[2023]DLHC17191 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">K-MENS CONNECT & MANAGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;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="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">CHIRANO GOLDMINES LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, SEFWI WIAWSO]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO.: E2/06/2022 DATE: 7<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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><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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">NKUAH-GYAPONG FOR KWASI BLAY FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">DANIEL MARTEY FOR ESSINAM BARFOUR-ACHEAMPONG FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWAME AMOAKO<o:p></o:p></span></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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;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;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:7.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Per<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Writ<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>Summons<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>23<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">rd<span style="letter-spacing:3.7pt"> </span></span>November<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>2021,<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>claims<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the Defendant as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.5pt">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.25pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:79.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-25.1pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:78.9pt 79.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">I.<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">A declaration that the<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>plaintiff is<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>entitled to be remunerated for its<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>service, rendered to the defendant in the processes leading to the formation and setting up of a successful Foundation by way of ‘quantum meruit.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:79.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-29.05pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:78.85pt 79.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">II.<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">Recovery of the aggregate total sum of GH</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">₵</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">147,000 as assessed by the Plaintiff for the months of August, 2018, September, 2018, October, 2018 and November, 2018 to date of payment at the commercial rate and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-left: 79pt; text-indent: -33.1pt; line-height: 115%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">III.<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">Further<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>relief(s)<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>as in<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>circumstances<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">just.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:8.4pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:43.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">On 15<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;