[2020]DLHC10386 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt 297.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">DR. KWABENA OWUSU DANQUAH AND PENINNAH AGYAKWAA ASAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt 297.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt 282.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">MULTICHOICE GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt 282.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt 282.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;tab-stops:209.25pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Suit No.AC.294/2014 DATE: 11<sup>TH</sup> MARCH 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ELLEN VIVIAN AMOAH<o:p></o:p></span></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;tab-stops:209.25pt;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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:209.25pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(1)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By their amended writ of summons and statement of claim, the Plaintiffs a couple, claim against the Defendant, the occupier of the premises situate at No.15, Senchi Street Airport Residential Area, Accra which is engaged in the business of media and communication and the provision of television entertainment to its digital subscribers the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">1) Loss of use of the Plaintiffs’ vehicle Number GC-6967-11 from <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">10<sup>th</sup> June 2013 to 29<sup>th</sup> July, 2013 at One Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars (U$150.00) per diem or its equivalent in cedis during the period of repair.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">2) Special damages for loss of items assessed at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(a) Three Thousand Five Hundred and Twelve Pounds, Seventy <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> Two Pence (£3,512.72) or its equivalent in cedis.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(b) Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Fourteen United <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> States Dollars, Ninety Five Cents ($4,214.95) or its <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> equivalent in cedis.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(c) Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two Euros <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> (€2.752.95) or its equivalent in Cedis.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> 3) General Damages for loss of items.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> 4) Legal costs<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> 5) And any further or other reliefs as the court may deem just.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;tab-stops:209.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;t