By a writ of summons the plaintiff claims against the defendant
a. “an order for the recovery of an amount of GH₵95,000.00 from the defendant being money the plaintiff paid to the defendant for a Toyota Highlander vehicle which defendant failed to deliver to plaintiff.
b. Interest from May 2015 to the date of final payment.
c. Costs”
The writ of summons and its accompanying statement of claim were served on the defendant who then entered appearance and also filed a statement of defence. After the filing of a Reply by the plaintiff and the close of pleadings, the matter was referred for pre-trial settlement. However, when the parties failed to settle at pre-trial, the case was placed before the court for hearing.
On the 16th November 2016, the case was called in court; the defendant and its lawyer were absent, the court, therefore, adjourned the matter to 5th December 2016 and ordered hearing notice to be served on the defendant.
The hearing notice was served on the lawyer for the defendant …