TANKO AMADU J.A
(1) In the Commercial Division of the High Court, Accra, the Plaintiff/Appellant’s claims against the Defendant/Respondent were dismissed on the following terms.
“In view of all the evidence on record therefore the court thinks that an amount of U$D20,000 will be fair compensation to the Plaintiff for the role it played in the Joint Venture up to the bidding stage. The court therefore awards an amount of U$D20,000 to the Plaintiff as compensation for the role it played towards the winning of the contract up to the bidding stage. However, in the evidence-in-chief of the Plaintiff given on the 15th May 2015, its representative admitted that since this matter came to court the Plaintiff company had been paid an amount of U$D20,000 by the Defendant Company. The court therefore holds that the amount of U$D20,000 paid by the Defendant to the Plaintiff pendente lite should be kept by the Plaintiff as compensation for the work or service it rendered in respect of the Joint Ventu…