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CEMENTIA TRADING AG.
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FORTRESS INVESTMENT GH. LTD. DILIP VASWANI

(2012) JELR 65636 (HC)

High Court 18 Dec 2012 Ghana
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- The 2nd Defendant/Applicant, CEO of the 1st Defendant company, sought to be disjoined from the suit under Order 4 Rule 5(2) of CI 47, arguing he was not a party to the contract underlying the litigation and that no personal cause of actio

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: OCC/50/12
Judges:LORDSHIP JUSTICE TANKO AMADU, JA

AMADU, JA

1. It is provided under order 4 Rule 5 (2) of CI 47 as follows:

At any stage of proceedings the court may on such terms as it thinks just either of its motion or on application.

“(a). order any person who has been improperly or unnecessarily made a party or who for any reason is no longer a party or a necessary party to cease to be a party”

2. The 2nd Defendant/Applicant has invoked this provision and seeks an order disjoining him as a party in this suit.

In his affidavit in support, the 2nd Defendant/Applicant asserts that he was not a party to any contract which gave rise to this suit but had at all material times acted in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer of the 1st Defendant company. He further asserts that the Plaintiff/Respondents endorsement of reliefs reveal that it is the 1st

Defendant and not himself who shall be liable to the relief sought if successful adding that the Plaintiff/Respondents statement of claim does not disclose any reasonable cause of action agains…

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