JAMES OTOO AND BEATRICE OTCHERE DARKO vs. DAVID ODAMTTEN ABBEY AND 4 OTHERS [2022]DLHC11704

Date	2022-07-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL/498/2009
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11704

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI

IRENE ABORCHIE NYAHE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

THOMAS HUGHES FOR 1ST 2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS – ABSENT

YVONNE OPPONG ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT

TATA KOSI FOLIBA HOLDING BRIEF FOR OPOKU AMPONSAH FOR THE 5TH DEFENDANT – ABSENT

[2022]DLHC11704
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JAMES
OTOO AND BEATRICE OTCHERE DARKO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID ODAMTTEN ABBEY AND 4 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>IRENE ABORCHIE NYAHE FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p>THOMAS HUGHES FOR 1ST,
2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS – ABSENT<o:p></o:p>YVONNE OPPONG
ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT<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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KOSI FOLIBA HOLDING BRIEF FOR OPOKU AMPONSAH FOR THE 5TH DEFENDANT –
ABSENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS 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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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;INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff
sued out this writ against the Defendants jointly and severally for the reliefs
indorsed on their writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiffs amended their Writ of
Summons and statement of claim on a number of occasions and thus the last
amended Writ of Summons and statement of claim were those filed on 18th
April, 2019.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By their Further
Amended Writ of Summons, the Plaintiffs sought as many as 13 reliefs, most of
which were declaratory in nature.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Defendants
also variously amended their Statement of Defence on several occasions in which
Amended Statements of Defence, they denied the Plaintiffs’ claim in its
entirety.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Suffice it to say
that at the close of pleadings, several issues were set down for trial. But I
must add that the Application for Direction was filed on 14/07/2017, long
before the Further Further Amended Writ of Summons and statement of claim were
filed, but there is nothing on record to show that indeed the Plaintiffs
amended their Application for Directions filed prior to the Further Further Amended
Statement of Claim and Amended Statement of Defence had been filed.<o:p></o:p>1.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
ISSUES FOR TRIAL:<o:p></o:p>The</main>