ANDREAS BSCHOR GMBH & CO. KG V. BIRIM WOOD COMPLEX LTD AND BIRIM TIMBERS LTD

JUDGEMENT

PWAMANG, JSC.

In 1988 the parties herein, who were in timber business in Ghana, entered into a business transaction worth about DM1.2 million for the supply and installation of a saw-mill for the defendants/respondents/appellants, hereafter referred to as the defendants, to be paid for with the supply of timber products to the plaintiff/appellant/respondent, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff. The transaction was not covered by a properly drawn up and executed contract document as the parties must have placed trust in each other. Unfortunately, events shortly after the installation of the sawn mill proved that trust alone, without properly executed contract, was not enough to ensure a smooth business relationship and they ended up in litigation which has lasted for about twenty years.

The litigation commenced in 1994 in the High Court at Akim Oda where defendants are based and after judgment there was an appeal to the Court of Appeal. This is an appeal against the decision …