ISAAC OWUSU AMPOFO vs. OBAK AUTOMOBILES LTD ,GLICO GROUP LIMITED [2023]DLCA11822

Date	2023-01-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/06/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA11822

MARGARET WELBOURNE

JA (PRESIDING)

P. BRIGHT MENSAH

J.A.

JANAPARE BARTELS-KODWO JA.

MATTHEW APPIAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

NANA BENYIN ACKON WITH DZIDZOR AMI LOGOH AND JOYCE BARFI FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2023]DLCA11822
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC OWUSU AMPOFO <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OBAK AUTOMOBILES LTD <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>&amp;<o:p></o:p>GLICO GROUP LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION),
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

NANA
BENYIN ACKON WITH DZIDZOR AMI LOGOH AND JOYCE BARFI FOR DEFENDANT<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>MARGARET
WELBOURNE, JA (PRESIDING), P. BRIGHT MENSAH, J.A., JANAPARE BARTELS-KODWO 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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">DRAFT JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>BRIGHT MENSAH JA:<o:p></o:p>The most
prominent issue that has given rise to the instant appeal is whether Glico
Group Ltd, the party that the plaintiff/appellant herein sought to join in the
matter was/is a necessary party and by extension, whether the learned trial
judge in the court below exercised her judicial discretion properly when she
refused to grant the application for the order of joinder.<o:p></o:p>As we proceed
to examine the facts of the case and to make a determination as to whether the
appeal has any merit at all, the plaintiff/appellant herein shall simply be
referred to as the appellant, and the defendant/respondent and the
respondent/respondent, as the respondents.<o:p></o:p>Background
facts:<o:p></o:p>The appellant
issued a writ of summons in the registry of the Commercial Division of the High
Court, Accra on 10/04/2019 against the respondent, Obak Automobiles Ltd
endorsed with the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
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