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-14.4pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 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">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
THE DECISION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Upon a careful
consideration of all the evidence before it, this Court is of the opinion that
the plaintiff herein is entitled to judgment on the reliefs endorsed on his
writ of summons and statement of claim. The reasons for coming to such a
conclusion will be demonstrated anon.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><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">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FACTS OF CASE<o:p></o:p>The facts of this
matter are that the plaintiff, a Ghanaian who is ordinary domiciled in the
United Kingdom, in the year 2004 bought a piece of land at Apenkwa from one
Mark Obiri who is now deceased.&nbsp; The
lease in respect of the said land was for a period of fifty (50) years
commencing from 1st July, 2004.&nbsp;
Later on in the year 2005 the Ghana Highway Authority notified property
and land owners in that area that the Government of Ghana intended to carry out
an extension of the motorway from the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout through
Apenkwa to the Mallam Junction.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff was
duly notified by the Ghana Highway Authority because the land he bought from
Mark Obiri happened to fall within the area earmarked for the extension of the
motorway.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Ghana Highway
Authority thereafter marked a portion of the plaintiff’s building which he had
erected on the plot of land and same was demolished together with other
properties belonging to different land owners to make way for the extension of
the road from Tetteh Quarshie to Mallam.&nbsp;
At the time of the demolition the plaintiff was in the United Kingdom (UK)
and he later returned to Ghana to find the defendant carrying on the business
of selling used vehicles on the portion of his land that was not affected by
the road extension.&nbsp; When he accosted the
defendant, he was informed by the defendant’s managing director that the land
had been rented to the Defendant by one Christiana Obiri. the wife of the
deceased Mark Obiri, due to the defendant’s unwillingness to vacate the s</main>