[2022]DLHC17033 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">CONSTANT GLADZAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">MET CAPITAL GROUP AND GEORGE AFFUL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">MET CAPITAL GROUP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; 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: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUITS NO: GJ/0158/2020 GJ/0212/2020 DATE: 30<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER, 2022</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">EDEM LITHUR HOLDING BRIEF FOR AMINA <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ALI ISSAKA FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JUSTIN KOFI DORGU (MR.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;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;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">RULING</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">In this case, both Plaintiffs are making a simple claim of some investments made by them with the Defendant MET Capital Groups Ltd. The two cases which were later consolidated<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>both<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>initiated<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>2020<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>travelled<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>through<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>processes<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and hearing commenced in earnest. As at now both Plaintiffs have closed their cases and the Defendant was to open their case. It is at that stage that the Applicant herein describing<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>themselves<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Receivers<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Unicorn<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Happy<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Investment<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>(UHI)<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Microfinance Ltd<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>applying<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>joined<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>2<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span></span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>consolidated<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>suit.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>gravamen of their application is their interest as a Receiver for the Unicorn Happy Investment (UHI) Microfinance Ltd whose license had been revoked by the Bank of Ghana and all<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>assets<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>liabilities<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Microfinance<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>Company<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>transferred<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>operation<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Law to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>Receiver/Applicants.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Applicants<