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C.C.W. LIMITED
V.
ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

(2008) JELR 68408 (SC)

Supreme Court 13 Feb 2008 Ghana
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- A waste management company (Plaintiff) had a seven-year contract with a District Assembly (Defendant) to provide waste disposal services in Accra, Ghana. The Plaintiff alleges that the Defendant breached the contract by terminating it pre

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/5/2007
Judges:MISS. AKUFFO JSC (PRESIDING), DR. DATE BAH JSC, ANSAH JSC, ANINAKWAH JSC, ASIAMAH JSC
Counsel:MR. STANLEY AMARTEIFIO FOR APPELLANTS; MR. TONY LITHUR FOR RESPONDENTS.

JUDGMENT

DR. DATE-BAH, J.S.C.

The facts

The Plaintiff is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ghana. It carries on the business of waste collection, disposal and management and also provides landfill services. The Defendant is a statutory body whose existence as a District Assembly was continued by the Local Government Act 1993 (Act 462). By an agreement of 4th December 1997, the Defendant engaged the Plaintiff to render waste disposal services, including landfill services, within the city of Accra. The agreement was to last 7 years from the date of its execution. The agreement further provided that both Parties had the option of renewing it for a further 7 years. The Plaintiff averred that it commenced work under the agreement on 13 July 1999 and continued to perform its obligations under it until 29th June 2001, when the Defendant terminated the agreement by a letter of that date. The Plaintiff contends that this termination constituted a breach of contract and ha…

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