[2021]DLHC17278 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">BERNARD ASAMOAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 237.5pt left 285.0pt; text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 238.75pt 244.25pt left 271.5pt 290.25pt; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EFFAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, AKIM ODA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt 305.25pt; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. C1/13/2021 DATE: 27<sup>TH</sup> JULY 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:96.25pt center 244.25pt left 267.0pt 318.75pt; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">NKRABEAH EFFAH –DARTEY FOR APPLICANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">PHIDELIS OSEI-DUAH FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:143.25pt 171.75pt 288.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JOAN EYI KING<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 237.5pt left 345.75pt;text-autospace: none;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> RULING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">This is a preliminary objection to the hearing of the motion for order for production of documents and inspection and to make copies. This preliminary legal objection raised by counsel for and on behalf of the defendant /applicant hereinafter referred to as the applicant praying the court to strike out the motion on notice for order for production of documents for inspection and make copies filed by the plaintiff/respondent hereinafter referred to as respondent.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Counsel for the applicant argues that per the motion filed by the respondent, counsel for the respondent submitted that he was coming under Order 21 of CI 47, however, per the said Order 21 rule 1(1), the rule states that the application can be made “after the close of pleadings” and that Order 21 operates and rests on “after the close of pleadings”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Counsel further argues that they issued a writ and served the respondent but have not been served with any appearance nor statement of defence but were rather served with a motion paper to produce documents and that this is against the rules of court and prayed that the application is struck out with punitive cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">On the other hand, counsel for the respondent opposed the application and submitted that Order 21 rule 8 provides that a party may at any time serve a notice on any other party whose pleadings make