[2023]DLHC16864 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:14.2pt"><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">DORMAKABA SOUTH AFRICA PTY LTD & ANOR <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:14.2pt"><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:14.2pt"><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:14.2pt"><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">ACE CLADDING SYSTEMS (GH) LTD AND MOUNIB RAMMAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:14.2pt"><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"> </span></b><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)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:14.2pt"><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:14.2pt 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:14.2pt; 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"">SUIT NO: CM/RPC/0458/2020 DATE: 19<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY 2023</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:14.2pt"><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> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">THERESA TABI HOLDING BRIEF FOR NANA AGYEI BAFFOUR AWUAH FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></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:14.2pt; 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">GEORGE ESHUN FOR THE DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><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:14.2pt right 479.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JUSTIN KOFI DORGU</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"> </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 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:14.2pt;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> <h1 style="margin-left:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops: 14.2pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></h1> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By an amended Writ of Summons sealed at this Registry on the 12th<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt; mso-text-raise:3.5pt;letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span>February, 2020, the Plaintiffs herein viz:- Dormakaba South Africa PTY Ltd and Dormakaba Kenya Ltd<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>sued<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Defendants,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>Ace<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Cladding<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Systems<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Ltd<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Mounib Rammal<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“a.<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>ZAR<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>927,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>766.98<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>cedi<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>equivalent being<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>the outstanding<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>balance<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>in respect<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>goods<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>supplied by<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>1st<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt;letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> to the</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Defendants.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:14.2pt 45.9pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;letter-spacing:-.05pt">b.<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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>aforesaid<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>ZAR<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>927,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>766.98<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>cedi<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>equivalent<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt; mso-font-width:150%"> the</span> due date for payment to the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:14.2pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height