ISAAC OWUSU AMPOFO vs. OBAK AUTOMOBILES LTD AND GLICO GROUP LIMITED [2023]DLCA15140

Date	2023-01-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/06/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA15140

MARGARET WELBOURNE JA (PRESIDING)

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

JANAPARE BARTELS-KODWO JA

MATTHEW APPIAH FOR APPELLANT

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

[2023]DLCA15140
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC OWUSU AMPOFO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OBAK AUTOMOBILES LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>GLICO GROUP LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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NO. H1/06/2023 &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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:19TH JANUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>MATTHEW APPIAH FOR 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MARGARET WELBOURNE JA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (PRESIDING), P.
BRIGHT MENSAH JA, 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 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;BRIGHT
MENSAH JA:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;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>a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
a declaration that
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