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(2016) JELR 65343 (HC)

High Court 25 Jan 2016 Ghana
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- The court ordered the plaintiff to file witness statements and accompanying documents, and the defendant to do the same within 14 days. - The plaintiff complied with the order, but the defendant did not. - The court struck out the defenda

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO.RPC/365/2014
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:FELIX QUARTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT ,SAMUEL MENSAH AKRONG ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

RULING

BAFFOUR, J.

The suit was slated before the court for trial after the pre trial conference failed to settle the matter between the parties. The court as part of the measures for expeditious trial of the action and in pursuance of Order 32 Rule 7A of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C. I. 47 as amended by the High Court (Civil Procedure) Amendment Rules, C. I. 87, ordered the Plaintiff to first file witness statements of all its witnesses and accompany same with the documents it intends to rely on at the trial. There was also a further order that upon service of the Plaintiff’s documents and witness statements on defendant, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), it also had fourteen days to file its own documents.

The plaintiff duly complied with the orders of the court whiles the Defendant failed to comply. Various hearing notices were served on the defendant for it to appear for case management conference which said notices were spurned. The court accordingly invoked its powers…

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