KATA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED vs. B5 PLUS LIMITED, FRANCIOS ATANLEY KOFIGAH AND BENNET AVI [2020]DLHC10381

KATA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED vs. B5 PLUS LIMITED, FRANCIOS ATANLEY KOFIGA... [2020]DLHC10381

Date	2020-03-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0988/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10381

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ELLEN VIVIAN AMOAH

[2020]DLHC10381
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KATA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>B5 PLUS LIMITED, FRANCIOS ATANLEY KOFIGAH AND BENNET AVI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/
APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[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;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. LD/0988/2019&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;DATE:
10TH MARCH&nbsp;
2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ELLEN VIVIAN AMOAH<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;">

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</div>&nbsp;This is a ruling
pursuant to Order 11 Rule 18(1) of CI47.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Courts are not
powerless when it comes to dealing with such applications which impute some
sort of conduct outside the rules. The doctrine of abuse of process, is&nbsp;based
upon the inherent authority of every court to control its process and those
persons who come before it, is a power incidental and necessary to the exercise
of substantive jurisdiction. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;That power,
together with rules of court and statutory provisions, enables the court to
dismiss or strike claims which are frivolous and vexatious. In addition, it may
be exercised to discipline litigants and lawyers guilty of misconduct. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;What set of circumstances brings the defendant to
lie prostrate at the feet of the court seeking it to exercise its inherent
jurisdiction to strike out the Plaintiff’s writ?<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Plaintiff/ Respondent caused a Writ of Summons
to be issued against Defendants on the 12th day of July, 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp; By an assignment dated the 29th
day of September, 2013 and &nbsp;between Janet
Yaa Yeboah Asante and Bennet Avi (3rd Defendant) and stamped as
LVB/CR/335/2014, a parcel of land measuring 0.47 acre more or less situate at
Awutu Senya, Kasoa in the Central Region was assigned to 1st
Respondent’s Vendor (3rd Respondent).<o:p></o:p>Applicant attached and marked as Exhibit BP 1 &nbsp;a copy of the said assignment together with
the site plan.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;From the
assignment Exhibit BP 1, &nbsp;3rd
Defendant’s vendor (Janet Yaa Yeboah Asante) acquired the parcel of land
measuring 0.47 acre and situate at Awutu
Senya, Kasoa in the Central Region from the state by a lease dated the 1st
day of July, 1998 processed and recorded as Document No. CR. 499/99 and stamped
as No. LVB/CR/420/99 and registered as the land Registry in the Cape Coast as
No. 1449/1999.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;By another lease dated 21st day of
December, 2016 and stamped as LVB/CR/40/2017 made between the Government of the
Republic of Ghana &nbsp;and the said Bennet
Avi (3rd Defendant) &nbsp;a plot of
land situate at Awutu Senya, Kasoa in the Central Region containing an
approximate area of 0.26 acres was leased to 3rd Respondents for a
term of 50 years commencing from the 15th day of December, 2016
attached and marked as Exhibit BP 2 series is a copy of the said lease
together with the site plan.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Applicant herein subsequently acquired the
land from the 3rd Defendant, Bennet Avi.&nbsp; &nbsp;A
search conducted by the applicant &nbsp;revealed that by an assignment dated the 29th
day of September, 2013 and made between one Janet Yaa Yeboah Asante and Bennet
Avi and stamped as LVB/CR/335/2014, a plot of land measuring 0.47 more or less
and situate at Awutu Senya, Kasoa in the Central Region, Janet Yaa Yeboah
Asante (assignor therein) had demised by the said lease, all the residue of her
unexpired term to our Vendor (3rd Defendant/ Respondent herein). <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The &nbsp;search
further revealed that by a lease dated 21st day of December, 201</main>