[2023]DLHC17054 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk152849823"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#00B0F0">BORIS FIDELIS<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">PLAINTIFF</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#00B0F0">JANET MIKADO<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:84.65pt center 234.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, HOHOE]<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;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO: E12/29/2021 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DATE: 17<sup>TH </sup>MARCH 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">MR. OSCAR VULOR FOR PLAINTIFF<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">DEFENDANT ABSENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">CORAM</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><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;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">HIS LORDSHIP AYITEY ARMAH-TETTEH J.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </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" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:1.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.05pt;margin-right:7.35pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Plaintiff on 29 January 2021 issued out a writ of summons against the defendant claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:9.95pt;margin-right:6.75pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:44.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:44.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Plaintiff’s claim is for special damages for deciept (sic) by the Defendant for wrongfully, intentionally and falsely representing that Plaintiff was responsible for the pregnancy for which act the Plaintiff suffered damages against the defendant.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">General<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">deceipt(sic).</span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-style: normal; 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></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Costs</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Briefly,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Plaintiff’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>month<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>November<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>2019,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>defendant<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>lodged a complaint at the Domestic<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Ghana Police Service, Hohoe against the Plaintiff that she was impregnated by the Plaintiff. According<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>denied<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>allegation<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>when<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>called<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>office<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the Divisional Commander of Police with CHRAJ and the D