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BRONWEN ENERGY TRADING LTD
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CRESCENT AFRICA (GHANA) LTD

(2018) JELR 46208 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Mar 2018 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/L/486/2010
Judges:JOSEPH SHAGBAOR IKYEGH Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:N.K. Oragwu, Esq. with him, A. Abdulsalam, Esq. For Appellant Oladapo Ademola, Esq. with him, Miss Omobolanle Hassan and Miss Yetunde Onadipe For Respondent

UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the decision of the Federal High Court Lagos Division delivered on 17th November 2009 in SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/385/2009: Crescent Africa (Ghana) Limited v. Bronwen Energy Trading Limited. In the said decision of the lower Court, the Appellant's applications to set aside the decision of the lower Court ordering the registration of the foreign judgments the Respondent obtained against the Appellant were dismissed. The background to this appeal are as follows.

Upon the application of Respondent, the lower Court on the 5th day of May 2009 made an order registering as a foreign judgment, the judgment which the Respondent obtained against the Appellant on 24th May 2007 at the Superior Court of the Judicature, High Court of Justice, Commercial Division, Accra, Ghana in Suit No. BDC 97/2006. The said order of the lower Court is at pages 36-38 of the Records.

Subsequently, on 2nd June, 2009, the lower Court, u…

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