WRANGLER GHANA vs. SPECTRUM INDUSTRIES PVT LTD [2022]DLCA11494

Date	2022-04-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/109/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA11494

MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

J. ADJEI FRIMPONG JA

CHARLES TETTEH WITH DAVID AGYEKUM FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

NII APATU-PLANGE FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2022]DLCA11494
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WRANGLER GHANA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SPECTRUM INDUSTRIES PVT LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), 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. H1/109/2021&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:
28TH APRIL 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>CHARLES TETTEH WITH DAVID AGYEKUM FOR PLAINTIFF/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;">

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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>MARGARET WELBOURNE
JA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRESIDING, P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA, J.
ADJEI FRIMPONG 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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</div>&nbsp;BRIGHT MENSAH
JA:<o:p></o:p>The instant appeal launched by the
plaintiff/appellant herein [hereinafter simply referred to as appellant] is
against the decision of the High Court [General Jurisdiction], Accra delivered
20/03/2020, which judgment went in favour of the 1st
defendant/respondent [also hereinafter referred to as the respondent]. &nbsp;The judgment complained of, appears on pp
358-390 of the record of appeal [roa].&nbsp; Per
a notice of appeal filed with this court on 30/04/2020, the appellant gave the
grounds of appeal that run as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Judgment is
against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial
judge erred in law by admitting Exhibit 9 [witness statement in suit No.
EL/107/2014] in evidence and relying on same which occasioned a substantial miscarriage
of justice to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>Particulars
of error<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That Order 38 rule
3G (1) of CI 87 provides that a witness statement not put in evidence at a
hearing held in public is inadmissible.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the said
witness statement (Exhibit 9) was not sworn to, and neither was it put in
evidence at a hearing held in public rendering same inadmissible. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;