MRS. BERTHA ASHIA BEKOE vs. ROYAL ELITE HOLDINGS [2021]DLHC11353

Date	2021-04-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0727/2019
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11353

LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI

J. A. LARKAI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

JULIO DEMEDEIROS FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2021]DLHC11353
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. BERTHA
ASHIA BEKOE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ROYAL ELITE
HOLDINGS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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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NO. LD/0727/2019&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
30TH APRIL, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>J. A. LARKAI FOR THE PLAINTIFF<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;">

JULIO
DEMEDEIROS FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI<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;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff
caused to issue out of the registry of this Court the present writ seeking the &nbsp;reliefs endorsed thereon.&nbsp; The writ was accompanied by a statement of
claim setting out in details the reliefs the Plaintiff seeks against the
Defendant.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The brief facts
of the case are that on 1st March, 2018, the Plaintiff, the owner of
a property described as Plot No. C93/3,
North Ridge, Accra, entered into an agreement with the Defendant, a limited
liability company duly incorporated in and registered under the laws of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The agreement,
was a revised version of an earlier one which was to commence from the 1st
of February, 2018 for a term of four (4) years.&nbsp;
The revised agreement, which is the subject-matter of this dispute is
for a period of fifteen (15) years commencing from 1st March, 2018
and ending on 28th February, 2033.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Claiming that the
Defendant has breached the agreement, the Plaintiff caused her solicitors to
write to the Defendant demanding outstanding arrears in terms of the agreement,
this was on 10th April, 2019.&nbsp;
But earlier, the Plaintiff herself had written letters demanding payment
for rent arrears which as at January, 29, 2019 stood at US$76,500 or to yield up vacant possession of the premises but the
Defendant would not budge.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
After the
Plaintiff’s letter of 10th April, 2019 had yielded no positive
results, the Plaintiff then caused the present writ to issue against the
Defendant on 3rd May, 2019.<o:p></o:p>1.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff
claims against the Defendant for <o:p></o:p>“(I)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for the payment of US$66,500.00
being outstanding rent on the property from September, 2018, to 30th
April, 2019.<o:p></o:p>(II)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the outstanding rent from the
date on which they fell due.<o:p></o:p>