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(2025) JELR 114170 (HC)

High Court 11 Apr 2025 Ghana
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- The parties entered into two Finance Lease Agreements: Agreement (A) (1 October 2021) and Agreement (B) (28 July 2022), each providing for the lease of specified excavators, with title retained by the Plaintiff as lessor. - Plaintiff alle

Case Details

Suit Number:OCC/10/2024
Judges:CHARLES KWESI BENTUM, J.
Counsel:Ekow Dadson with Daniel Mensah for the Plaintiff. Kwasi Afrifa for the Defendant.
Location:Kumasi

JUDGMENT

The Plaintiff and Defendant entered into a Finance Lease Agreement on 1st October, 2021, upon an offer by Plaintiff on 27th September, 2021. This  Agreement was referred to by the Plaintiff as Agreement (A).  

The parties subsequently on 28th July, 2022, entered into another Finance Lease  Agreement, upon an offer, by Plaintiff on 12th July, 2022. This Agreement was  referred to by the Plaintiff as Agreement (B).  

Both finance lease agreements were contractual and under terms. This  notwithstanding, the contractual relationship is primarily and generally also regulated by statute or legislation. This is the Finance Lease Act, 1993, PNDCL  331.  

Section 21 of this Act defines Finance Lease Agreement. It provides: 

finance lease agreement” means a written agreement between two parties  by which the lessor undertakes to lease to lessee for the lessee’s use only and  against payment of mutually agreed lease rentals over a specified non cancellable period,  

(a) either the lessor’s o…

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