KOJO BRAIMA V. AKWASI SARPONG
(2018) JELR 65715 (HC)
High Court
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SUIT NO.OCC/40/17
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21 Feb 2018
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Ghana
Coram
ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Appearances
KOFI KUKUBOR FOR PLAINTIFF; BENJAMIN D. ANDOH FOR DEFENDANT.
Judgement
<p>JUDGMENT</p><p>This case has come about as a result of a purported agreement for the sale of the Defendant’s house as well as a supposed agreement to procure travel documents for the Defendant’s son, which fell through. By the endorsement on the writ of summons filed on 22/12/2016, the Plaintiff sought the following reliefs from the Defendant:</p><p>a) The sum of eighty-nine thousand Ghana Cedis being the amount due and owing.</p><p>b) Commercial interest on the said amount from October, 2014 to the date of final payment.</p><p>c) Legal fees being 20% of the amount due and owing.</p><p>d) General damages for breach of contract.</p><p>e) Two thousand British pounds sterling being the cost of air fare incurred by the Plaintiff for two return trips from the UK to Ghana in respect of the negotiations.</p><p>f) Costs.</p><p>THE PLAINTIFF’S CASE</p><p>The Plaintiff who describes himself as a businessman ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom stated that about two years prior to the issuance of the writ of summons, he negotiated with the Defendant on…</p>