KWEKU Y. PAINTSIL, ESQ V. SYSTEM CONSULTS LTD, JAMES BENJAMIN ANNAN, NANA BENYIN K ANNAN, NANA APRAKU COBOLD & GHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY
(2023) JELR 112466 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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H1/43/2023
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16 Nov 2023
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Ghana
Coram
Sowah, JA (PRESIDING)
Koranteng JA
Archer, JA
Appearances
Zombil Nyarba for Plaintiff/Appellant.
Dennis A. Dwomoh with Kofi A. Agyemang for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Defendants/Respondents.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>JUDGMENT</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>SOWAH</em>, J.A.:</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Introduction </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">This judgment is in respect of an interlocutory appeal mounted by the plaintiff/appellant on 8th June 2022 against the Ruling of the High Court, Commercial Division<em> </em>dated 2nd June 2022. The Ruling granted the application of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants to be struck off the Suit for misjoinder. The Ruling is at pages 163-164 whilst the Notice of Appeal is at pages 165-166 of the record of appeal. </p><p style="text-align: justify">Hereafter, the plaintiff/appellant will be referred to as ‘appellant’. The three defendants/respondents' will be called the ‘respondents’ whilst the other defendants who are not parties in this appeal will retain their designations as the 1st, 5th and the 6th defendants respectively.</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Background Facts</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">The Appellant was engaged by the 1st Defendant company to represent it in an action against the Ghana Revenue Authority [5th defendant] for compensation for unlawful termination of a Software Agreement. A suit was filed on 2nd March 2021 as <strong>Suit No. CM/RPC/0417/21…</strong></p>