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AFRICAN AUTOMOBILE LTD.
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ADDO ATUAH & CO.

(2017) JELR 64161 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 Dec 2017 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal against a judgment made by the High Court in Accra in favor of the Plaintiff/Respondent. The Plaintiff, a legal services provider, claimed that the Defendant/Appellant owed them GH¢36,029,835.99 and US$14,536 for pro

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/51/2017
Judges:KUSI-APPIAH (J.A). – PRESIDING, DZAMEFE (J.A.), SUURBAAREH (J.A.)
Counsel:MS. VIVIAN TETTEH FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT,MS. FRANCISCA SERWAA BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (General Jurisdiction Division) Accra, dated 19th day of November, 2015, in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent against the Defendant/Appellant. I will refer to the parties in the manner they appeared at the court below.

By its amended writ and statement of claim filed on 10th day of November, 2014, the Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant for:

“(a) An order for recovery of the sum of GH¢36,029,835.99 and US$14,536 being the balance due and owning on account of professional legal services provided by the plaintiff to the defendant which sums remain unpaid despite several demands.

(b) Interest on the said sums at the going commercial Bank and US Dollar rate of exchange on the cedi and US Dollar respectively from the respective dates on which they fell due up to and inclusive of the date of final payment.

(c) Costs

The case of the plaintiff as gathered from its pleadings and especially evidence at…

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