WEST AFRICA COMMODITIES LTD. vs. HAIKINS OFFEI FIANKO, DIANA FRIMPONG [2023]DLSC15112

Date	2023-05-10
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/76/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC15112

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

AMADU JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

YAKUBU DUBIK MAHAMA ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT

PAA JOY AKUAMOAH BOATENG ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT

[2023]DLSC15112
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WEST AFRICA COMMODITIES LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HAIKINS OFFEI FIANKO, DIANA FRIMPONG<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/76/2022&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DATE: 10TH MAY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON
(MS.) JSC, AMADU JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC<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>PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an appeal
from the judgment of Court of Appeal dated 10th December, 2022 based
on a series of contracts entered into between the parties.<o:p></o:p>FACTS AND BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>The defendants
were a couple, Mr Haikins Offei and Ms Diana Frimpong and the plaintiff was the
West African Commodities Ltd represented by its Managing Director and its
beneficial owner, Mr. George Baah Sackey. However, the plaintiff’s name was
substituted for that of the Managing Director’s (and beneficial owner’s) in the
course of the trial.<o:p></o:p>The facts of the case have been made complex by
the conflation of three contracts into one, as well as the conflation of the
legal personality of plaintiff company with the personality of the beneficial owner
of plaintiff company.<o:p></o:p>The two parties entered into transactions that are
now set out as three distinct contracts:-<o:p></o:p>1.<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; The sale and purchase of two plots of land set
down in a written contract between plaintiff company as seller and defendants
as buyers.<o:p></o:p>2.<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; The sale and purchase of a block of flats by
verbal contract for $160,000 between the defendants as sellers and the
plaintiff/beneficial owner of plaintiff as buyer (s). <o:p></o:p>3.<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; The verbal agreement to provide as consideration
for the 2nd contract, in the form of cash of $50,000 and a pl</main>