STEPHEN KOMLA ADOM vs. DOMINION PAINTS MANUFACTURING [2023]DLHC16972

Date	2023-03-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: CM/MISC/0158/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16972

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA SARPOMAA AMOAH J. (MRS.)

JULIUS NKETIAH

ETELLA ELIKPLIM ADABLA

PRINCE BOAHEN GYAN

SEAN POKU

[2023]DLHC16972
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >STEPHEN KOMLA
ADOM<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO.: CM/MISC/0158/2023&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; DATE: 24TH MARCH,
2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

JULIUS
NKETIAH WITH ETELLA ELIKPLIM ADABLA FOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APPLICANT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

PRINCE BOAHEN GYAN HOLDING BRIEF FOR SEAN
POKU FOR RESPONDENT/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA
SARPOMAA AMOAH J. (MRS.)<o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>

On the 1st of December, 2022 the Respondent to the instant
Application (as Applicant therein)
filed an Originating Motion for an Order for Injunction and Declaration of Nullity under
Section
218 of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act
992).<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

Upon service
of the said Motion on the Applicants (as Respondents therein) they launched the present
Application seeking an Order of this
Court striking out Paragraphs 5 to 23 of
the depositions in the affidavit filed in support of the said Originating Motion and for a further
Order dismissing same.<o:p></o:p>

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GROUNDS FOR APPLICATION<o:p></o:p>

According to the Applicants, their Application rests on the principle that the law frowns on a multiplicity of suits and that a party will not be permitted to institute several actions in respect of the same subject
matter, when one will suffice.<o:p></o:p>

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APPLICANT’S CASE<o:p></o:p>

The
Applicant’s case in sum is that the reliefs being sought in the Respondent’s
Originating Motion are virtually the same as those being sought in a prior suit
filed by the 1st Applicant entitled DOMINION
PAINTS MANUFACTURING LIMITED v STEPHEN ADOM in SUIT NO E1/33/22.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

According to the Applicants, the Respondent had, in
response to the said
Application filed a Statement of Defence and </main>