PHYTO-RIKER (GIHOC) PHARMACEUTICALS LTD vs. DUNCAN ALANGEA ANDJERVIS DANQUAH [2021]DLCA10809

Date	2021-06-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO H1/61/2019
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10809

KWOFIE JA (PRESIDING)

MERLEY WOOD JA

NOVISI ARYENE JA

HANS AWUNI FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

SANDRA FRITSEWA ABROQUAH FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA10809
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PHYTO-RIKER (GIHOC)<o:p></o:p>PHARMACEUTICALS LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DUNCAN ALANGEA ANDJERVIS DANQUAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HANS AWUNI FOR 1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<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:
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PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>KWOFIE JA (PRESIDING), MERLEY WOOD JA, NOVISI
ARYENE JA<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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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;NOVISI
ARYENE JA<o:p></o:p>Section
139 (a) of the Companies Act 1963 (Act 179) provides,<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company shall not incur civil
liability to any person if that person had actual knowledge at the time of the
transaction in question that the general meeting, board of directors, as the
case may be, had no power to act in the matter or had acted in an irregular
manner or if having regard to his position with or relationship to, the
company, he ought to have known of the absence of power or of the irregularity;
<o:p></o:p>Section
140 (1) provides “Except as otherwise provided in section 139 of this Code, the
acts of any officer or agent of a company shall not be deemed to be the acts of
the company unless,<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The company acting through its Members
in General Meeting, board of directors or managing director shall have
expressly or impliedly authorized such officer or agent to act in the matter,
or<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
company, acting as aforesaid shall have represented the officer or agent as
having its authority to act in the matter, in which event the company shall be
civilly liable to any person who has entered into any such transaction in
reliance on such representation, unless such a person had actual knowledge that
the officer or agent had no authority or unless having regard to his position
with or relationship to the company, he ought to have known of such
absence of authority”<o:p></o:p>Section
202 (1) of Act 179 also provides:<o:p></o:p>Notwithstanding
subsection (3) of section 137 of this Code, any provision in the Company’s
Regulation, the directors of a company with shares shall not, without the
approval of an ordinary resolution of the company,<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the
whole or substantially the whole of the undertaking or of the assets of the
company. <o:p></o:p>1st
defendant is a former employee of plaintiff, and 2nd defendant is
the Managing Director of Plaintiff Company. Plaintiff sued and obtained
judgment against defendants for reliefs endorsed on the writ of summons.
Dissatisfied with the judgment of the High Court delivered on 28th
of June 2018, 1st defendant has lodged the instant appeal
complaining about the entire judgment and praying for same to the set aside.</main>